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-- this storm started an hour and a half ago. the conditions will continue to deteriorate. around midday today, thats when the eye of the storm is tracking toward panama city, florida. panama city, the bulls-eye for the strong category four, hurricane michael. east of panama city, the dirty side of the hurricanes. the northeastern quadrant. they will see the stronger winds, the possible tornadic activity the next several hours. it will certainly deteriorate, get much worse. many people decided t...

With the possibility of tornadoes. george? >> thats right, karen. as we understand, you pointed out here, were under a tornado watch. and were in that dirty side of the storm, that northeastern quadrant where you have the trains of storms and the possibility for tornadoes throughout. well have to keep an eye on it. karen, thank you so much. lets now bring in lieutenant mitchell russlander. we understand with swift water rescue, and we know that these are going to be very busy times for you, mr. ...

Centric eye wall edging closer to where im standing. fortunately we are in a safe position, but these -- there is another one of those gusts in youre not ready for it, it will knock you over. there are so many of my senses that get heightened during these storms and it bridges back memories from last year when, george, you and i and so many of our colleagues were covering hurricane irma and maria in south florida. the smell of the generators providing us the electricity. >> right. >> all these t...

Who will feel it the worst. lets bring in our meteorologist karen maginnis. we saw sara sidner in these wicked winds having to anchor herself down with the concrete wall and then we see this calm with victor blackwell is in tampa. where are those wicked winds now and where are they headed next? >> jacksonville, that is kind of the -- it hasnt gotten as much attention because we have been so focussed on where it made landfall, which was about just over 12 hours ago, right around marco island. we ...

Want everybody to look at this color codes. this is when the tropical storm force winds meet yar area. you do not want to drive through florida with tropical storm forced winds. you want to say the latest if youre considering friday morning. everybody needs to consider this. the path shifting westward. 24 hours ago, shift to the east, now it looks like its shifting, even 20 miles, it puts miami right in the worst possible position. because when you look at the formidable storm, the strongest win...

Wall replacement cycle. so its going to take a few hours for this to strengthen. it could strengthen greater than it is now. when it goes through this process, the hurricane-force winds spread outward. the process may be felt in san juan but not getting heavy rain bands. still warnings for the turks and caicos which started evacuations. storm surge close to 15, maybe 20 feet. only about 66 fe feet for the northern coast of puerto rico. theyre in the worst quadrant, northeastern quadrant where th...

When you said 83-foot waves. early this morning, on the northeastern quadrant, 83-foot swells, thats the wave height. that is unbelievable. thats the wall of water that the system is carrying toward the coastline. with this first developed, it was 2,000 miles away, now its only 385, and it is southwest of wilmington. these warnings may have to be extended down to the south if we find these models continue to push the system toward the coast and down the coast. this is just the european model. th...

Front of the hotel that were at and we are on the backside facing the ocean. and maria, obviously, moved through the region. its now about 30 miles just to our west. so we are on the backside of the storm. and weve had the general manager of the hotel asking me really specific questions about, is the worst of the storm over? and the answer to that is, yes, but it doesnt mean the storm is over. because every so often, every five minutes, maybe even less, 60 seconds, well get this strong gust of w...

Heavy rain bands, which is some very good news. still warnings for the turks and caicos which started evacuations. as well as southeast bahamas. theyre looking at storm surge close to 15, maybe 20 feet. only about 6 feet for the northern coast of puerto rico. theyre going to be in the worth quadrant, that northeastern quadrant where the surge and the winds are going to be howling. still now looking for a turn to the north. this track has changed slightly from what it was 24 hours ago. this morni...