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This path right here is pretty much worst case scenario, there are about 2 million people who live where my hand is, northern and north eastern quadrant, thats the dirty side of the storm. with the storm surge, the rain nmt mountains that could be up to 2 feet and the catastrophic wind damage, thats the huge issue is going to be the wind damage, structural damage, people getting fresh water and food is going to be a issue and the infrastructure problems in the mountains with flash flooding, tryi...

Could still see the potential for damage with flash flooding as well. the yellow track irma, the red track, maria. maria will make a right-hand turn, at least we think so. we always wait for that turn, guys. right now we hope its a gutter ball between bermuda and the u.s. 48. >> with all of the attention on maria, we seem to have forgotten for a second about hurricane jose. is that doing anything right now? >> yes, let me get to it. its here on this graphic. hurricane jose, it will eventually di...

West, northwest through the northeast caribbean and its hard to imagine it not missing the u.s. and british virgin islands and puerto rico on wednesday. this could be the first cat 4 to hit puerto rico in 85 years. so, this is a major hurricane. it could be catastrophic with land slides, flash flooding, 20 to 25 inches of rain in the mountains in puerto rico. not to say the u.s. virgin islands wont get hit hard. the islands that got hit barbuda, theyre going to be too far north. again, everythin...

Maybe category 5 storm. heres puerto rico. 3.5 million americans live here. here it comes right along the shore. making landfall if the center of the cone is correct because the cone is getting smaller now, near palmos delmar. the area that will see the hardest wind damage, across the area as well, there is a national forest there. it is a rain forest. that will be damaged, but certainly not going to hit the populated area, lets say, if san juan was on the southeast coast. san juan is on the nor...

The city of san juan. puerto rico has 3.5 people, and its a significant increase in the population and infrastructure. how many power lines are up and how many power lines will come down with this storm. the storm does turn to the right. every single model does take it away from the u.s. the u.s. is also down here. the u.s. virgin islands and puerto rico will see 10 to 15 inches of rainfall and that could cause more flash flooding, so we have everything. we have storm surge and flooding and muds...

Hit puerto rico in 85 years. so, this is a major hurricane. it could be catastrophic with land slides, flash flooding, 20 to 25 inches of rain in the mountains in puerto rico. not to say the u.s. virgin islands wont get hit hard. the islands that got hit barbuda, theyre going to be too far north. again, everything rushed to completion in puerto rico and the virgin islands tonight and tomorrow. >> and, mike, about whats behind you, how much of a wallop are portions of the east coast going to get ...

Irma was huge and spread far north. right now, youve got water being pumped out of the streets in charleston, south carolina, because they had flash flooding overnight there as a result of irma. nick is there with some of the folks. it has flooded into the homes, in places where theyre not used to flooding like this, nick. >> residents of 30 plus years here in charleston say theyve never seen anything like it. were hearing the words hurricane hugo the last time the flooding was this bad here. th...

>> right now there is no food, no water, no electricity. first responders are in triage mode. their supplies and communication, limited. this is cudjoe key. this is where irma made landfall. >> the water is not working. the sewers not working and theres no electricity. so its very tough. >> in jacksonville, flash flooding has swallowed entire streets. flood levels along the st. johns river surpassing a 153-year-old record. the surge unlike anything residents have seen before. >> the mayor and lo...

Pre-stage to jacksonville. we will do everything we did and the way i look at it is as governor, we want to the keep everybody from the storm and we want to keep everyone safe from the storm and get everyone back to life as quickly as possible. we have deployed a 25-person team from the state operations center to the emergency operation in putnam, duval and clay counties in response to this historic flooding. we will continue to send resources to jacksonville and any other community in need. rai...

But its going to continue to have hurricane-force gusts all the way up into southern georgia. so well see widespread areas from pretty much the rest of the evening from kissimmee to orlando and further north. an ocala up to gainesville as it makes its way up to the north. as it moves father north well see localized flash flooding. it will start speeding up, the forward movement is 14 miles an hour. the faster it goes the less well see in the flash flood threat. but the winds. those winds clearly...