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The first crew to see through our own eyes how bad mexico beach is. >> you are flying over the coastline there. what are you seeing below you there? what is the state of the structures and the homes, et cetera? >> reporter: sure, sure. so far we are around the destin area. if you think back to the cone from yesterday was on the western edge of the cone. so it still suffered, you know, high winds, storm surge, three to five feet. but looking down, i mean, these are -- i dont want to stick my hand...

Close the line was from landfall. theres mexico beach right in the middle of the cone. i will tell you, they can do a great job with the directions, sometimes the plus or minus on the speed is the issue. were not great at that yet. but that was 52 hours that they made that call for a major hurricane making landfall at mexico beach. john, thats what happened. >> reporter: you told us it was going to happen, chad, it did happen, people were warned. i think one of the issues is people did not want ...

The winds are going to be that strong that we basically are going to have a long-term tornado warning for the areas in the panhandle, including tallahassee because of all of those trees and all of the power lines that are potentially going to come down. this is still going to be a category two storm possibly when it crosses into georgia. i dont want people to get off guard because of that. of course this storm should have come as no surprise. weve been talking about this storm since sunday when ...

Some of those rain bands are producing hurricane-force wind gusts. thats where you will see the danger of the wind damage but also the tornadoes. we concede some of these areas. we are getting closer and closer to land, and, again, have to focus on the big picture. you can see rainfall as far down as tampa, being impacted by the system already prayed lets look at the forecast with time again, tropical storm-force winds, 175 miles away from the center. a very large system. thats what we need to t...

Together remarkably well. just when and where we wish it wouldnt. correspondent tammy leitner is standing by in albany, georgia. in normal times with a normal storm, you would be way out of the cone of effects from this storm, which is now still approaching your area. >> yeah, brian. were just now starting to feel the outer bands here in southwest georgia. starting to feel the wind, the win. theres a tornado warning in effect here. about 108 counties across georgia with an emergency warning in e...

Natural dis astasters. these are forces of nature. they are predicting paths to where we were. in the last couple of years has been implemented. theres a reason why theres a cone and theres a reason because theres deviation. it didnt make all the difference in the world. people have known this is coming and they should have heeded the warnings. i pray we dont wake up tomorrow to the news that a bunch of people lost their lives because they didnt leave. theres still some tough times ahead. its ab...

>> if it does not reduce, the category 4 will take out much of the infrastructure. and you know, when we were talking about florence, we said that fit came in at a category 4 in that area, it would be in some cases like a weapon of mass destruction, and category 4 will take out the grid inside of the cone, because the topography there and the vegetation is so heavy in that part, and the forest to the left, the apalachicola fortoast the west, and the powerlines and roads are going to be hard to t...

Whats the best way to explain that kind of thing to the folks watching? >> thats one of the situations. theres several different things with hurricane michael. the pressure was in the top three lowest pressures we have had u.s. landfalls. theres some famous storms in the past we can think of over the years. the other part of it is since records go back to 1851, the hurricane center, you cant find another category 4 that hit the panhandle. history making, very devastating storm and one we will ne...

We wouldnt. thats not close to the cone. red like that reflected back you know? were well out of it in almost fully because its hitting all these raindrops in tampa/st. petersburg. the air and see the pictures this is a fierce, fierce storm. coming in to it. all live pictures of the >> came on so quickly. i think back a few weeks ago. areament winds gusting anywhere -- latest gust around >> yep. >> you were in north carolina 66. the winds seeing in panama city covering florence. >> we had days a...

>> shepard: a major hurricane heading straight toward the florida panhandle and big ben area. lets get a look where this is led from the national hurricane center their director is ken graham and he is live with us. ken, thanks. >> you bet, shep. good to have you back here and let people know whats going on. its a very dangerous storm at this point. >> shepard: what are you seeing? >> you look at this track and healthier and healthier. we are seeing this eye form and track at this time. a couple...