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You can find it in the vitamin aisle in stores everywhere. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. >> harris: coastal florida is starting to feel the wrath of dorian. now a category 2 storm by a wind field thats getting wider as it moves closer to the united states. the rain, wind expected to get much worse in a matter of hours, although were told this will be less of a rain maker than what it was over the bahamas. they were measuring it in feet there. this after a weekend when everyone from sen...

Augustine florida, he joins us now on the phone. mayor, thank you for joining us. first of all, what is the situation like where you are and are people prepared? >> well, part of our problem is its an absolutely gorgeous day today and very counterintuitive when you have beautiful weather to understand that there is a significant storm soon to be off our coast. i think people in my community are well-prepared. the downtown area and the boulevard is by and large completely buttoned up. our residen...

We started out on this wall been way worse across florida several hours ago. now you can see it is just if earlier that category 4 storm would have moved right coming over. the water comes very quickly. into the coast. this is the best case scenario remember in a hurricane the majority of deaths are caused for florida we could have expected. from water, from drowning, not not the case for the bahamas. necessarily the wind. the pictures we see will be because it comes up so fast terrifying for mo...

Thank on. joining us is carlos aveal las. he is the fire chief in st. augustine florida. tell us what the situation is is the this hour. >> good morning. thanks for having me. i tell you, crews have been really swamped and busy all night. this area was devastated by hurricane matthew only 11 months ago, and sadly, were repeat thg right now as we speak. we have hundreds of residents still displays as a result of matthew or that are in the rebuilding process but overnight last night we saw signifi...

Joining me now from st. augustine florida, michael holmes. a big concern where you are there, the storm surge. all this flooding. what are you seeing? >> reporter: yeah absolutely. im standing in storm surge. it is not very deep here. but st. augustine, the city itself, whats known as the oldest city in america, dating back 400 years when a spanish admiral founded it. it is back that way. and this water goes all the way back into the city. and in fact the city is officially closed. emergency ser...

Of the question, as it is now, staying right off the florida coast. looks based on forecast track closest point of approach if it makes landfall, south carolina. but as my good friend former director of the center max mayfield used to say dont focus on that skinny black line. hurricanes are not a point on the map. this is an area of impact over a large area. storm surge, heavy rains, talking potential with the weather service about heavy rains in north carolina causing tremendous flash flooding....

Clouds. i just retweeted that on the twitter account. it begins to clear up a bit and then went through the eye wall and now, but whats fun and different, is you can go, its a 360 video and spin it around. see the pilots in the cockpit and look at the front of the planes window and the side of the window. its neat stuff theyre doing and these are brave people and amazing people that theyre out there doing missions at night and doing it during the daylight hours and punching. they have families t...

>> thanks. >> that was governor rick scott in the state of florida urging people to evacuate. as he has said, this is a life and death situation. get out. the number one priority for the governor of florida is to keep floridians safe. he does not want to see one single person injured. hes urging people to go to visitflorida.com. if you know people that live on the other side of the state, call them. go stay there. hotels, airbnb offering rooms for free. he cannot stress with more of a serious to...

That with flash floods, things like that. beach erosion, strong currents. possibility of tornadoes. hurricane force winds. storm surge. think about this. the storm surge of 5 to 9, not inches, but feet, 5 to 9 feet. feet. from sebastian to the florida/georgia line. upper keys to deerfield beach. these are heights aboveground, 5 to 9 feet. think about that. on top of that, waves crashing. so youll have storm surge, and on top of that, significant waves crashing. do not surf. do not go on the beac...

Landfall or maybe get very close to the state of florida. >> congressman, please stay safe and i do hope your constituents are listening to both you and governor rick scott. and they are taking precautionary measures in getting out. time is, of course, running out for those along the florida space coast. officials throughout the state urge evacuations ahead of an extremely rare possible category four hurricane. it is just hours away. traffic is beginning to build as well as wind. were going to b...