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Talking about it. its so important, in fact, hes focused on it repeatedly all week. the president has produced charts and had white house staff work on statements. there is no way to know how much time hes wasted focusing on this while the storm bears down the u.s. and while people in the bahamas are desperate for help. now, since the first of september, other than retweeting hurricane center updates, hes tweeted directly just twice about the bahamas. by contrast today alone, he sent five of his...

This is a killer storm. five people in north carolina have lost their lives because of hurricane florence, now a tropical storm. a mother and her infant were killed when a tree fell on to their home in wilmington. a 77-year-old man who was checking on his hunting dogs, he lost his life. his family believes the wind knocked him over. there was a woman who suffered cardiac arrest, and officials say they were en route to her home to i try to respond to -- to try to respond to the call. because of f...

Were following breaking news. a new forecast for life-threatening storm surge and catastrophic flooding as the killer storm, florence, stalls over the carolinas. lets get more from storm chaser ben mcmillan of weather nation. hes in north myrtle beach, south carolina for us. what are the conditions like now, ben? >> reporter: wolf, the conditions are changing very rapidly here at north myrtle beach. you have seen the devastating images coming out of north carolina. that flooding is now spreading...

50, 60-mile-an-hour winds at least forecasted at this point. here is your future radar. its going to move fairly quickly here. by 4:00 a.m. you are looking into that center. now north of mobile. up in the atlanta area, another spots where you can see strong winds sunday. you do notice, it will be along the eastern side of the right side of this storm, thats where storms will be the strongest. thats going to be enough to take down a couple of trees and affect the power in some locations. thats pr...

Its still going to pack a punch because it will most of likely knock out power. that could be a problem for people living in areas who did not seek shelter or evacuate. what does the salvation army do in disastrous situations like that. >> we have 25 mobilized units. if goes out, they will spring into action to provide food and drink to folks who might not otherwise have it. and then long-term recovery providing financial assistance. assistance, such as food boxes for those who need it. kelly: b...

Patti ann: another blow in what has proved to be a destructive hurricane season. im patti ann browne. kelly: im kelly wright. the storm touching down near the mouth of the mississippi river near east plaquemines parish. the storm bringing intense winds. heavy rain and serious storm surges. states of emergency have been declared in alabama, mississippi and 30 counties throughout florida and the gulf coast. 11 feet of surge is significant. 80-plus-mile-an-hour winds are significant. spin-off torna...

Generally the last couple storms we have seen, harvey, irma, they have been a tight circle. this is pulling in try air on the back side of this storm. its strong and powerful on this evening. it will weaken pretty quickly. once that happens we are waiting for it to happen entirely. biloxi stretching off to the east. all areas where we are seeing the nastiest weather. the water is rising and the winds are picking up. here are wind gusts in the last little bit. in gulfport where we are seeing wate...

And we are praying the storm continues to move at the rapid pace and that will be very beneficial to us. in plaquemines we inguests in a non federal levee system. some of plaquemines parish is in the risk reduction area of louisiana, but most of of it is not. so we invested funds into our levee systems. a pro lodged rain event, could deteriorate the earthen levees. we are praying this continues to ramble on past us. patti ann: a big investment there putting private levees in place. which im sure...

So keep those shoes by and keep those gloves. kelly: charlie neese bringing us a lot of good advice. and so charlie we appreciate all that advice and certainly a lot of people along the coast are just breathing a sigh of relief. but as he stated, the worst is not over yet. well watch it throughout the night. and well see what happens throughout the night. so be careful where you are and watch what this storm does as it moves all the way through in parts of those areas all the way into monday. st...