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Intensify. it is not out of the question that we could perhaps get upwards of a category two storm out of this. we expect those wind gusts. and the rain bans are very large. were looking at mainly two to four inches of rain, but there will be some areas that could pick up in excess of six inches of rain total. another area of guidance is this cluster of storms over the gulf of mexico. it is continuing towards texas in the next few days. the wind and the rain are really just continuing. >> all ri...

Island and savannah. you have hard-core surfers, kitesurfers out there catching crazy, rough, gnarly surf that looks like you could drown within minutes. you have gnarly surfers and die-hard residents who weathered matthew and are ready for this and staying in place. the real worry is not the atlantic coast but actually inland where all of the marshes flood up. so thats what city officials were really worried about. the roads that go from savannah to tybee is flooded. so that road has been cut o...

Dropped, making this one of the top three or four lowest pressures of a landfall hurricane in the united states, very serious situation. we are getting wind gusts of 10. looking at six and a half feet already around apalachicola, water is going in, you can see a portion of this i wall making it a magnet on shore between panama city and mexico beach, very powerful situation with the winds. we are looking at hurricane force wind gusts and this rain bans away from the center and that could be incre...

Backing 90 miles per hour winds. weve got reporters on the ground in all areas facing a major threat along the gulf coast. first go to cnns tom sater in the weather center. >> its about 195 miles south of biloxi. its moving so fast at 25 miles per hour, thats pretty much a landfall around 10:00 p.m. this evening if it continues at that speed. because its moving so fast, these systems do not like to rapidly intensify. its almost like they want to move slower and soak up the warm water. however, a...

About 40 miles away from there. this little dot here is responsible for all of the clouds and the explosion of thunderstorms that were seeing over the houston area right now. because that circulation kept in tact, and now that its back over the water, we have concern now for new rain bans to form. thats what we have at this hour developing just south of houston. look at the clock here going on. look thousand is just filled in here over the last few heres. this is what you dont want to see. that ...

With water vehicle. >> we are covering the whole area of galveston area. >> we are here and we are supporting all the locals. wi we are trying to coordinate the efforts. we also had been coordinating c with border protection as well as texas dps. we have also been vausked in helicopter rescue missions. >> have you been able to because of the weather system and the fact that it stalled when you talk about any type of rescues, how hampered have they in because of rain bans or tornado forming activ...

Areas and neighborhoods. >> well, at this point the city is holding up quite well. people are cooperating with us. weve asked people to stay off the streets unless theres an emergency, but stay at home. thats the safest place to be. we do know that there are areas that are prone to flood. and were watching them very, very carefully. with few exceptions at this point the water has stayed within the banks of the bayous. we are very fortunate that were getting some breaks in between these rain bans...

Sheeting rain ban. just like a solid sheet of rain that was going sideways. we have not seen that today, yet this morning. we will by the time we get there this afternoon. the rain bans that we have been watching that are down south of us, when you see those ban thats are yellow and orange, thats the rain that youre really hunkering down for. one of the things we were just talking about here was somewhere asked me, some of the worst damage i had ever seen in a storm, and the funny think was some...