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Picking up steam. the storm surge on the gulf coast is the most worrisome issue at this moment. in st. bernard, louisiana, officials have closed an 18-foot wall to defend against that expected surge. weve got the latest on hurricane nate covered with raphael miranda tracking the storm. kristen dahlgren is in orange beach, alabama. well go first to raphael miranda. so what is the latest on all of this? storm surge, thats what youre concerned about? >> that has us very concerned. were talking abou...

Sustained winds of 125 miles per hour and the movement is slower around 9 miles per hour. lets look at the updated forecast track. the timing has changed a little bit. this is overnight into tomorrow morning. notice its a 3 now. it has it as a 4. so the national hurricane center expecting reintensification over these very warm waters, back up to 140 miles an hour right over key west and the florida keys. thats late tonight into tomorrow morning. tomorrow evening at 8:00 a.m. still a cat 4. thats...

Live, 10 to 15-foot of storm surge above ground, its devastating. thanks, everybody. >> okay, everyone. florida governor rick scott. hes saying even if you think you may have been spared, the most disastrous winds and storm surge from hurricane irma, for those folks living on the east coast of miami, it can take a turn. to confirm all that were joined by wnbc meteorologist raphael miranda. look, its really a tap dance right now for the folks in florida. some think theyre out of the woods, some t...

Already pushing into south florida. its only going to get worse hour by hour. the keys seeing the winds howling over 40 miles per hour. hard to believe this is just the very beginning and were very worried about how this will play out. every update from the national hurricane center helps put things in perspective. >> you just mentioned 40 miles an hour in the keys. that was the point at which the chp, the highway patrol there -- i said chp, typical of being a california girl, but the highway pa...

Quarter of the states population, have been ordered to evacuate. right now at least 30,000 people are without power. a number that one florida utility estimates could climb to 10 million people possibly without power. time is running out for people to evacuate or prepare. hurricane conditions are expected in the florida keys starting tonight. i want to turn to raphael miranda, wnbc meteorologist who has looked at this latest storm forecast. whats it telling us? >> its telling us, unfortunately, ...

I was here for andrew and i wouldnt be out on the beach. stay safe. if youve got to go, go. please do. alex, again, this is not the scene that authorities want to be seeing out here. and despite governor rick scotts warnings for people to get out and get out now while they can, i mean going back into the ocean, it is really just unbelievable that this hurricane is hours away. even if the track is moving, even if its moving west, we do know that its been shifting for the past 24 hours and it coul...

You see damaged. not lost on anyone, this neighborhood, new orleans east, in the lower ninth ward, took a lot of damage in hurricane katrina. people who live in this area have seen this kind of damage before. they know how to deal with it. the question right now at this hour, getting first responders to the scene of where these houses have been damaged, avoiding the downed power lines and gas leaks. thats a major concern authorities have. >> we heard a short time ago a number of these emergency ...

North american home. investigators have ruled the death a suicide, the result of 300 million gunshot wounds to the foot. the nation was only 240. >> recently, neighbors became concerned when the nation started arguing with itself, developed type 2 diabetes, and yelled at brown kids to get off its lawn. >> america leaves behind its children, puerto rico, guam, the virgin islands, and guantanamo bay. in lieu of flowers, the family asks you send bombs to the middle east. >> the obituary of the unit...

For his brother. the white house will again have a child in residence. 10-year-old barron, who was the same age as malia obama was when she moved in. so good-bye three-story penthouse in trump tower and hello, white house. >> and our thanks to nbcs cynthia mcfadden for that interesting report, taking a look past and to the future. all right. a check on weather now. >> i wonder whether theyre the first family ever to sort of really think, boy, were really going to be slumming it, living in this...

And new jersey last month. the threat of massive flooding continues in north carolina in the wake of hurricane matthew. the death toll has risen to 22. yesterday nearly 44,000 people remained without power. the governor says the river is posing the biggest threats, will crest by today, but thousands are homes are already believed to be water logged and for many the biggest challenge will come with cleanup once the waters recede. lets get a check on your weather now with raphael miranda. i pu...