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That for kind of water? >> fema and the state and local folks have supplies and boat rescue ready in the waiting. they are all prepositioning themselves to get ready for those sorts of rescues, and that sort of thing. but they have to wait until the rainfall dies down so they dont put themselves in danger. the other problem we have here is that florida is a peninsula. so there arent too many places -- it makes it a little harder to preposition the assets. they are preparing for boat, water rescu...

High levels on shore. were doing interviews and talking to emergency managers. i cant explain what tight relationship noaa has with the governors and local emergency managers. theyre our partners and were all in this together. that concludes my briefing. >> two days ago we were given a really comprehensive briefing, and they seemed to think almost every prediction was that it was going to go right through florida and into the gulf. actually, right across florida. does that not have a chance of h...

Great abaco island and going to head over grand bahama island as we go throughout the night tonight. that part hasnt changed. they still have it a good safe distance off the florida coastline. earlier it was 30 miles off the coast just by quick eyeballing it, may have inched it maybe a mile or two. in other words, the path for about the first 36 to 72 hours unchanged. not closer to west palm. still in the cone of uncertainty, though. theyre still leaving the risk and the potential there. and ver...

Georgia, south carolina and those are right now within the cone as far as the national hurricane center is putting out. what are you guys doing to get ready? >> week. first of all, it is trying to keep as was just mentioned by the previous commentator, the flow of goods coming into florida as long as possible so our captains of the ports around the state have been working to keep commodities such as fuel coming in and as well as offloading passengers of cruise ships and from that point we are lo...

>> yes. everyone in town. >> of course that was residents of the bahamas preparing for this storm. specifically residents of abaco. which is the area that has had two landfalls so far from dorian. you see where it is right there but as you can see the radar, you need to find out where abaco is, its right there where the eye of the storm is located. 185 miles an hour winds pummelling that island. so were thankful that those people were aware enough to get prepared. but as you can see right there ...

The hurricane center red line is what they think the most accurate path is going to be. but it still could be to the right in the cone or to the left. so we still have west palm beach in the cone. i mean, you know, its maybe only a 10, 15% chance of happening but that western eyewall could make it to the beaches of florida. thats why were preparing for that just in case. then look at how close this is, this window here of just off the shore. the key is not getting into the eye. thats where the e...

Saw trees knocked over. light damage here at certain points but i can speak for everyone on the island saying when they see the damage north of us they feel very lucky because they know how powerful the storms can be. >> its early on in the situation. eye just made second landfall in abacos and imagine with communications and pictures out of there how it will look and we realize youre so far away and looking rough. our thanks to morgan chesky there in nassau. to the main u.s. mainland and jackso...

Does not mean that the state is out of danger. officials say its still in the cone of uncertainty. meaning landfall, although along the coast, could happen, could bring the rain. could bring the wind, right there to some of those coastal communities. >> some of that is just as damaging. florida is playing it safe. the state has declared a state of emergency. several counties have issued mandatory evacuation orders. officials are telling residents to get your water, get your gas, get cash handy. ...

Thats a great thing. thats why people here are very proactive, you can see people are putting sandbags in their cars, taking them home. again, christi and victor, the good news is that miami is outside of the cone of uncertainty, you can see people here still preparing. >> as they should. rosa flores, thank you so much. so, we want to go to allison chinchar right now, we know as people are preparing as we just saw from rosa, there are certain things that you need more than others. and you dont...

Eye like this, were still over 500 miles away from lets say the coast of florida, weve got a lot more warmer water to contend with. we go from the mid 80s to the upper 80s, and thats significant. here we are, currently at a category four. notice how it goes to three, then back to four. this is going to be a new track in two hours. what theyre showing us here is the older track, but what is currently. at about 11:00 p.m., were going to get a new track from the national hurricane center and its go...