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Flooding well away from these ma main. you think of every impact we can have in this situation. we seem to have it with florence here. >> okay. so what time is all of this going to start happening? >> you know, well before land fall you start seeing these outer bands reaching the coast. probably were looking at even late tomorrow, well start seeing it. people a lot of times concentrate on the land fall. it is a lot more than that. you start getting these bands extent further out. 170 miles away ...

These are the latest hurricane watches -- excuse me, tropical storm watches from gdominica which has the potential for hurricane conditions. the latest computer model guidance shows that it sustains the category 1 hurricane status through the windward islands that would be late sunday in early monday and then it starts to perhaps start to weaken and some of the computer models keep it offshore from puerto rico. good news, but will they receive some of outer bands? it is possible. so of course th...

We pointed this out earlier. we have a band of yellow, a secondary bank banding procedure. its the time where its taking a top and spinning it on a table. these storms can only sustain their energy before they start to wobble, and the same thing with a hurricane. the outer bands form and then they tightening back up and it gains its strength again. thats why most likely we have lost some strength, and that 120-mile-per-hour winds will become greater and it will become a category 4. the winds wil...

And this is nothing. these are the outer, outer bands. the storm has strengthened but slowed. so we are not expecting that eye and the most intense, about 70 miles out from the eye in any direction, that will be the worst of it and it is still many hours away. this is why. officials told you not to wait for the worst before you made the best choice to be safe for yourself. so thats whats going on right now. the story of irma has been a story of change. this storm keeps adjusting its path in ways...

Outer bands that initially started early this morning before the sun rose, they have moved on and gotten more inland, we are still waiting for thats off in the gulf of mexico, and now we are at the pass, and that is a further inland from the port, however, as you can see, the seas are still come here, but it is the calm before the storm. there is a tremendous amount of rainfall that is expected with hurricane harvey, it rapidly intensified overnights, really less than 24 hours ago, we were talki...

Around 10:30 a.m. its expected to open back up at 11:00 this morning. miami international airport closed at noon yesterday. airport officials there say operations are expected to gradually resume today. lets go to ft. lauderdale, shall we, to get the latest there on the ground is nbc news correspondent blake mccoy. what are you seeing there, blake? >> reporter: well, betty, good morning. the reason the airport here is reopening this morning at 11:00 is because conditions have improved dramatical...

Its getting close to freeport now. theyre going to be in the area of the strongest winds. nassau, home to 240,000 took a pretty good hit. heres freeport, outer bands are seeping through with thunderstorms, bands of heavy rainfall and the surge is picking up as far as the wave heights. now, we might see a tornado watch posted a little bit later on because we can see obviously tornadoes spawn where the feeder bands move in. the storm surge in the bahamas will be a little heigigher beca of the cont...

>> ari, good evening from miami southwest from suburbs, where were experiencing some wind and rain from hurricane matthews outer bands, but of course, nothing compared to what our fellow floridians up the coast are experiencing now and in the coming hours. were very pleased so far that there seems to be very close coordination between the federal government, the state government, and local government. we know from past experiences here, with hurricane andrew, and of course, we all remember hurri...

The wind, but the rain and the wind are picking up right now. the major concern is going to be these waves and these rip currents. were expecting them to be strong throughout the day. earlier this morning, i saw some surfers out here. of course, lifeguards are asking individuals not to be out in the water. but if you are, make sure you stay within eyesight. the major concern is drowning here because theyre worried that people may be get caught up in the waves and the rip currents and it pulls th...

Politics, love and war, and the whole nine yards. congressman davis, quickly a big fear here. and another thing what big news here is the tropical storm isaac which is category one hurricane. >> we have a new advisory at 5:00 p.m. and sometimes we get that a little early so i will let you know what we hear. hurricane hunters have been flying in the system bringing up the latest in wind gusts. look how big the storm is, 400 miles wide and the outflow stretching from the carolinas. we have had flo...