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Its like driving from oklahoma city to dallas and still not getting through the path. just unbelievable. >> i cant even imagine. i guess i would ask, how are you feeling after seeing this much direction? i guess its the job. how are you doing? >> im exhausted. i cant -- its -- caught me off guard with that question. cant really process it while youre out here. when i get home, sometimes ill go two to three weeks jumping from weather pattern, weather system to weather system. when i get home, ive...

Terrebonne bay. grand isle had that 146-mile-per-hour wind gust. one thing thats interesting with the structure of the storm, were now seeing dual eye walls. the storm had been about 20 miles wide. thats the clear eye here. then another ring on the outside of that. so thats what we call a double eye wall that is 50 miles wide. the max winds will come down with the storm a little bit so you think thats great but the problem is then the wind field expands so the damage path could be even wider so ...

You can tell by the damage path that that debris was lofted and pulled to the north and east. as i was watching it on radar, thats the exact path this thing took. ive driven north of 66 here just east of 81. thats exactly the direction it was going. >> rerack it there again, control room. mark, stay with us here. were going to point out your drone video is really very telling here. take it about 15 minutes ago. theres this cluster here of dense debris. its in the middle of all these other traile...

Bane bridge at 53. were getting in that borderline area. we have a lot of tree damage, power outages and theyre beginning to expand north warwa and albany, georgia later on this evening. heres the latest from the hurricane center. well get the next update at 5:00. well see how much its weakened. now its down to 155. i like this moving at 15 so whoever is dealing with it doesnt have to deal with it for long. but the other problem with that is that since its still a very intense category 4, it spr...

Facing risks of severe weather and a heat wave in the northeast. >> today will be one of the more dangerous days of the entire year from a weather system because were expecting tornadoes today, long track, strong tornadoes, the k tt can destroy towns and devastate communities. lets get into whats happening now. just rain this morning. the stormsy yesterday are over with. heres the damage path of the 400 miles. this is the strong wind ee event that started in areas of iowa, went through the des m...

Disappoint you, but im not going to. so for whatever camp you fall into or even a neutral one, if there are any neutrals left after seven years, im not going anywhere. >> and despite that claim by christie hes not going anywhere, he didnt completely close the door on joining the trump administration, saying he would consider any requests that are made. >> okay. lets get a check on weather now. whats it looking like out there overall? >> the severe threat is diminishing. its not over with. stil...

Weather service will be out looking at the damage later on today to determine what it really was. now, you cant tell what the damage or the strength of a tornado by looking at a car or by looking at a trailer or by looking at anything made of aluminum or a tin roof or aluminum shed. those things come apart quickly. its the sound, stick, brick homes that weather service will go out and see how many damage occurred there. what i see there is a damage path of less than half a mile. thats good news....

Devastating twisters tear through there. tell us what you saw. >> reporte >> thats right. i was in little rock. before the storm issued a tornado warning, i could see potential for rotation so i drove a few miles up interstate 40 and i was near mayflower and saw the tornado touch down about five to ten minutes after 7:00 p.m. local time. >> michael, we know that as a storm hunter you have seen your share of tornadoes and devastation. give us an idea of how this one compares to what you have seen...

Its not going to get worse for you. everybody else, theyre still trying to pick up pieces through here. about -- ill say 20, it could be 20 to 30. a 30-mile wide f-4 tornado sat over your house for 30 minutes as the eye rolled from one side to the other. thats what these people dealt with. even in america, an f-4 tornado goes by and hits your house for eight seconds and its gone. this was a lumbering storm over these areas not just for ten seconds but more tens of minutes. once you lose a board ...

Bad spots yet. and we may not for a while. youre going to have to fly into those areas because the roads are completely shut off as well. getting in and out of this damage path is going to be a nightmare for weeks to come, don. >> i see the radar up on the screen to the bottom right, left he depending on where youre looking. here is the thing, track it for us. who is getting hit the hardest and who is out of the woods? >> this is as close as its getting to manila. theres one more outer ban here....