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Over and the inner eyewall is collapsing and possibly getting stronger. category 4 for the next several days. were expecting the storm to stall. earlier i was comparing this to perhaps north carolinas version of hurricane harvey for texas. we could see upwards of three to four feet of rain if the storm stalls out. it looks like this cone as it gets wider doesnt know what to do. the steering mechanism will end. the high pressure in the atlantic steering it right now gets weaker and moves eastward...

>> dana: are most people heeding the orders? at what time do they need to be leaving by? >> by and large, most people are heating the evacuation orders. the exact times vary, depending on how close you are to the cone of uncertainty. and how low you are, how prone you are too storm surge. some of those orders have started as early as 8:00 this morning. all other communities taking more of a weight-and-see attitude. we will issue orders and just the coming hours. they are telling people to stay t...

Also rainfall. these are unbelievable numbers. were talking 20 inches of rain, 30 inches of rain, i can hear ali in the background here. typically were thinking snow. thats a lot of snow. this is rain, were going to see destructive rain flooding. power outages, towns paralyzed for a few days. and were going to focus this over the next couple days. >> well keep you posted on every development in the storm, thanks, michelle. lets go to the area in the middle of that cone of uncertainty that michel...

There is the track as of five:00 a.m. so maintaining that category 4 strength. perhaps getting close to a 5 or getting to the 5 in the next 12 to 24 hours. then we anticipate a landfall somewhere along the coast of north carolina. but that cone of uncertainty see it gets wider over time. thats because there is uncertainty with the forecast models as we go through the next several days. we think there is a possibility of the storm to stall. here is the gfs and euro model in very good agreement. l...

Nightmare with any storm, let alone a category 4. its roughly about a thousand miles away from wilmington, north carolina. heres the latest from the hurricane center. category 4, thursday at 2:00 a.m., 145 miles per hour winds. it could bump up a little bit. then as it nears the coast, the wind shear will increase a little bit so well get a slight weakening. hopefully a lot of weakening because it looks like it will be close enough to the coast for damage. the lower the winds, the less the wind ...

Ive looked at this cone of uncertainty. it would seem as if oak island is right smack -- really right smack in the middle of that cone. whats the biggest concern right now? oak island, north carolina, mayor? >> well, the biggest concern is to evacuate the people safely, which we called a mandatory evacuation this morning. based on the fact of some things we have been told. as you stated, if you look at the european model and -- from the very beginning, weve started preparation. it stated they th...

Little bit, and that is not good news along the coast. we will have a high storm surge that is going to be causing a lots of erosion and home destruction and beach destruck shn, and then moving inland, and the problem is control block, and it is going to act like a roadblock and keep it to the south, and keep it spinning for days over the area, and we will be seeing the drenching rains, and when i say drenching rain, i mean, 20 to 30 inches of rain, which is going to cause a lot of problems. hur...

Throughout the weekend. were going to see the effects into next week as well, possibly after that with rainfall as high as 30 inches. we have a hurricane watch. thats in the pink here along the coast, right along the north carolina/virginia border, down through north carolina, also south carolina. no one is out of the woods where you see that pink. we have a pretty big cone of about 320 miles. you have to pay attention to the forecast over the next several days. a storm surge, this is a biggie. ...

Steve: 7:00 here in new york city. we start this hour with extreme weather. final preparations are underway along the east coast as hurricane florence is now a category 2 and, perhaps, building. brian: people filling sandbags, preparing for the worse, ahead of what could be a fierce storm, likely striking later this week. ainsley: virginia, north carolina and south carolina are all declaring states of emergency. this comes as the u.s. navy is ordering their warships and their sub marines to leav...

To get higher as it approaches the coast line here. we have very warm waters, kind of fuels those storms and very low wind shear, and thats going to strengthen the storm. you want wind shear to pull apart those storms, thats not going to happen. so we expect a thursday-friday landfall on on the coast. were going to see it moving very slowly as it makes landfall and were going to see it sit and spin and drop a lot of rain. you want to focus on the cone, the landfall could be anywhere from cape ha...