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Perspective on this storm. do you expect to get readings from this light tower throughout the storm? >> i think so. we were able to engineer with the help of explore.org a connection all the way to shore. then some folks provided the flag, which we are hoping survives a bit longer. we should get data all throughout this. i was out as matthew, sandy and arthur went passed. it is very stable. just sits there and watching it roll past. >> youre well inland. you should be safe there. but what is the...

Surge? >> i remember back in 2004 with hurricane charley, it was a small storm. people didnt see the storm surge. with the large and duration of winds over the same area pushing in the same direction, it piles the water up as we saw in sandy. thats why we are seeing the forecast for 9 to 13 feet of storm surge aboveground level. especially north of cape fear and 6 to 9 south of cape fear. >> that is a problem where im standing now. life threatening storm surge is three feet. it will be over that...

That could be up to 15 million by the time the day ends today. now, it is a category two storm, but it could soon be downgraded to category one. there are some differences of opinion on that as to whether it could re-strengthen once it does hit land. ricochet off the coast. any number of scenarios have been contemplated. so these at hurricane force winds are nothing compared to the surge that you hear a great deal about. you might recall and sandy, hit the coast back in 2012, northeast, for exam...

The fine tuning just before landfall. one alarming thing is, i dont see a lot disrupting it. >> i know you talked about looking for any signs of sheer, which potentially could be good news for those of us waiting for this impending storm. are there any signs of that? >> david, to be honest with you, im not particularly hopeful that well find something that will knock a little of the strength out of florence. >> jack, what are you seeing as far as the size and scope of this hurricane? >> well, ri...

Entirely over a good chunk of south carolina. and thats what they talk about when they talk about the heavy rains from this thing. the fact that it is moving anywhere at 2-3 miles per hour. thats not very fast. with that kind of wind and rain, that means it just kind of hangs out. a lot of people would like it to do what happened with sandy. that was not a hurricane, just a tropical storm with lots of rain that kept pounding and pounding. zach is with us to tell us what is going on. i dont know ...

The concerns will be utilities. it always is. we thought with sandy, which is more wind driven and surge driven then rain. in any event, on the back side of things, people have to be able to sustain otis fema do in terms of the trailers that all of that, even in a situation like this? you cant put anything in place yet. >> weve got personal command commodity staged outside the impact areas, and we can move quickly after the storm passes. in addition, our state and local committees and our and lo...

Behind us, it does not pay for the response, not coming out of the disaster relief fund, no impact on our efforts to be prepared for hurricane for hurricane florence. >> fema was poorly prepared prepared for hurricane katrina and criticized after sandy. last september, it was not ready for hurricane maria to hit puerto rico. according to the agencys own after action report. there are signs that this year could be different. >> people are listening, they are evacuating, fema is moving in early, a...

Well, with new word tonight that florence isnt going to just sit here off the coast for hours, but for a couple of days, lets get back to ginger zee with a warning about the storm surge. ginger? >> reporter: david, storm surge is responsible for the greatest loss of life and property in hurricanes. let me show you what it looks like. its a bubble of water under that hurricane that gets pushed through the ocean toward the land. few, when now, when it hits land, it can easily knock people and cars...

(vo) go national. go like a pro. ♪ >> tucker: we want to bring your fox news alert. hurricane florence is now less than two days away from making landfall in the carolinas. experts are warning a of a potential devastatings life-threatening effect from the storm. rick reichmuth, hes been tracking it since the beginning. whats your assessment? >> this is going to be a really significant storm for us. i just want to kind of put it into perspective for you. size-wise. this is the size of sandy. tr...

Mind flooding and harvey was from around 60 inches of rain so its not that but its a different rain. 40 inches will be the most weve ever seen in north carolina from a storm. i want to tell you that north carolina has at the wettest year theyve ever had. any additional rain is going to be problematic. just to give you size perspective from other storms. sandy had tropical storm force winds that extended out a thousand miles. we all know what sandy did. katrina was at about 400 miles across. now ...