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John berman in wilmington, north carolina. this is cnn special live coverage of hurricane florence. the outer eyewall directly over us in wilmington, north carolina. these are the strongest wind gusts we have received here, 75 or 80 -- that felt like 90 miles per hour blowing me around here right by the water in the northeast cape fear river. three inches of rain per hour now, and we will get so much more rain in the next 24 hours, and very difficult to deal with. we just got breaking news from ...

Hurricane one. they are further up the neuse river. last night i was getting reports from friends who had family that a lot of the town was under water. can you tell us anything what to expect? >> paul, im having a hard time hearing you. >> where is the eye? >> paul, i can tell you where the storm is at this moment. paul, the eye of the storm, outer eyewall of the storm is over where i am in wilmington, north carolina. the center of the storm still about 20 miles east of wilmington. it is moving...

Come down in inch 20 inches in spots. lets get to this graphic. if you have not been with us since 3:00 a.m., you have not had it. atlantic beach had 20 inches of rain already. we are wondering can atlantic beach really be 22? yes. that verifies. we have 20 inches of rain in emerald isle. it has come down all night long and it will continue. the wet side of the storm over the ocean will continue to pour water into the same area and continue to pour rain in new bern. new bern gets worse before be...

Welcome to the special edition of "new day." this is cnns live coverage of hurricane florence. the outer eyewall over where i am right now in wilmington, north carolina. im john berman. chris cuomo is in north myrtle beach, south carolina. alisyn camerota in new york. hurricane florence is here and is not going anywhere for a long time. a painfully long time. this is an excruciatingly slow-moving storm with danger of its own. the 5:00 a.m. update from the national hurricane center. sustained win...

Loop, has continued to pour in. the rain continuing to pour in as well. this is the next 12 hours. so here we are. im making a mark on new bern right there. heres the same area getting the same rain for the next 12 hours. that is what happens when you dont have an eye that moves. it just pours in. it is is almost like a training thunderstorm, but it is a hurricane. atlantic beach down river from the river up there has picked up 22 inches of rainfall. rainfall proper. obviously the water getting ...

Around 85 degrees fahrenheit. so theres nothing to prevent this storm from continuing to intensify. >> cnn teams are spread out covering this storm and preps that are under way. lets begin with meteorologist chad myers who just got an update from the national hurricane center. what is the latest? >> its still at 130 miles per hour. earlier today, it was 140, but we lost the inner eyewall. an outer eyewall tried to build. its normal. just like rapid intensification, thats another term we used yes...

Hurricane florence we begin with breaking news because of this hurricane that is bearing down on the east coast right now, a hurricane watch has just been issued from south carolina to the north carolina/virginia border. florence is barreling towards the u.s. coast. lets get right to cnn meteorologist chad myers, hes tracking the path for us. so how fast is this moving? when do you think its going to make landfall? >> moving now at 15 miles per hour and thats more than weve seen yesterday. we we...

Lowes home improvement store, they say those shelves will be restocked as quickly as they can. they are already sent out 550 truckloads as of last night to help that restocking process and that will continue, john. >> kaylee watching things. i want you to take one more look at what this storm, hurricane florence, looks like from space. look at that eyewall just churning. that is what is heading right now to the east coast of the united states, the city of wilmington in north carolina right now t...

Have coming. our goal is to protect lives and property. now we know that this evacuation order that im issuing is going to be inconvenient for some people. but we are not going to gamble with the lives of the people of south carolina, not a one. thats why were doing what were doing. >> bill: senior meteorologist janice dean live in the weather center watching it. thats the status of florence? >> were seeing eyewall replacement cycle. this is whats happening right now and this is whats happened o...

Tens of millions of people are in irmas path right now and told to prepare for the worst. stay with us throughout this hour as we put you on the ground right in the path of this monster storm. first, a better look where the storm is heading right now. that means chad myers is standing by to give us the latest on the forecast, the track of hurricane irma. chad what are you seeing? >> i see finally now that the u.s. model we talked about yesterday and the european model that we talked about yester...