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Away from here, it is almost impossible to stand and it would be almost equally impossible to hear. its just nature delivering an unbelievable force and the thing is, it is going to go on, not just for hours, but the rains will go on for days. this truly could be catastrophic. >> i remember in covering hurricanes, oftentimes the storm surge moves so quickly, it is hard to compare, hard to track. are you seeing evidence of that already as you have been standing there as the sea waters come closer...

Hurricane but it is intensesifying as it is moving in. so you are having a storm surge up under that center low pressure and expands out on the ocean surface. the water level rises and the more powerful that pressure follows the winds around the circulation, the higher the rise. once you get up above category two status, you really start worrying about dangerous storms, three foot to five foot to in this case the potential for 12 feet storm surge. >> when folks say 12 foot storm surge, were talk...

It is windier there and tougher there. tell us what you are seeing right now. >> reporter: all right. every time you do come, jim, i keep saying this is the worst we have ever seen. this is officially the worst we have seen so far with hurricane harvey. what had been sort of gust winds now is just turning into a full-on blow. just keeping my eyes in this direction because if anything is going to break or come our way it is obviously from that way. but the wind gusts are just proving now to be al...

In the last several minutes. >> reporter: jim, as we have seen throughout the day, these bands of rain and wind have come. there will be lulls. while we are experiencing lulls in the rain, there are no more lulls in the sustained winds were experiencing here. one of the things incredibly striking to me, it is hard to make out on the video, on the picture were showing you here, when you look out into the gulf of mexico here, beyond those initial white caps out there, way out in the distance, you ...

Over. the air on top of what youre feeling with the wind has turned the rain into a midst and pull ver rised the water. you have so much water in the air it is almost like a fog now. thats a combination of heavy raining coming down and the incredible winds that are now in this area. we are under an extreme wind warning, which means that we could see gusts of up to maybe 145 miles an hour. now, if that happens, you are not going to see me. not because i walk off, because i would be blown off. the...