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I showed you that initial band of rain. the weather will start to deteriorate. youll notice the winds tomorrow morning. that will only increase all the way until we get to landfall which will be taking place on sunday morning around 8:00 a.m. thats what were currently looking at. but you see this explode there. those are all very powerful winds. with those winds comes the storm surge. were looking at storm surge forecasts from 5 to 10 feet in some of these areas where its the highest. but everyo...

Through the caribbean, joining me is a deputy director of the national hurricane center. thank you for taking the time out. that top of the hour we got the latest mod thoflg storms path. walk us through the scenario, what it looks like and now this warning. >> at this time the center of the hurricane is located about 600 miles -- less than 600 miles now off the florida peninsula. its still at category 5. thats the highest on our scale and we expect there will be little change in strength as the ...

With a forecast like this, verifying, and the area very near the center, the core of the hurricane, expected to still be a category 4, potentially category 5 at landfall. and that would make it the strongest, most destructive potentially, certainly for florida, since hurricane andrew. >> ed rappaport, the northwest east quadrant of the storm, that is the most powerful, so for that eastern part of florida, that would be the hardest hit? >> thats right. and in fact, thats where the storm surge wil...

Mount by the time he gets here. this pressure is very low and as far as the strength of those wins, they are extreme. second strongest winds everywhere in the atlantic basin. you were hearing a lot of people say the strongest ever, that is the open atlantic, that is not including the gulf and caribbean. you put that altogether and its tight for the second strongest wins, the highest weve ever seen in the atlantic. >> tucker: thanks a lot for that. hurricane irma made landfall in the u.s. virgin ...

Far as the strength of those winds, they are extreme. second strongest winds ever there in the atlantic basin. you were hearing a lot of people say the strongest ever, that is the open atlantic, that is not including the gulf and caribbean. you put that altogether and its tied for the second strongest winds, the highest weve ever seen in the atlantic. >> tucker: thanks a lot for that. hurricane irma made landfall in the u.s. virgin islands today causing widespread damage. in advance of the storm...

Was going to get very close right here to the lesser antilles by saturday, the area that was just raked by this cat5 storm. kind of insult to injury right here. theres another one there in the gulf of mexico, that was going to move into mexico. that cat5 right there, irma that we are concerned about. you can cite my kind of c-2 ive all, kind of going through a replacement cycle, this is the thing that happens with these large hurricanes. the strongest of these wins just offshore. great news in p...

Again, thats a little tech talk but means it was very strong. and size was 180 miles wide. we go forth and look at this storm too wide. what are its stats? well, the storm continues to barrel through on its way to florida, and these numbers are just remarkable. this has been a category 5 storm for over 55 hours now. that is the longest period of time in recorded history that we have seen a storm this strong stay this strong. highest winds up to 185 miles per hour. lowest pressure even lower than...

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Catastrophic devastation is really, really a high, high possibility. and were looking at a 4 going into miami, and it probably -- if its a little to the west of miami, thats the most dangerous -- >> worse, right, because the incoming side of the storm. >> and by the way, this storm, the tropical force winds go out about 340 miles in diameter from are the center. the diameter of florida, the peninsula, is about 140 miles. >> its bigger than that, right. >> so you could have a storm surge on both ...