PEEK OF POWER, ONE LADY HAS
BEEN POWERING THROUGH THE LAST
FEW DAYS.
LY SET GONZALES HERE NOW WITH
THE VERY LATEST -- LISETTE
GONZALES.
ACTUALLY I JUST MADE SOME,
GUYS AND ALL OF US, IT IS ABOUT
THE ENTIRE CBS 4 TEAM, ALL
RIGHT.
YOU ALL AS WELL.
WE HAVE ALL BEEN POWERING
THROUGH COVERAGE OF THIS
HURRICANE BECAUSE IT IS SO
IMPORTANT FOR US, TO PREPARE
YOU AHEAD OF THE STORM.
DURING THE STORM, WE WANT TO
KEEP YOU AWARE OF WHAT IS GOING
ON, SO YOU CAN STAY SAFE, AND
NOW OF COURSE ALTHOUGH WE'RE
STILL DEALING WITH DUSTY
SQUALLS, WE'RE HERE FOR YOU AS
WE MAKE A LOOK AT THE AFTERMATH
AND SOME OF THE DAMAGE, AND
DESTRUCTION UNFORTUNATELY LEFT
BEHIND BY HURRICANE IRMA, AND
YOU CAN SEE, IT IS JUST
POUNDING MUCH OF THE STATE OF
FLORIDA AND EVEN NOW, THOSE
BANDS ARE SPREADING OUT INTO
PARTS OF GEORGIA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA BECAUSE THAT'S JUST
HOW LARGE THE WIND FEEL IS,
ASSOCIATED WITH IRMA, AND SO
THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT AS WE
HEAD THROUGHOUT THE DAY, WE ARE
GOING TO SEE IMPROVING WEATHER,
AS IRMA CONTINUES TO LIFT
FURTHER AWAY FROM US, BUT IT IS
UNFORTUNATE THOUGH, FOR OUR
FRIEND HERE, ESPECIALLY AROUND
THE TAMPA BAY AREA, AND ALSO
INTO THE PANHANDLE OF MR.
FLORIDA AND THE BIG BEN, AS WE
LOOK AT THE LATEST 2:00 A.M.
ADVISORY, WE ARE SEEING IRMA AS
A CATEGORY ONE.
IT IS LOCATED 20 MILES
NORTHWEST OF LAKELAND, FLORIDA
AND THE MAX SUSTAINED WINDS, 85
MILES PER HOUR.
IT IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTH
WARD HERE AS A CAT 1 AND
CONTINUE ON HERE ACROSS PARTS
OF TAMPA BAY, INTO THE BIG WIND
AND PANHANDLE AND THEN TO THE
NORTH AND WEST INTO GEORGIA,
LIKELY, AND THEN EVEN INTO
ALABAMA, A TROPICAL STORM, IT
WILL FINALLY WEAKEN BY THEN,
AND INTO TUESDAY, LIKELY
DEPRESSION, POSSIBLY INTO
TENNESSEE OR MISSISSIPPI, AND
THEN SWINGING BACK AROUND HERE,
UP INTO THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY.
IN TERMS OF THE DESTRUCTIVE
WINDS POTENTIAL, THE HIGHEST
VALUES OF COURSE RIGHT HERE
ALONG TAMPA AND INTO PARTS HERE
OF THE NORTHWEST COAST OF
FLORIDA ALONG THE BIG BEND, AND
WE ARE SEEING THAT THERE WILL
LIKELY BE INCREASING AS IRMA
MOVES NORTHWEST WARD.
WE WILL SEE A -- CATASTROPHIC
SITUATION UNFOLDING
UNFORTUNATELY FOR EVERYONE UP
THROUGH TAMPA BAY AND UNOF
COURSE WE'RE STILL DEALING WITH
SOME OF THOSE GUSTY SQUALLS AND
STILL WINDY OUT THERE.
AS WE LOOK AT THE RADAR, THESE
ARE THE OUTER BANDS STILL
IMPACTING SOUTH FLORIDA.
IF YOU ARE WATCHING OR
LISTENING TO UNITED STATES ON
THE RADIO BECAUSE I KNOW MANY
OF YOU HAVE LOST POWER BUT
WE'RE HERE FOR YOU AND WE WILL
LET YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN
CASE YOU START TOTHER WIND PICK
UP AGAIN AND YOU ARE WORRIED.
WHAT'S HAPPENING, WE TO HAVE A
BAND OVER DEERFIELD BEACH, RACE
AGO CROSS PARTS OF POMPANO
BEACH, OAKLAND PARK, SUN RISE,
SOUTH WEST RANCHES, PEMBROOK
PINES.
WE'RE DEALING WITH GUSTY
DOWNPOURS MOVING IN AND KENDALL
LAKE, WE ARE SEEING A BAND
MOVING IN OUR DIRECTION.
SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE
THESE OUTER BANDS IMPACTING
SOUTH FLORIDA, AND THROUGHOUT
THE DAY, AND NOW THE KEYS
MAINLY QUIET.
THAT'S GOOD NEWS BECAUSE
OBVIOUSLY WE ARE GOING TO HAVE
TO REALLY ASSESS WHAT HAPPENED
HERE SINCE THEY DID HAVE THE
MOST DEDESTRUCTIVE PART OF
HURRICANE IRMA, THE EYE.
WE HAD SO MUCH RAIN FALL AGO
CROSS THE AREA, SINCE
YESTERDAY, WITH THE SEE BEND,
WE JUST SET UP AND LEAD TO THAT
RAIN ACROSS THE SAME AREAS
OVER, AND OVER AGAIN.
ALTHOUGH THE RAIN IS NOT AS
WIDESPREAD WE STILL HAVE ALL OF
THAT STANDING WATER.
AGAIN, DO NOT DRIVE-THRU WATER
WHERE YOU CANNOT -- PRETTY MUCH
IF YOU DO PLAN ON DRIVING
AROUND LATER ON ONCE THE CURFEW
HAS BEEN LIFTED TO SEE WHAT
DAMAGE HAS BEEN DONE TO YOUR
HOME OR SEE FAMILY AND FRIENDS,
MAKE SURE YOU ARE CAUTIOUS AND
THAT YOU AVOID DRIVING THROUGH
FLOODED ROADS BECAUSE YOU DON'T
KNOW WHAT COULD BE THERE.
IT CAN BE A DOWNED POWER LINE.
IT COULD BE DANGEROUS, TREES AS
WELL.
YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT'S CLERKING
AND.
TO AVOID DOING THAT.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE
WATCHES AND WARNS IN PLACE.
TROPICAL STORM WARNS STILL IN
PLACE FOR THE NORTHWEST BAHAMAS
AND NOW HERE IN SOUTH FLORIDA,
WE'RE UNDER A TROPICAL STORM
WARNING, BECAUSE ALTHOUGH WE'RE
STILL DEALING WITH TROPICAL
STORM-FORCED WINDS, WE'RE NOT
SEEING THE HURRICANE-FORCED
GUSTS AS MUCH AS WE DID
YESTERDAY.
SO, WE ARE SLOWLY BUT SURELY
SEEING THAT WEATHER CONDITIONS
WILL BE BETTER FOR US BUT IT
WILL BE WINDY THROUGHOUT THE
DAY, AND IT WILL BE BREEZE CITY
INTO TONIGHT THE AREAS UNDER
HURRICANE WARNINGS STRETCHING
FROM CENTRAL FLORIDA UP AND
DOWN THE EAST AND WEST COAST OF
THE STATEMENT OF COURSE, TAMPA
AND ACROSS THE BIG BEND AND
PARTS OF THE PANHANDLE UNDER A
HURRICANE WARNING AND NOW
TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS HAVE
BEEN EXTENDED FOR PARTS OF
SOUTH CAROLINA, GEORGIA,
MISSISSIPPI AND THEN THE
NORTHWEST PORTION HERE, OF THE
PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA AS WE ZOOM
ON IN, WE WILL SHOW YOU THAT WE
ARE SEEING STORM SURGE, WATCHES
AND WARNINGS, EXTREME STORM
SURGE EXPECTED HERE ALONG THE
BIG BEND AND INTO THE TAMPA BAY
AREA, IN ADDITION TO THAT WE
HAVE FLOOD WARNINGS THAT ARE IN
PLACE, FOR PARTS OF SOUTH
FLORIDA AND STRETCHING ALONG
THE EAST CENTRAL COAST HERE OF
THE STATE, AND WE DO HAVE FLASH
FLOOD WATCHES FOR LAKE
OKEECHOBEE BECAUSE THE ARMY
CORP.
OF ENGINEERS CONCERNED WE CAN
SEE SOME OVERFLOW, AND SOME
FLOODING TAKING PLACE, BECAUSE
OF THE WINDS AND ALSO THE
CIRCULATION AROUND IRMA, SO
HERE WE GO ALONG THE TAMPA
COASTLINE AND PARTS OF THE
SOUTH WEST COASTLINE UNDER
FLASH FLOOD WATCHES.
THAT'S ALSO ACTION TENDING
ACROSS THE BIG PEND AND THE
PANHANDLE AS WELL AS GEORGIA
AND SOUTH CAROLINA.
TODAY IT IS GOING TO BE HOT.
SO I KNOW MANY OF YOU DO NOT
WANT TO HEAR THAT.
YOU ARE WITHOUT POWER, AND MY
ONLY RECOMMENDATION TO YOU IS
ONCE THE WINDS START TO SUBSIDE
AND IT IS SAFER FOR YOU TO
MAYBE GO OUTSIDE AND TAKING
THAT TO HELP YOU GET A LITTLE
BREAK FROM THE HEAT INSIDE
HOUSE, YOU CAN DO THAT LATER
TODAY, BUT KEEP IN MIND WE'RE
GOING TO STILL SEE GUSTY
SQUALLS.
I WILL STEP AWAY, 93 DEGREES
AND WITH THE HUMIDITY, IT IS
GOING TO FEEL MUCH WARMER THAN
THAT.
SO AGAIN, TODAY WE'RE GOING TO
BE ON THE WINDY SIDE, WITH SOME
STRONG GUSTS AT TIMES AND AS WE
HEAD THROUGH THE NEXT FEW DAY,
UNFORTUNATELY, IT IS GOING TO
STAY HOME.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE ALWAYS
TALK ABOUT AFTER THESE STORMS,
HURRICANE PASS IS THE RECOVERY
THE AFTERMATH CAN BE MORE
PAINFUL THAN THE DURATION OF
THE EVENT TAKING PLACE BECAUSE
EVERYONE IS FIRST OF ALL,
DRAINED FROM DEALING WITH THE,
YOU KNOW, THREATENING
EXPERIENCE OF DEALING WITH A
HURRICANE, AND THEN ON TOP OF
THAT, YOU ARE WITHOUT POWER.
SOME OF YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO
GET IN TOUCH WITH YOUR LOVED
ONES, SOME OF THE CELL PHONE
LINES ARE DOWN AND WE ARE
DEALING WITH SOME HOT AND HUMID
WEATHER BUT HANG IN THERE.
JUST BE PATIENT.
AT LEAST WE'RE SEEING THAT THE
WORST OF THE WEATHER, REALLY IS
NOW LIFTING NORTH WARD OF US.
UNFORTUNATELY FOR OUR FRIENDS
ACROSS THE REST OF THE STATE
AND THE SOUTHEAST BUT HERE IN
SOUTH FLORIDA, WE ARE GOING TO
HOPEFULLY SEE SOME OF THOSE FPL
CREWS TO HELPING TO GET YOUR
POWER BACK UP SO YOU CAN GET
SOME HC.
HOPEFULLY YOU HAD PLENTY OF
WATER STY HYDRATED AND JUST BE
THERE FOR EACH OTHER.
WE WILL GET THROUGH THIS.