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Moment the national hurricane center has had a great forecast especially within the last three days. this is the cone five days out. this storm stalled for a matter of two to three days around the bahamas. they had that in their forecast and knew it would move northward and the forecast three days out was excellent and we knew what would happen. florida was always in the cone of uncertainty and thats why we have to give you that margin of error. there was the potential for this storm to move a l...

So imagine being a top official at fema ex-like this next guy, that joins us to talks about, this it does make your job tough, doesnt it? >> yes, sir. this storm has made a lot of our jobs tough. thats what were in the business of doing. first of all, i appreciate being on the show but wonderful teamwork that the media does for us. we have just a short amount of time to continue to get the preparedness message out. dorian has been tricky. were prepared from north carolina to florida and beyond. ...

Surfers come out this morning taking to the waves. the national weather service says it is risky, the surf is still high and rough. they say people should still expect strong wind gusts and brief bursts of heavy rain all day today. coastal flooding is still a threat as is beach erosion. tropical storm warning is in effect for this area but about 30 minutes ago, bill, the county of brevard lifted the mandatory evacuation orders. >> bill: amazing to see how many people stuck around. thank you, mel...

Call when it makes this turn. this is as we go throughout the day today. later tonight and tomorrow its going to be right along the south carolina coast. that will be the highest winds along the coast and the heaviest rainfall, too. then as we go through thursday night and friday morning, its right along the north carolina coastal areas. youll notice all of the eastern north carolina still in the cone, so is myrtle beach. and charleston, the chances of being a low category 1 or 2 hurricane could...

Just saying. >> let me ask you again since you have your mic on, this looks like it will need wings at 30,000 feet, what is the accusation for people living in harms way? >> were the disseminators of this information but the hard-working people at the national hurricane center work diligently 24/7 to get the right information out. these are peoples lives and their livelihoods. they dont put these things out lightly so its very important to put the path out and cone of uncertainty because thats w...

A map that they say was given to the president on sunday showing the hurricanes cone of uncertain overlapping very slightly with the state of alabama. additionally, the president tweeted out a map dated from a week ago showing the various paths the hurricane could have taken. i want to bring in jonathan lemire, white house reporter for the associated press. jonathan, i think not a topic anybody expected this morning. we would be talking about. basic question here. it appears somebody took a shar...

Nothing too bad at the beaches. high tides maybe do damage. as we get into wednesday and evening, thats when the northern half of the storm begins to approach south carolina. still in the cone. georgetown, myrtle beach and all the way up to camp lagoon there. the storm is flying as it goes through. the best chance of landfall is thursday afternoon and evening. the problems well see high tides, this is as we go through on high tides on wednesday afternoon. orange is the possibility of 6 to 9 feet...

Early morning tomorrow morning. rainfall amounts upward of 15 inches. the other issue is going to be power outages. >> from west palm beach, daytona beach, jacksonville, spread to scattered. look once we get into coastal georgia, south carolina, and north carolina. were talking about widespread to extensive power outages. and even as you get inland, raleigh, you may be looking in the raleigh area at power outages around. widespread power outages into virginia as we virginia as well. even though ...

Intercoastal. across the water here its tough to see but thats huntington island. thats where i was yesterday. now, authorities are not letting anyone cross that bridge unless they are residents, not even news crews. so thats why were on this side. there had been more closures here in town overnight. the hotel lobby where we are stay, they closed down preparing to board up as well. no now, this area is under a hurricane warning. it means this wind will get even stronger. there will be even more ...

Winds here are fierce. category 3 winds, youre going to continue to pile water over and over and over. sometimes you get the storm surge coming in, and then it comes back out as things are supposed to go. but when you get a hurricane parked on top of you, this is what happens here. then on the back side of the island, by the way, we have a reverse storm surge coming in with a southerly wind, although this way less populated than freeport, but not entirely so. some of the outer rain bands, youve ...