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Its just going to sit and spin like that little thing you used to use when you were little, and it will cause heavy flooding rains. 12 to 24 inches. could see up to 30 inches of rain in some spots. thats scary. life threatening flash flooding. take shelter if you havent. keep in shelter over the next 46 36 hours. lets focus on the track. we want to talk about the u.s. coast along florida. also south carolina into north carolina. category 5 by monday. 8:00, we keep it as a five through the bahama...

Dorian. a massive storm gaining strength in the atlantic with the path set for florida. >> heres the thing. in just 24 hours dorian went from a category 1 to an extremely dangerous category 4 with maximum sustained winds of 140 miles or 220 kilometers per hour. >> it is still unclear, as you can see from this graphic here, exactly where dorian will make landfall. right now it is projected to hit near melbourne, florida. thats in the middle of the state on tuesday. and continue up the coast. >> a...

Direct hit, how worried are you about flash flooding, coastal damage and some of the other issues? >> well, were worried about that whether its a direct hit or not. thats something that we always worry about. its just a wait and see game as to see whats going to happen. and one thing that i want to bring out is that even if the storm goes due north and doesnt hit south florida, were still in hurricane season. i think weve heard that theres a couple storms off the coast of africa which then comes...

Sandy barely registered as a hurricane and obviously did a lot more damage. what do you tell people now to look for? >> well, here is my biggest concern at this. i hope that it keeps on an eastward track and most models indicate that and hurricanes do what it wants to do. if it stays on the eastern track ap denigrates into a tropical storm or depression, georgia, carolinas, washington d.c. and that means buckets and buckets, boatloads of rain which means flash flooding and flash flooding can be ...

Im afraid well be sitting back and waiting a little longer to see what is going to happen. mike: if the models hold, flash flooding and storm surge could be a huge problem. >> absolutely, especially along the coast, the storm surge would be a major problem along here. the tighter to the coast, the flooding could be an issue. youre in an area where youll see tropical force winds. it depends how close we run to the coast. mike: adam, thanks very much. laura: weve been talking to a lot of experts a...

And goes up the peninsula, the rain will be a major factor at some point in time. >> it is. were trying to look at the rainfall forecasts now. this isnt a situation that were seeing it stall over the state. thats not the case. its going to move even though it will be slow. at that moment, we can see 6 to 10 inches, 10 to 15 inches in spots, this could move in either direction depending on the track. so just because thats what it is now that could change. thats why we encourage people to listen t...

Thats it for a special report. fair, balanced, still unafraid. the story gets gas hosted by trace gallagher, giving you an extra eight seconds. >> trace: you are a good man, bret. extremely dangerous. thats how the already a major category three hurricane. barreling towards the u.s. mainland tonight, posing a threat to florida and northwestern bahamas. im trace gallagher in for martha maccallum and this is "the story." tracking tonight over the atlantic ocean turning into a cat three overall thi...

On saturday well really feel the brunt of it on sunday. you can see this hot pink here telling us the high probability for those damaging winds moderate and then slight as you move to the north. heavy rain is going to be another factor. we are looking at the potential for flash flooding. we mentioned it before, flooding is the number one weather death as we look at statistics. so heavy rain northwest bahamas 6-12 inches isolated amounts up to 18 inches. so it will cause some problems to the coas...

Category 4 storm into the state of florida we could see life threatening storm surge. we are going to have high tide with the new moon. well see flash flooding and destructive winds somewhere along the coast here. and then its going to linger because its moving at a snails pace. and well see rain for days, power outages at this point. that could last a week maybe into two weeks. and thats why we want you to be prepared now. things looking god. looking at sunshine right now. this is the time to p...

Snickers commercial. >> who is this the opposite of? >> you turn into me, a much nicer person. >> that would be some upgrade in looks. >> this is cnn tonight. im don lemon. thank you so much for watching. we have some serious stuff to talk about, and that is hurricane dorian at the top of the list, bringing the threat of flash flooding to parts of puerto rico still reeling from hurricane maria nearly two years ago. that as dorian is expected to strengthen into a powerful hurricane that could hit...