Hurricane Irma Latest News from South Florida. FOR SUNDAY UPDATES, PLEASE GO HERE. Hurricane Irma is on South Floridas doorstep, with the Florida Keys potentially facing one of the worst storms in its history. Rains are pouring into Miami Dade County, and tens of thousands do not have power. Gov. Rick Scott told those in evacuation zones to leave immediately Saturday morning. Cuba was pounded by a Category 5 storm, which later weakened to a Cat 3 en route to Florida, though it could strengthen somewhat again in the Florida Straits. Along with the Keys, Floridas Gulf Coast appears to be most at risk. But Miami Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties will be hit hard, too. Stay with the Miami Herald for all the latest news on Saturday. Irma is a Cat 4 again 2 a. Irma has restrengthened to a Category 4 hurricane, with maximum wind speeds of 1. It remains bound for Key West and is expected to get a little stronger over the warm waters of the Florida Straits. PATRICIA MAZZEIReports of water rising along coastal Miami Dade. Local TV news crews outdoors in the storm are reporting flooding in downtown Miami and waves lapping over bayfront roads in Northeast Miami Dade, including in Miami Shores. Power lines, trees and branches are down across South Florida all 2. Keys Energy Services customers lost power at about 1. Hurricane Harvey has made its way across Texas and Louisiana, killing at least nine people. Tropical storm Harvey live updates. PATRICIA MAZZEIAir Force rescuers from Alaska outrace Irma to Florida. Hurricane Irma hadnt even reached the southernmost tip of Florida when help arrived from the northernmost tip of the United States A U. S. Air Force rescue squadron landed at the Coast Guards Miami air station from Anchorage, Alaska. For combat situations, pararescuemen with the 2. Rescue Squadron, an Alaska Air National Guard Unit, are trained to pluck isolated personnel from enemy territory and carry out various recovery missions. In peacetime, for example in the aftermath of an assault by Hurricane Irma, they can also fly helicopters to evacuate survivors of natural disaster, move the sick and injured and deliver relief supplies. Saturday, the unit arrived in an Air Force HC 1. Miami Coast Guards Opa locka airfield with pallets of gear to await their Irma mission. CAROL ROSENBERGBefore Irma, no Cat 5 had landed in Cuba since 1. Irma is the first Category 5 hurricane since 1. Cuba, meteorologist Jos Rubiera said on Cuba television Saturday. Dictator Gerardo Machado was in power and Americans had just elected President Franklin D. Roosevelt to pull the nation out of the Great Depression. Irma made landfall Friday in Cayo Romano in northern Camagey province at 9 p. The 1. 93. 2 hurricane struck Camagey also, but from the south. Cubadebate, the Cuban government media website, said that more than 1 million people had been evacuated from low lying areas in the central Cuban provinces first placed under a state of alert. That number is expected to grow as western provinces were added to the alert list. Latest Updates On National Sunday Law' title='Latest Updates On National Sunday Law' />Instead of curving toward the north as soon as anticipated and staying off the Cuban coast, Irma continued a relentless march west across northern Cuba late into the evening Saturday. Read more about Irmas path through Cuba here. MIMI WHITEFIELDNearly one out of 1. Miami Dade, Broward homes without power. Nearly one out of 1. Miami Dade and Broward County were in the dark as of 1. Saturday. In Miami Dade, 1. In Broward, 4. 9,2. Palm Beach County is faring better with 9,8. RENE RODRIGUEZLatest advisory Irma crawling away from Cuba. Irma remains a Category 3 storm, with maximum winds at 1. Cuba. Its Cuban landfall appears to have affected the hurricanes structure and intensity, according to the National Hurricane Center. Irma ticked further west. The forecast continues to call for some storm strengthening before it arrives in the Florida Keys on Sunday morning. PATRICIA MAZZEIWhere ultra luxury vehicles parked in Sunny Isles Where do you park a 1. Heres one thing we have in common with the mega wealthy They, too, stress out over where to park their cars during a hurricane. Prestige Imports, the dealer of ultra luxury vehicles specializing in brands such as Lamborghini, Pagani, Lotus and Ferrari, reached out to developer Gil Dezer on Tuesday to ask if they could use the vacant penthouse at the Porsche Design Tower, the Sunny Isles Beach where owners can use elevators to park their cars inside their luxury condos. The four story penthouse asking price 3. The 1. 0 cars Prestige tucked away inside the 5. Two Pagani Huayras 2. Read the latest updates on Hurricane Irma here. IdiK2lVZIo0/maxresdefault.jpg' alt='Latest Updates On National Sunday Law' title='Latest Updates On National Sunday Law' />Pagani Zonda HP Barchetta 1. Ferrari La. Ferrari 3. Mercedes Benz SLR 7. S convertible 1 million, a 1. Lamborghini Countach 7. Shelby GT5. 00 Fastback 3. Read more about how the cars got to the garage here. RENE RODRIGUEZNo more emergency services available in Key Biscayne. Key Biscayne warned residents no emergency services are available on the island as of 9 4. The Remaining Public Safety Emergency Assets are Leaving Key Biscayne, the village wrote in an earlier email alert. PATRICIA MAZZEIHurricane force wind gust recorded in Keys. The first hurricane force wind gust from Irma has been recorded in the Florida Keys, according to the National Weather Service 7. Key West. ASSOCIATED PRESSGov. Scott on storm surge threat How do you survive that1. TALLAHASSEE After a fifth frenetic day crisscrossing the state attempting to brace the public for the unimaginable, Gov. Rick Scott conceded Saturday his greatest fear is that people wont heed his warnings. The thing that has caused me the biggest concern is I dont think anybody has realized the impact of this storm surge, the governor said at a press conference at the states Emergency Operations Center on the eve of Hurricane Irmas scheduled landfall. He had recited the forecast the core will move across the Keys early Saturday morning and go across our state on Sunday it will impact Northwest Florida on Monday the Keys will see direct impact of the eye of the storm 8 to 1. Keys the west coast will see storm surge of up to 1. Sunday Tampa will see a surge of 5 to 8 feet and the Big Bend area will see a surge of 3 to 6 feet. My hometown, Naples, 1. Scott asked. Gov. Rick Scott briefs reporters at the Emergency Operations Center in Tallahassee late Saturday. Download Midisoft Studio 6. The heart of this storm is quickly approaching. Mary Ellen Klas Miami Herald staff Scott evacuated his wife, daughter, son in law, and four grandsons to the Governors Mansion in Tallahassee on Friday after forecasts had the most severe projections of the menacing floods moving into the heart of Naples, where he owns a beachfront mansion. As the governor stood surrounded by members of the Florida National Guard, he warned that millions in Florida were already experiencing the tropical storm winds, tornadoes are possible in South Florida Saturday night and in Central Florida on Sunday, and 1. Read more from the governors latest Irma briefing here. MARY ELLEN KLASKey West is like the Titanic right now9 4. KEY WEST Hurricane Irma began to barrage Key West with powerful winds and driving rain on Saturday night, downing trees, knocking out electricity, sparking a brief tornado warning and grounding a sailboat against rocks. The worst was still hours away. But the storm nevertheless scattered the homeless men who vowed to ride out Irma in the storefronts of Duval Street. One of them wore only trunks, flippers and a snorkel mask most of the day.