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Can only imagine the damage thats being done to structures around the place. the hotel were in is one of the few hurricane-rated buildings in this immediate area, and people have come from all around. theyre even in the lobby there. theres no rooms of course. the rooms are taken mainly by locals who took the advice and moved out of their own places and came here. >> thats interesting, michael. its important for viewers we dont just put you out there in the middle of those gusts, that you have fo...

Think were starting to get those tropical storm-force winds and michael is starting to get a little bit stronger winds but were going to wait and see and we are in also ourselves in an area where this hotel that were in is fortified, windows can take up to 150-miles-per-hour winds, and it is concrete so its solid. but the hotels along the coast have told people for the most part, you have to evacuate. weve been in a couple different hotels and they have told all of their guests, we are sorry but...

Officials here in this area is that people were not heeding the warning and in fact they say its definitely too late. theyre asking people who didnt evacuate to hunker down. >> man, if that storm surge -- >> reporter: miguel and christine. >> -- and that storm and high tide hit at the same time, it is going to be devastating. ro rosa, thank you. the death toll in haiti, should dispel any doubts about whether hurricane matthew, the storm blamed for at least 269 deaths there, southern haiti was ...

Just come through here, and again, it is that situation where youre getting those bands. this time it was just strong winds, whipping and the wind tends to change directions, sometimes its going this way and then it will suddenly turn on you and you can watch sort of the spinning of the water thats in the air and the moisture thats in the air, and then there will be some rain that comes through. but we havent had much rain interestingly. we know the storm is moving very slowly and thats a bad th...

Florida, thats where cnns michael holmes joins us, and michael, youre being lashed by wind and rain there. what are you seeing? >> reporter: yeah, wind and rain, ill tell you, christine. you know, they said that worst of this would be between probably 4:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. at 3:30 a.m., i can tell you in the last couple hours, it has really ticked up here. the emergency services a couple hours ago said were not going out anymore. if youve got yourself into trouble youre on your own until this ...

Friday, when conditions will deteriorate across those particular locations and you heard sara mention, how critical it is if this storm wobbles east or west that is the difference between a category 1 hurricaine along the coast of florida and a strong category 3. we have already realized hurricaine-force winds across many locations so these are really the impacts going forward basically from the storm -- from the cape canaveral region, the space coast northward, and into georgia and south caroli...

Cameraman, to pan around to give you a look and you can see how the rain is whipping down. it is absolutely torrential and the wind thats going along with it is -- its a -- it can be a bit terrifying at times when the gusts come in. but that sort of angle there with the light weve got set up really gives you an idea of the volume of rain thats been coming down. and the thing is, as i said, over the next couple hours, its going to get worse. you mentioned you and miguel, the storm surge in this p...

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Few hours ago saying that damage could be catastrophic and even wind as far as to say areas could be uninhabitable for weeks, perhaps months. >> all right, michael holmes for us this morning, battling the lashing rain. we will check in with you again. be safe, please. on floridas north central coast, the folks in daytona beach are bracing for hurricane matthew. we have sara sidner for us there. give us a since of whatense of happening where you are. >> reporter: christine, weve been seeing the s...

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