Hurricane Move News Today

Degrees in the path of the storm making its way toward the most vulnerable coastliege in the u.s., water on top of a shelf piling into inlets and lakes and we have tampa bay, were concerned about, we have high storm surge from six to nine to 12 feet, that will be historic for the big bend area. well watch this storm as hurricane move to georgia and carolinas over next couple days. in the weekend, it stops and lingers and forecasts bring it back to the u.s. coast line. rainfall forecast, storm su...

Over 39 miles per hour. overall i think its going to be looked at as a minor hurricane which is fine. >> for the east coast of the united states minor. not necessarily for the bahamas, obviously. >> right. that was a historic -- >> yeah. once we get done with this part, then we just can focus all our attention trying to help the people in the northern bahamas. >> which they very much need. >> absolutely. bill karins, were going get an update i believe in about 35 minutes from now from the nation...

All of these reached very, very strong status. hurricane andrew was a category 5 in 92. thats the one florida uls talks about when you talk about strong storms. this currently ranks number sixth as the most powerful storm as far as pressure goes. if it drops, it could reach jeimer the ranks. there are some that made landfall that were more powerful. its one that should be taken seriously, of course, and one we will continue to watch. >> we sure will. as you said, its making landfall in the baham...

>> we work to see those who may have fallen through the cracks that fema cannot cover. >> the 86-year-old gladys is one of those people, with no roof overhead, soaked installation on the floor, she has no ability to start cleaning up. >> she says everything is destroyed and i do not have a house, i will wait and see if somebody will help me. the roofing is similar to the construction of a mobile home and did not stand a chance when the hurricane move so slowly and powerfully over order rico. thi...

Able to get in or theyve been able to explore and see what damage has been done. been hearing a couple reports there is extensive damage here. once they can get through all those roads that have partially beenwashed out. that right there, very quick moving. any time you have a hurricane move over land. especially the kind mountains here in the sierra nevada. now, thats one storm. want to show you another storm. remember last week, we had all that flooding across southern california, those mudsli...

The oil and, though, with hurricane katrina we saw the surge reaching as far in land as 12 miles and there is a possibility that some of this oil could go as far inland as five miles, plus, if we have a storm as intense as katrina. winds may transport surface oil closer or further from the coast. what do i mean by that? it is about the path. if the path moves east of the oil spill, it will actually push the oil away from the coast which would be a good thing, right? however if the hurricane move...

>> we work to see those who may have fallen through the cracks that fema cannot cover. >> the 86-year-old gladys is one of those people, with no roof overhead, soaked installation on the floor, she has no ability to start cleaning up. >> she says everything is destroyed and i do not have a house, i will wait and see if somebody will help me. the roofing is similar to the construction of a mobile home and did not stand a chance when the hurricane move so slowly and powerfully over order rico. thi...

>> we work to see those who may have fallen through the cracks that fema cannot cover. >> the 86-year-old gladys is one of those people, with no roof overhead, soaked installation on the floor, she has no ability to start cleaning up. >> she says everything is destroyed and i do not have a house, i will wait and see if somebody will help me. the roofing is similar to the construction of a mobile home and did not stand a chance when the hurricane move so slowly and powerfully over order rico. thi...