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We believe it was two miles per hour away from the category 5 strength. now that its offshore, rapid development in the isowe can have a pinpoint center and track from there. taking it away from the turks and caicos but pretty close. and then the computer models only go so far. as they have it as a category 3, theyre believing that in day four or five, come this weekend its undergo some sheer meaning winds will tear the system down. i think with the rabbit eye occurring it could see category 4 s...

Were glad theyre okay and glad someone was taking care of the baby. heather from puerto rico. i want to bring in bill nye. thank you for joining us. i have to ask you this question. ive been wanting to ask you. the united states has been rocked by three massive storms. harvey, irma, maria. stl a scientific explanation why weve seen so many powerful storms this year, bill? >> those of us who accept the science of climate change connect all of these with having more heat energy in the atmosphere. ...

Cnn meteorologist chad myers has the latest forecast. where is it tracking now? >> it is tracking into the atlantic. yesterday it was kind of bending toward the u.s. that has changed overnight in some of the computer models, european and the american model. look at the eye of the storm, just hitting hard the north coast of the dominican republic and ill pushing rain into the puerto rico west coast where more flash flooding is expected today. 115-mile-per-hour storm. it has gained strength overni...

The world and the drama of the storm begins to -- so puerto rico already in a state of economic real concern before hurricane irma hit a fortnight ago, that was a glancing blow but caused a billion dollars worth of damage. puerto rico in for a very bad few months ahead, pam. >> absolutely. and just the thought of all these people there just concerned about having their basic needs met day-to-day in the wake of that hurricane. nick paton walsh, thank you so much. so will maria have an impact on t...

Are going to be absolutely different to 48 hours ago. >> nick paton walsh, thank you for bringing us the latest there in puerto rico. and right now maria is headed toward the bahamas and turks and caicos. will it have an impact on the u.s.? cnn meteorologist allison chinchar is watching the computer models. what can you tell us, allison? >> well, the good news at least in the long term the u.s. will not have any impacts. right now winds maria 120 miles per hour moving to the northwest about 9 mi...

Computer models here they are. it from this point forward we have to go further and look at other tracks first lets go to the national hurricane center. they pick it up to a hurricane 3 instancety. we believe its going to turks and caicos so not direct landful fall there or dominican republic. we take it in time, dropping sunday to a category 2 and then drops it to a category 1 on monday, and thats before coming parallel with the outer banks. as we look at a couple things, high pressure we have ...

Determine the future track of the storm. we can see the storm ahead of us on our radar >> harris: what do you do to take precautions? youre out in front of the storm. im sure people are wondering what protects those guys? you have to get how close to drop your sensor? >> with this particular aircraft high altitude reconnaissance plane. its a gulf stream jet that flies at 45,000 feet. the most crucial part of our mission is to drop those weather instruments. theyre sort of the opposite of a weath...

Strike on the east coast mainland? >> well, right now, were gathering the data thats going to be critical in those computer models that everybody sees now that the, the best forecasters in the world in terms of tropical meet yol ji. theyre look at the models and using their years of experience and right now, for the time being, it looks like the united states might and i really want to emphasize might, be somewhat lucky in that the storm might stay offshore, but again, everybody along the east c...

Have to monitor this as the computer models are spread out especially as we go further out into next week. its too close for comfort. if i could show you the gss and european model monday and tuesday and then coming very close perhaps a brush across the mid-atlantic or northeast. we just need high pressure across the atlantic, the bermuda high to get stronger and maybe push the storm inland. the one thing that will be a good piece of news is that the storm will be considerably weaker but again, ...

Shake map or the population that felt either light, moderate or stronger damage. but, first, you usually have one earthquake thats 8.1 or higher. almost 15.5 million people felt shaking, 1.6 million very strong. the usgs has the computer models. theres a 40% chance, and unfortunately were starting to see that, don. we are looking at after shocks. not many have occurred. not many have been recorded right now, but they will. this is going to take days, weeks or even months. any structures that hav...