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Melbourne, up toward orlando. there will still be tornado watches and warnings. this is the problem though anderson, where does it go and how can we effectively let everyone know what kind of wind gusts theyre going to have? still a category 2, moving northward, deviating east on the back edge, still getting that of course that surge coming in, wraparounding the system. the computer models have not handled this movement to the east. these modeled still want to carry it north-northwestward. thats...

West coast of florida. this is the back edge of it bay, which will continue to rise. moves in more from the west. they will be gusty. kwlaer clear water in past hours or so, gusting near 75 miles an hour. want to show you just kind of the overall view. we had anticipated that irma would move generally speaking around i-75. but it looked to me in the last few images that it is taking more of a jog to the west and northwest. we will continue to keep an eye out on that for you. so much to cover fro...

Myers? >> were about 20, 25 miles now northeast, so thats some good news as it continues to kick up theyre still on the back edge and we are looking at surge coming in from around the west. if it continues to deviate eastward those winds will lighten up somewhat. i think the forecast from the national hurricane center on their storm surge prediction and the inundation is still spot-on but again the winds on the south side, anderson, are going to blow maybe 75 to 85, possibly a gust at 90, but th...

Wall which is strong enough, anderson. >> its a little hard to hear you, so youre saying the eye will not cross over fort myers? >> no. its 15 miles east-northeast. theyre still in the eye wall and theyre just on the western eye wall. its still strong, but theyre not going to see a calm in the winds and theyll continue to deal, of course, with that surge coming in on the back edge, but it doesnt look like theyre going to get in the eye. its already passing to the east-northeast. >> thats a littl...

You can get. it is important to show our viewers that our reporters know what to do in the event that it gets harrier than it already is. it is a dangerous job anyway but you are always ready to take cover. never mind if im asking you questions, if it gets dangerous, just get inside and seek cover. kristen, ill ask bill to yell it out at me. are they fully on the other side of this storm yet in ft. myers? >> no. theyre just in the northern side. they just started. >> they just started the northe...

Of houston and in toward southwest louisiana. everything this purple, one, twor two, three feet, most of this is east in the houston area. we are looking at significant rain in beaumont, port arthur into lake charles, louisiana. it still has a water source, but were not very far from the back edge moving out of houston. once the system moves north of houston, their rainfall will be cut off. landfall in the predawn hours tomorrow morning, then notice it picks up speed and lifts away. but the reso...

Failures there. there are all structurally sound. im going to tell you what is happening overnight. notice that once you get out here past about katy, its not really raining that much anymore. theyre starting to see the back edge as the storm continues to drift to the east. we would like to get that into houston. we would like to take this a little further. we dont know have much -- the rain stops. its cool right now. its just sitting right there. this is the additional rainfall total thats expe...

Slowly, maybe four or five hours and get the back edge will come on through and hurricane force will click back on. what a night its going to be. anyone who has decided to wait the storm out there, its going to be a rough evening and get into the flooding after that. my advice, corpus christi, if you can get out, youre almost out of time. its really getting late in the game. the current winds are 39. we have the first tropical storm force gust, once you get in sustained winds, thats when power s...

Reiterating as well one wobble to the west could mean all the difference when youre talking about the wind. i am concerned about the storm surge as we get to the north where you are, chris. be careful up there. we are experiencing incredibly strong winds where we are in brevard county just as the gentleman was saying, most people without power here. if something goes wrong they will not be able to get emergency services to you and so thats why yesterday, when we were along the coast we were talk...

Drop down a little bit. >> despite the risk, john continues to record, a dangerous distraction in an already tense situation. >> again, very dangerous. this is borderline stupid. just all kinds of things you have to be ready for. theres heavy rain, strong winds. very strong winds. gusts easily up to about 50, 60 miles per hour. potentially damaging hail and, of course, tornadoes, some of which may be wrapped in rain that you cant even see. >> but as he nears the back edge of the powerful storm, ...