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Light suddenly went off. again, chris, things are really just getting under way as we feel the winds pick up and it looks like the band is starting to pass and at any minute it is going to continue to get worse, chris. >> yeah, same situation here in terms of being between bands. people then can get a false sense of security. when it changes, it gets ugly, quickly. the control room is telling me the power went out at the daytona beach live shot. the problem is, it will take a long time to restor...

Screen. we will be showing you daytona beach. the focus of impact right now. the big, gusting winds and heavy rain and even lightning which is an x-factor. that is where we have boris sanchez trying to wait it out for us. you had to move. how are you doing now, my friend. >> chris, we just had to move, again, because the wind keeps getting stronger. we just got another band of harsh, harsh rain. you can see right over my shoulder over there, the amount of debris that is in the street right now. ...

Keep up with the eye. just parallel with it at the coast. right now im seeing some of the worst conditions so far. just like boris was talking about. winds were really kicking up and getting real strong. just off to my left im getting a lot of power flashes and the traffic signals are swaying really good. its really kicking up good now. >> jason, do me a favor. if you can, use your camera, if you can, and show us what youre seeing. >> so, this is just one of the intersections. so, and from time ...

Through this dangerous period. we are obviously on alert everywhere. weve lost power in the city. power outages throughout the county. we expect more. we turned our water off last night. so this is the time for people to stay put. this is an incredibly dangerous storm. and you know it. youve been reporting on it for hours now. and our concern is really making sure people stay where they are, stay safe. we have our crews ready to move as soon as they are able but right now theyre not moving anywh...

Strong winds that are being felt to the south of. people decided to stay in their homes and to hunker down and try to wait this thing out. the beach is right behind our hotel. fortunately were protected from that right now. i saw the waves touching the very edge of our hotel and its likely as the storm gets closer and the rain starts coming down heavier and heavier we will see some flooding here. for folks that have decided to stay home, theyre really putting their lives on the line when you con...

Watching jennifer grays live shots from. mayor, where are you hunkered down? >> im hunkered down with my family in our home. the chief of the fire department is at the eoc. they lost power there and thats the southeast section, but theyre running on generators. they have radio, 800 radio power for cell phone and communication and were hunkering, hunkering down. im listening to the winds. as youre stating, i can tell because ive been up the whole time. ive been listening at 2:00 in the morning it...

Of course. incredible. >> mayor, youre coming in and out. youre all on stand by. youre hunkered down and as you say the emergency responders, the police, the firefighters. have you been getting distress calls from people who maybe did not heed the evacuation warning? >> we are not receiving any distress calls as of yet. we are watching basically through the windows and we cannot respond until the winds die down below 39 miles per hour. at that point, we can go out. if we tried to go out now, it ...

Everything, but not get too exposed if possible. all right so thats whats going on in daytona beach. thats the present. which is a look at the future of whats going to happen up the rest of the east coast and here in jacksonville, carol. thats why the governor was saying the i-10 corridor which cuts east to west is open and passable. now is the time to move while you still can. >> now is the time to move. unless you live in st. augustine. because we just talked to the mayor there. she wants peop...

While the getting is good. the i-10 corridor is open, you can drive west, you can get to safety if youre in the evacuation zones. its easy enough to find out. go to the websites for your local authorities. the word is out on your local stations. we are putting it out as well. the concern and the story of matthew is going to be storm surge. its not so much about the winds as it was with hurricane andrew. people make the mistake of saying well, that was a more powerful storm as if this will certai...

Slowly at 120. but not like spinning with her arms in, at 140. thats the only difference. the pressure is the same. the risk is the same. the storm surge is the same. its the same size storm. it just doesnt have that one inner core wall to make 140. new smyrna beach youre in the way right now. that storm is about to come onshore for you. playa linda, oak hill getting slammed with 100-mile-per-hour winds. and then farther up toward daytona beach we are seeing one more band come in for boris. i su...