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Breaking news, hurricane michael an extremely dangerous category-four storm. 140 mile-per-hour winds, and a life-threatening storm surge four here. six panhandle airport closed including two in destin, florida. thats where george howell is standing by live. what are you seeing there, george? >> reporter: right now dont be fooled. were in the middle of a pocket within the bands where theres no rain coming down. the winds have calmed down a bit, too. we havent seen really strong winds yet. but the...

Again, we just got a brand-new update from the national hurricane center. so lets bring in chad mie yers. >> theyre going with 145 miles an hour. we saw something around 155 a loft, but that doesnt count. thats where the planes are coming through it. translated down to the surface around 145. that was the forecast for land fall. now were there. hopefully it doesnt get bigger than this, higher than this. let me show you what you can hope for. we have a tornado watch in effect. some of those storm...

Have done everything we can to tell people to evacuate and people that have chose not to and i am scared to death if there are kids that did not make that choice on their own, and i have called up 3,500 of the national guard, and we are going to do everything we can. in the middle of this, theres no first responders and nobody can come out and save your life today. >> reporter: thats such an important message to send right now. you are on your own for a few hours until this storm passes through....

I think you have been sounding the alarm, as have we, but the idea of 145-mile-per-hour winds slam into the panhandle, and i have covered a hurricane with 100-mile-per-hour winds, and its scary. so your message today to all floridians is what? >> obviously take heed to these warnings. i have watched the storms from the comfort of my own living room before and think it wont be that bad. do not make that calculation. it will be that bad and it will be worse than what we have experienced in this pa...

Hurricane katrina, in louisiana, whether it was hurricane camille in the early 1960s in south mississippi when it hit the tip there. whenever the center of circulation crosses the land, thats official landfall but make no mistake, the beginning i wall has made landfall in the florida panhandle east of panama city beach, east to panama city right along highway 98, just around davis beach, to the north of mexico beach, its about to get the eye wall itself. the eye wall this moment, the eastern edg...

Pay nothing out of pocket. talk to your doctor and visit botoxchronicmigraine.com to enroll. good morning to you. im jim sciutto. >> and im poppy harlow in new york. we track this monster storm. it is not just the strongest hurricane to hit the u.s. this year. it is the strongest to hit the florida panhandle in recorded history, and thats at least a century and a half. right now hurricane michael is battering the panhandle with wind and rain that will only get heavier until the center makes la...

Outside. they found a wind to 140 at the surface, 165 at 7,000 feet. no one is living up at 7,000 feet. there is the storm right there. we have a tornado watch on the east side. the real threat is the surge, 12 feet of surge easy in some spots. also 140 miles per hour will knock down most structures and certainly will knock down most trees that are now sitting in very wet soil because it has been raining for 12 or 14 hours. on land at 145 miles per hour somewhere between the 2:00 and 4:00 hour w...

Down the street here. the eye of the storm, obviously very, very close to shore if not already on shore and you can just see the damage that will be done as this passes through with these winds of 145 miles an houror or in some cases even greater. the hurricane force winds extend about 45 miles from the core, the tropical storm force winds even beyond that. this is a very big storm, the impact will be felt all over the gulf coast. again, the florida panhandle has never seen a storm as powerful a...

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Tornadoes in the area. they could be weak but will cause structural damage. that is on going as we make landfall later on across the panhandle of florida. this is incredibly dangerous situation. that is why im certained not only of reporters but for people have not heeded warnings to evacuate. i cant stress it enough. it is in the pit of our stomachs. this is something like katrina upgraded to a 5 in the gulf of mexico. this is very similar. this is not far off from a category 5. wellwell see ca...