>> LIVE, THE ONE AND ONLY LOCAL 10 NEWS STARTS RIGHT NOW. >> RIGHT NOW, A LIVE LOOK
OUTSIDE WITH.
OUR TOWER CAMERAS.
HURRICANE IAN NEARS THE STATE OF
FLORIDA.
YOU CAN SEE TONS OF CLOUDS, RAIN
SHOWERS, AND EVEN THAT HARD ROCK
STADIUM IN THE BACKGROUND IS
TAKING A BEATING.
>> YEAH.
THE HOTEL ROCKING ALL OVER THE
PLACE.
THE TREACHEROUS CATEGORY FOUR
STORM CONTINUES ITS METHODICAL
APPROACH.
SPEEDS OF THE WINDS UP TO 1155
MILES AN HOUR.
WE ARE JUST SHY OF CATEGORY FIVE
STATUS.
OFFICIAL LANDFALL EXPECTED TODAY
NEAR THE FORT MYERS AREA.
WE ARE OBVIOUSLY SEEING THE
IMPACTS ALREADY.
>> NOW, A LIVE LOOK AT FORT
MYERS.
THE STORM SURGE WILL BE THE BIG
CONCERN FOR THE AREA.
IT IS NOW PROJECTED TO BE
BETWEEN 12-16 FEET.
YOU CAN SEE ALREADY THOSE WAVES
BATTERING THE SHORELINE.
REALLY COMING ALL THE WAY
TOWARDS THE WESTERN PORTION OF
THAT PIER.
>> POTENTIALLY DEVASTATING
CONSEQUENCES FOR THOSE ON THE
WEST COAST OF OUR STATE.
AGAIN, WE ARE DEALING WITH SOME
OF THE IMPACTS OF THAT STORM
HERE IN SOUTH FLORIDA AS WELL.
WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE NOT ONLY
THERE IN TAMPA, IN KEY WEST, BUT
CERTAINLY SPREAD OUT ACROSS
SOUTH FLORIDA AS WELL.
>> WE DO.
WE HAVE OUR WEATHER AUTHORITY
METEOROLOGISTS.
THEY ARE HERE IN THE STUDIO.
TRACKING EVERY MOVEMENT THAT
HURRICANE IAN MAKES.
A MAJOR CATEGORY FOUR STORM ON
THE EDGE OF BEING A FIVE.
>> INDEED, IT IS.
IT IS PRETTY REMARKABLE.
THE STRENGTH AND THE POWER THAT
WE ARE WATCHING EVOLVING RIGHT
IN FRONT OF OUR EYES.
JUST TO THE WEST COAST.
OF US HERE IN SOUTH FLORIDA.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, YOU SHOULD
NOT BE SURPRISED THAT WE ARE
DEALING WITH THE OUTER BANDS OF
THIS SYSTEM.
AGAIN, THE SYSTEM IS JUST TO THE
WEST OF US.
THOUGH WE ARE FEELING THE
IMPACTS.
WE STARTED TO FEEL THE IMPACTS
YESTERDAY.
TROPICAL STORM-FORCE WIND GUSTS
FOR BROWARD AND MIAMI-DADE.
WE HAVE BEEN SEEING IT FROM ALL
OF OUR TOWER CAMS.
SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN GOING OUT
BECAUSE OF HOW STRONG THE WINDS
ARE.
YOU CAN SEE THE BEACH EROSION
AND THE ROUGH YOU ARE.
>> UP AND DOWN OUR COASTLINE.
DEVASTATING CONDITIONS.
WE ARE SEEING WINDS GUSTING WELL
INTO THE 30’S RIGHT NOW.
AT ONE POINT THIS MORNING, WE
HAD A COUPLELE OF RAIN BANDS
PROVIDING FOR WINDS GUSTING IN
THE 50’S IN NORTHERN BROWARD
COUNTY.
WE HAVE BEEN SEEING THEM
FLUCTUATE BETWEEN THE 40’S AND
50’S IN THE KEYS.
THAT IS EXPECTED WITH THESE
OUTER BANDS.
AGAIN, THEY CONTINUED TO WRAP
AROUND THE MASSIVE CENTER OF A
MAJOR HURRICANE WEST OF US.
BECAUSE OF THAT, THAT THREAT FOR
SEVERE WEATHER CONTINUES AS THE
BANDS CONTINUE TO ROLL IN OFF
THE ATLANTIC AND INTO SOUTH
FLORIDA.
WE HAVE THAT TORNADO WATCH THAT
HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 5:00
P.M.
RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE A SHOWER
RIGHT OVER BOCA RATON IN TOWARDS
PARTS OF BROWARD.
WE STARTED TO DRY OUT NICELY.
THEN LOOK, THESE BANDS RIGHT
HERE THAT I’M WATCHING, THESE
ARE GOING TO BE ISSUES.
THEY WILL CONTINUE TO WRAP
AROUND THE CENTER AND COULD PUSH
MORE INTO MIAMI-DADE AND BROWARD
AND THE KEYS.
BUT FOR NOW, THE RAIN IS MORE
ISOLATED.
IT IS NOT AS STEADY.
IT IS NOT WIDESPREAD
PRECIPITATION.
SO THAT IS GOOD NEWS.
WE NEED AS MUCH OF A BREAK AS WE
CAN GET FOR OUR GROUNDS THAT ARE
SATURATED.
TO DRY OUT WHEREVER WE CAN.
GET THESE DRIER CONDITIONS.
THE BETTER THE WEATHER PATTERN
IS GOING TO BE.
THAT IS ONLY GOING TO BE THE
CASE ONCE THIS SYSTEM REALLY
MOVES TOWARDS NORTHERN FLORIDA.
OUR IMPACTS CONTINUE THIS
MORNING.
THE WORST OF THE WIND GUSTS,
ACCORDING TO THIS MODEL REALLY
BETWEEN NOW AND LUNCHTIME.
WE START TO SEE THOUGH... THOSE
WINDS GUSTING INTO THE 50’S.
THE FURTHER AWAY THE SYSTEM
GETS, THE BETTER OUR WEATHER
PATTERN DOES GET.
ESPECIALLY STARTING IN THE KEYS.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE WORST THE
WEATHER PATTERN GETS TO THE WEST
COAST, LANDFALL JUST AROUND
NOON.
POSSIBLY AROUND 1:00.
THOSE WINDS ARE GOING TO BE
GUSTING WELL INTO 100140 MILES
PER HOUR.
THIS MODEL IS SHOWING FOR PARTS
OF SARASOTA AND THE WEST COAST.
FOR US HERE ON THE EAST COAST,
YES, WE WILL DEAL WITH THE
IMPACTS.
WE HAVE A FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT
UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING.
TROPICAL STORM WARNING.
MEANING WE WILL SEE THOSE WINDS
GUSTING TO TROPICAL STORM
STRENGTH FROM THOSE OUTER BANDS,
AND THAT TORNADO WATCH WILL BE
IN PLACE UNTIL 5:00 P.M.
SO WE HAVE ALREADY HAD ISSUES
WITH THE OUTER BANDS BRINGING US
SEVERE WEATHER.
WE HAVE HAD PLENTY OF STORM
REPORTS.
NOW ALL EYES ON WHERE THAT
SYSTEM IS GOING TO MAKE
LANDFALL.
I’M GOING TO TOSS IT OVER TO
BRANDON FOR MORE.
>> YEAH.
BECAUSE WE ARE VERY CLOSE TO
SEEING THIS, JULIE, BECOME A
CATEGORY FIVE HURRICANE.
RIGHT NOW IT IS STILL A FOUR.
ANY BUMP IN INTENSITY WILL PUT
IT OVER THAT THRESHHOLD TO A
CATEGORY FIVE.
HOURS AWAY FROM MAKING LANDFALL.
HURRICANE HUNTERS HERE, THE
LATEST PLANE IS NOW MAKING
ANOTHER PASS.
THEY WILL CONTINUE TO TURN
AROUND AND MAKE A PASS THROUGH
THIS EYE.
ALL THE WAY UP UNTIL IT MAKES
LANDFALL.
AS SOON AS THESE HURRICANE
HURRICANE-HUNTERS FIND ANY WIND
DATA SUGGESTING A SLIGHT BIT OF
STRENGTHENING, THEY WILL LIKELY
BUMP THIS UP IN INTENSITY.
THEY ARE NOT GOING TO WAIT FOR
THE NEXT ADVISORY TO DO THAT.
THEY WILL BRING IT OUT JUST
ABOUT ANY TIME.
WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON HOW
THE SITUATION IS EVOLVING.
HERE IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE ON
RADAR.
YOU CAN SEE HOW MASSIVE THE EYE
IS.
MOVING TO THE NORTH, NORTHEAST
AT TEN MILES PER HOUR.
I’LL TIME IT OUT WITH OUR TRACK
HERE.
THAT SHOULD PUT IT NEAR THE
COAST RIGHT AROUND 2:00 TO 3:00.
IF IT SLOWS DOWN, MAYBE A LITTLE
BIT LATER THAN THAT, BY AROUND
2:00, 3:00, AND THAT IS WHEN THE
CENTER OF THE EYE ACTUALLY MOVES
ON-SHORE.
THE WORST OF THE CONDITIONS WILL
BE IN THE EYE WALL.
BRIGHT BAND OF YELLOW AND RED,
SURROUNDS THE EYE.
THAT IS ALREADY GOING TO BE ON
THE COAST AT THAT POINT.
EVEN THOUGH IT MAKES LANDFALL AT
AROUND 2:00, 3:00, WE ARE
LOOKING AT THE WORST OF THE
CONDITIONS MOVING IN PRIOR TO
THAT.
EVEN AS EARLY AS 11:00 A.M.,
CLOSE TO NOON.
THAT IS WHERE WE HAVE THOSE
WINDS OF 155 MILES PER HOUR AND
GUSTS STRONGER THAN THAT.
WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING THIS
CAMERA OUT OF FORT MYERS.
EARLIER, SOME OF THIS WATER.
THIS WAS AN HOUR TO TWO HOURS
AGO.
WASN’T EVEN REACHING THIS POLL.
NOW IT IS ALREADY PAST IT.
THAT WATER RISE IS HAPPENING
FAST IN FORT MYERS.
THAT IS GOING TO CONTINUE OVER
THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
ALL THE WAY UP TO 12 TO 16-FOOT
STORM SURGE.
THAT IS VERY SIGNIFICANT.
LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE.
I KNOW A LOT OF EVACUATIONS
HAPPENED YESTERDAY.
HOPEFULLY, EVERYONE GOT A CHANCE
TO GET OUT.
THAT IS NEAR THE COASTLINE.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT STORM SURGE,
WE TALK ABOUT YOU STANDING WHERE
THE HIGH TIDE NORMALLY IS.
16 FEET.
IT IS 16 FEET ABOVE YOU.
IF I’M SIX FEET, A LITTLE OVER
THAT, WE ARE TALKING TEN FEET
ABOVE ME AS THE WATER RISES.
THAT IS SIGNIFICANT.
YOU KNOW THAT WATER IS GOING FAR
INLAND.
ALL RIGHT.
LET’S GO OVER EVERYTHING THAT WE
HAVE TO GO OVER WITH HURRICANE
IAN.
AS WE GET THE NEW INFORMATION
IN.
WE WILL CHECK ON.