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>> serious reason for concern considering how they got away and how long theyve been on the loose. thanks for our international viewers for watching. for our u.s. viewers, were getting a new update on hurricane dorian posing a serious threat to florida as a major hurricane. "new day" continues now. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. good morning, everyone. welcome to your new day. it is thursday august, 29th, 8:00 in the east and we do begin with breaking news on hurricane dorian. this h...

Hurricane season and this is a system that came from africa. so in that regard its not too different. what is different about it is if it does end up hitting, say, the central to northern coast of florida, thats a very rare spot for hurricanes to hit just because of the way the coast curves. its happened before, but its uncommon. so most -- most hurricanes that are located where this one is right now actually recurved before they hit the u.s. theres a few exceptions to that and theyre all storm ...

Strength of hurricane dorian. it looks like its heading straight toward florida. the national hurricane center has just issued the latest advisory and all signs point to a major hurricane. the entire state of florida is on alert as dorian approaches. the governor has already declared a state of emergency and stores are reporting empty shelves as residents stock up on food, water and medical supplies. lets get straight to the new forecast, cnns chad myers joins us right now. what are you seeing? ...

Independent of where the center is, the entire area not just the coast but even inland can see the impact. >> we mentioned that north central florida has never seen a hurricane thats a cat-3 or stronger. how much is that worrying you in terms of infrastructure or just people, frankly, who havent had the experience that many others in florida have had dealing with something like this before? >> its interesting, chris. you know, we talk about, you know, the science of hurricane forecasts and we us...

Homicide. the numbers grow. reporting begins now. hurricane dorian update. the southeast u.s. braces for what the national hurricane center calls a possible catastrophic category four storm this labor day. from the florida keys to south georgoverno georgia, theyre stocking up with four days left before the storm is projected to hit, the cone of uncertainty stretches about 500 miles. the center puts it south of orlando along floridas east coast. but they caution at the national hurricane center t...

Give me your sense. >> hey, chris. similar forecast to before. if you think about the structure we still have a structure here looking strong but look with time. we have a lot of time over warm water. nothing much to stop this thing from intensifying. a similar forecast were looking at with time becoming a major hurricane and the cone is one of the most important things to look at right now because with the uncertainty of the forecast anywhere from the georgia coast, the entire coast line of flo...

But the biggest thing here and reed mentioned it, this is a cone of uncertainty and its titled that for a reign. the european model put on the brakes like he mentioned. that means more than just sitting off the coast and churning up the coast. thats terrible. but it also will sit there for a while and give the surrounding environment time to decide where it wants to take it. its anybodys guess. one thing for sure, the last several days, the model have been all over the place and they will tinted...

Really the overnight hours. nothing has truly been updated, i think, since then. hurricane hunter in it. its an 85 mile-per-hour storm moving away from san juan. were going to lose radar presentation quite quickly, because the only radar out there is from puerto rico and its getting so far away, you cannot really see the eye anymore. so were going to rely on satellites for awhile. theres no real radars there in the bahamas we can use. so well watch the satellite, where it goes from here. the big...

If you think storm surge, because most of the people that will die from this or get injured will be as a result of the water. either surge water or the water thats from the rain from flooding. the wind will take out the power, so if youre inside that cone, expect the power to go out. if you live along the ft. lauderdale area and as the canals come in so you can take your boat in and out, all of that will be full of surge water up to seven to eight miles inland. so you can be away from the coast ...

After sideswiping puerto rico and damaging parts of the u.s. virgin islands. floridians are scrambling to get ready. lines snaking around gas stations and grocery stores. how much could be hit? >> really it could be the whole coast, the carolinas, the keys, into the gulf. this has been a fickle storm. if you asked us about five days ago, a lot of meteorologist would say no way, but its where we are. this is the acorn that will become the great oak tree. if you look at the cone of uncertainty, it...