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Little bit closer to the eye. the reason why thats important is because these storms have a structure very similar to a wheel. you have the wheel, the center of the wheel and youve got your spokes. well having the dry air coming in is almost like knocking out a few of the spokes. it actually breaks up some of the structure, the storm itself, thus it can help weaken the storm. thats exactly what the national hurricane center is forecasting is that the storm is expected to weaken. the latest forec...

>> the 140-mile-per-hour winds, how fast is this thing moving? and what the relevance of the eye that you were talking about? the size of the eye or the containment of the eye? >> the eye itself is basically an indication of how strong this thing can be. its not the source of the power, but it gives us an idea of the thing tends to be fairly strong. an indicator that if youve got a well-defined eye, youve got a big storm to be reckoned with. in terms of the storm itself, the scope of it, the thi...

Of workers out there and many ships as well. bp says it is evaluating the conditions. it is closely monitoring the storm itself, and hasnt yet made a decision but says it is possible that they would have to evacuate and shut down the containment efforts, but they had not made that decision yet. jon: i guess awful this is causing -- all of this is causing more oil to wash up on some of the beaches around there, huh. >> reporter: it is indeed. you have heavy storms, blowing winds and waves and the...

On the boulevard peninsula north of houston. this was barrier island. what you are looking at is houses that were on stilts that got hit by a storm surge of 10 to 15 feet with the wave action. there are only four, five houses out of a hundred in the area that remain. thats the catastrophic damage thats going to be in the ft. myers area and naples with a population combined of 1 million people. that boulevard peninsula had maybe a thousand. try to fathom a storm surge in a highly populated area. ...

So much. but theres also a great sense of hope here. well have more on that in a moment, but first the latest on what is now tropical depression harvey. this storm weakened wednesday night. its moved on from houston, but the governor of texas says the worst is not yet over. life-threatening floods are a big concern here. entire cities are under water in parts of the state. the death toll so far, at least 37 people have been killed since harvey hit friday night as a major hurricane. here in houst...

You. its a lot better than it was earlier today when we had about a three-foot drop off of erosion. you can still see some of that right here. but the tide is starting to sweep back in, starting to smooth that out, redeposit some of the sand. so it isnt quite as dramatic a drop. this morning when you came out it was a pretty clear cut three feet straight down of erosion. >> all right. sarah dallof there for us in north carolina on the outer banks there. thank you for the latest on the storm itse...

Doing what they can to protect their homes. jon: its always a struggle, ill tell you. irene could be a real monster, a potential category four storm by the time it hits the united states. emergency officials are urging folks to take this one very seriously. >> a big storm, even if we dont get a direct hit, trop cat storm force winds are going to be on top of us for an extended period of time, so i expect well have infrastructure damage, i expect well have a considerable power outage. expect the ...