Hurricane Irma is regaining strength as it turns toward Florida. The massive, record breaking hurricane is already impacting parts of Florida and is forecast to arrive in full force on Sunday morning.
More than a dozen local television channels have brave reporters on the ground covering the hurricane, offering a live and up close view of the hurricane.
The internet is allowing people around the U.S. and the world to experience the storm from multiple angles with at least 16 local stations streaming their coverage live on the web free of charge.
You can watch live coverage of the storm on the following streams.
Miami
WFOR CBS 4 - Live coverage till midnightOrlando
WESH NBC 2 - Live coverage till midnightLive Web Cams
You can also view raw footage of what is going on right now from 14 different live web cams set up around Florida.Irma Update
Hurricane Irma pounded Cuba’s northern coast on Saturday and barreled toward Florida’s Gulf Coast as authorities scrambled to complete an unprecedented evacuation of millions of residents hours before the storm lashes the state.It could bring winds in excess of 100 miles per hour and a storm surge up to 15 feet (4.6 meters) high along the state’s west coast, which is expected to trigger flooding.
The hurricane could rival any storm in Florida’s history, with the storm surge generating flooding along the entire west coast, Governor Rick Scott said.
“Think about that, 15 feet is devastating and will cover your house,” he said at a Saturday morning news conference.
Maximum sustained winds dipped to around 125 miles per hour by 11 a.m. (1200 GMT) on Saturday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.
On Florida’s west coast, a long line of people in Estero, north of Naples, lined up to enter an arena that officials converted into an evacuation shelter, one of hundreds that have opened up across the state.
To the east, Luise Campana Read was one of those who chose to ignore warnings and stay in her home. She said by phone she planned to ride out the storm in her beachfront condo in Fort Lauderdale, with her elderly mother and other family members.
“With a 97-year-old, there was no way I was going to have her sleep on a cot or a blow-up mattress” in a shelter, she said.
It was the first time the eye of a Category 5 storm had made landfall since 1932, state media said, and the island’s Communist government ordered the evacuation of more than 1 million people, with most sheltering with family and friends.
“We are praying to God and the Virgin of Charity that nothing grave happens to the people of Florida, and in particular Miami,” said Antonia Navarro, 56, an office worker in the northern Cuban port town of Nuevitas in Camaguey. “We have to pray a lot for our relatives who live there.”
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