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Three or four. florence is expected to rapidly intensify over the next few days and forecasters are fearing it could bring catastrophic flooding. we have meteorologist pedram javaheri with the update. >> we have an update on the category two hurricane florence. 1,500 miles east of the united states. we think this has everything to become a category three or major hurricane by tonight. you notice very little going on ahead of the system. we know with the water level, warm waters. lower 80s. the m...

You notice coming into the afternoon and evening hours of thursday and notice how slowly it progresses to the west by friday with very little movement. that is concerning with the tremendous rainfall in the forecast with 15 or more inches for friday afternoon. guys. >> that is scary. pedram, thanks. state of emergency declared in north carolina and south carolina and virginia. all residents are urged to prepare for mass vac situations. kaylee hartung -- evacuations. we hahave kaylee hartung wi...

Category three hurricane or worse. florence is expected to intensify over the next few days and forecasters fear it could stall bringing catastrophic harvey like flooding. meteorologist pedram javaheri tracking it for us. >> good morning, dave and christine. we are watching florence. still looking at a strong category one at this hour. an eye trying to form that sits 1,500 miles away from land. the steering environment and the atmosphere is such little deviation is expected with the forecast goi...

Of a mobile home. strong winds from the storm also knocking out power in the florida panhandle and southern alabama, leaving thousands in the dark. the system tracking to the northwest, leaving emergency officials in mississippi worried about potential flooding. >> one of our concerns is that storm surge, so were watching the waters right now because those winds are shifting on us. as the storm makes its approach, starts to go inland, well start to see winds shift and well see the tides come up....

Really it doesnt make much of a difference. still seeing similar impacts on the coast and seeing impacts that are forceful along this area as well. well watch it closely. some of the communities across this region seeing generally 30 to 40-mile-per-hour wind gusts across the area, but the system itself will begin to quickly move out of here, eventually end up in northern mississippi later this afternoon. in fact, heres whats happening. still seeing some of the feeder bands or outer bands bringin...

It is tuesday morning. lets start with tropical storm gordon strengthening overnight. it strengthened overnight and expected to make it to hurricane status. up to 2 million people under hurricane watch for warnings. officials in biloxi ordered the evacuation of harbors and marinas. people along the coast turning to sand bags to keep boats and property safe. >> in new orleans, the mayor declared a voluntary evacuation for areas outside the levee system. gordon has lashed south florida with rain a...

Hurricane watches and warnings. east of new orleans and mobile and biloxi and pensacola. as early as 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. for the trajectory of the system. it is a quick moving system. if anything good that comes from it, it is moving at 17 miles per hour. historically speaking, a slow moving system brings up to 30 inches of rainfall. once you have a 15-mile-an-hour moving system, typically 5 or 6 or 7 inches from the system. that is what we are looking at. landfall at 7:00. it could strength...

Im dave briggs. we will have more on colin kaepernick story in a moment. first, we get to tropical storm gone doppler radar. -- gordon. it strengthened overnight and expected to make it to hurricane status. up to 2 million people under hurricane watch for warnings. officials in biloxi ordered the evacuation of harbors and marinas. people along the coast turning to sand bags to keep boats and property safe. >> in new orleans, the mayor declared a voluntary evacuation for areas outside the levee s...

70-mile-an-hour winds. guys. >> pedram, thank you. senate confirmation hearings for supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh begin this morning. democrats plan to target four areas portraying him as misleading and evasive. democrats will take aim at his candor painting him as untruthful and the affordable care act and pre-existing conditions. democrats will review his views on abortion and roe v. wade. they will probe his opinions on executive power and investigations of sitting president. >> on ...

With rain and tropical storm force winds. many schools are closing early. we have meteorologist pedram javaheri joining us live in the cnn weather center with the latest. hurricane by later today? >> it looks like it, christine. it has everything going for it to develop here in the next few hours. as you look at the system, to the very originganized. there is an eye trying to form. it sits 250 miles south of mississippi where it is really poised to move in that direction. you take a look. water ...