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The count? >> well, actually, our study was based on death certificates. the problem is that, for example, one way that we know some people lost their lives after hurricane maria was through inability to -- in a prompt fashion, obtain medical care pep when roads are cut off, you call for -- you call 911, you call for emergency assistance and it takes hours and hours for that to come and your loved one dies. now, what weaphat we dont know because sometimes even under normal circumstances, people ...

Hurricanes that hit puerto rico. when i left the island after the storm had hit, they had anywhere from 6 to 18 deaths. this was done by the democrats in order to make me look as bad as possible. "outfront" now, wilynn goldman. she is the dean of the milken institute school of public health at george washington university which conducted this study. thank you so much for coming in. >> thank you for having me, hi. >> this was your study. this is your study. how do you respond to the president say...

The wind levels in terms -- for aircraft thats going to be our immediate quick response asset when it comes to search and rescue and also the cutters that are out there, we have several of our larger cutters that are going to be positioned and ready to do off shore searching. but youre right, the weather conditions can change very, very quickly and we know that people have gotten caught off guard in the past and were going to be there as best we can but it may not be immediate. and we are going ...

Lieutenant commander and what theyve seen and how its changed over the number of flights that hes had. what do you make of his assessment and what hes got? >> reporter: i think what is definitely interesting there is the expansion in size. despite the lessening in speed there is a substantial expansion so the kinetic energy is still there. thats what drives this surge, when you have the very large storms and theyre coming ashore. even despite a weakening with maximum winds of 100 miles an hour, ...

Conditions are deteriorating by the hour in north carolina as hurricane florence makes the final move to the coast. the storm of a lifetime its been called is flowing to a crawl but still is packing a punch with winds up to 105 miles per hour. "out front" now accuweather storm chaser reed timer. reed, what are you seeing there tonight? >> reporter: the winds are increasing dramatically out here. these winds and the storm is slowly approaching our location. weve had winds gusting to 65 miles an h...

Watching. >> and interestingly enough, kate, a slow, weaker storm like this produces a bigger surge than a fast, powerful, fierce storm. >> thats the thing everyones having to wrap their mind around tonight. tom, thanks so much. >> youre welcome. "out front" next breaking news. conditions across the carolinas are going to start deteriorating rapidly. im going to talk to one man whos going to stick it out. also, a community is on edge as homes started exploding. schools and entire neighborhoo...

Again, like i said, thats early. its too early for that. but, you know, the big thing is the trees. you know, have a lot of trees. some of the residential areas, those can be real weak. weve had a very rainy summer and that could cause a lot of trees to be blown over at real high winds because the grounds not real secure. thats one of the big things. and, you know, power loss again is the other. >> yeah. >> big concern. >> absolutely. governor saying already that there are people that are alread...

Where he is. plus, were going live to a hurricane hunter who just flew over the storm. hell give us the latest news on the storm. breaking news, alarming details coming out of massachusetts tonight. at least 39 buildings exploding into balls of fire. major evacuations underway and the threat is not over. we have the latest details coming up. erin burnett "out front" is brought to you by the thrilling new film "white boy rick" based on the unbelievable true story starring matthew mcconaughe...

Here, that is essentially pushing the water away from the coast line. we know that that is going to change in the hours ahead and thats when the dynamic here along this part of the north carolina coast will become much more treacherous and much more dangerous for residents in communities not just along the shoreline but also further inland as well. so that is one of the things that we will be monitoring and paying close attention to here in the hours ahead. so even though right now were in this ...

As hurricane florence slowly intensifies before making landfall, we are following more breaking news tonight out of massachusetts. fires, just look at this video, fires and explosions erupting across several neighborhoods. the cause believed at this moment to be a gas issue. 70 locations, 70, confirmed so far for fires, explosions, or gas odors. and that number may still be growing tonight. some homes completely gone, burned to the ground. numerous neighborhoods with gas service evacuated. jason...