Tampa shelters fill up
Thousands are filing into shelters in Tampa with Hurricane Irma bearing down, including a couple of newlyweds. John Blackstone reports.
Thousands are filing into shelters in Tampa with Hurricane Irma bearing down, including a couple of newlyweds. John Blackstone reports.
The Gulf coast city of Fort Myers was severely flooded two-weeks ago by Hurricane Harvey and on Sunday night it was getting battered by Hurricane Irma. The hurricane carried winds in excess of 100 mph. At a middle school nearly 2,800 people took shelter. Once Irma's winds clear overnight, the danger will become an incredible storm surge upwards of 10 feet in places. Kris Van Cleave reports.
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Hurricane Irma shut down Disney World on Sunday, along with the rest of Orlando, Florida. Adriana Diaz reports.
In St. Pete Beach, Florida's Gulf Coast, many residents fled the area ahead of Hurricane Irma. But on Sunday, we met some who are riding out the storm -- in a school building. John Hopkins Middle School is used to handling students. This weekend it's become a shelter for those with special needs -- many elderly -- and also families with pets who had nowhere else to go. Jeff Glor reports.
The Tampa-St. Petersburg area is extremely vulnerable to Irma's storm surge. St. Pete sits on the Gulf Coast, and across the bay, the Hillborough River runs through downtown Tampa. David Begnaud reports.
There was an odd sight on Florida's west coast as baywaters temporarily receded as Irma pulled them out of sea. Carter Evans reports.
Flooding and strong winds aren't the only threat in Fort Lauderdale as tornadoes become a growing concern. Manuel Bojorquez reports.
Irma's hurricane-force winds punished downtown Miami. Up to 5 feet of storm surged into Miami's downtown business district. High winds snapped two construction cranes on buildings 2 miles apart. By late morning, first responders had to stop answering 911 calls. People who defied Miami-Dade's evacuation order were on their own. Mark Strassman reports.
CBS Boston's chief meteorologist Eric Fisher joins "CBS Evening News" with more on Hurricane Irma's forecast.
The Florida Keys were first to bear the full force of Irma. The storm made its first landfall in Cudjoe Key as a Category 4 Hurricane. Elaine Quijano reports.
Hurricane Irma made landfall Sunday morning in the lower Keys, east of Key West as a Category 4 -- and again Sunday afternoon on Marco Island, just south of Naples, as a Category 3. Irma is now a Category 2, with maximum sustained winds of 110 mph. The heaviest rain is in the Keys where they could get as much as 20 inches. Jonathan Vigliotti reports.
Naples Mayor Bill Barnett says storm surge and wind gusts continues to be a major concern for the Florida city. He says residents have emailed him saying they have no power but homes and shelters remain intact.
CBS News' Paula Reid, joining CBSN from the White House, says President Trump is pleased with first responders. One major concern is whether or not FEMA has the funding needed to respond to natural disasters like Irma.
CBS News correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti says emergency vehicles have been pulled off the road because conditions are too dangerous. People are urged to stay inside as Hurricane Irma lashes Florida.
Bill Read, former director of the National Hurricane Center, said storm surge and strong gusts of winds are the most threatening aspects of Hurricane Irma. He joins CBSN by phone.
President Trump appeared outside the White House Sunday with first lady Melania Trump. He spoke about the federal government's response to Hurricane Irma and said he will survey the damage in Florida "very soon." Watch the president's full comments.
North Collier Fire Control and Rescue District Chief James Cunningham, who joins CBSN by phone Sunday, urged people to stay inside and allow first responders to get out and assess damage from Hurricane Irma. First responders will wait for winds to go below 45 mph to assess communities.
Guests included: Gov. Rick Scott, Sen. Bill Nelson, Sen. Marco Rubio, Jeff Glor, Mark Strassman, Eric Fisher, Elaine Quijano, Kris Van Cleave, and Will Grant
"I don't think anybody alive today in this state has ever seen anything like this," said Florida Gov. Rick Scott
Florida Governor Rick Scott speaks with "Face the Nation" moderator John Dickerson about the state's preparations and evacuation orders ahead of Hurricane Irma.
John Rinkenbaugh is holding his own in Fort Myers, Florida. He decided to stay because he didn't have enough time to board up his business and evacuate. He joins CBSN by phone to explain how he is hunkered down along the Gulf Coast.
At least three are dead and more than 1.4 million residents are without power as monster storm Irma makes landfall in the Florida Keys. CBS News' Anthony Mason anchors the coverage.
CBS News' Elaine Quijano joins CBSN from Florida City, Florida -- a city that felt the wrath of Hurricane Irma even before the center of the storm made landfall. She describes the raging winds and rain.
CBS News correspondent Mark Strassmann joins CBSN from Miami with more on the severe weather conditions before Hurricane Irma directly hits the city.
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