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Duration of this week. >> mayor, thank you very much. we know youve got other things to worry about but we do appreciate the time youve given us in the news media trying to cover this story and cant stress this enough. good luck to you and that beautiful city as this storm progresses. >> thank you so much. and god speed for everyones recovery. >> mayor of tallahassee, florida. bill, if i can trouble you to go over to the map. show folks whats already -- where the storm has already been and, for ...

Expected to be out for an extended period of time, how do you determine which areas are hit the hardest and which areas are needed the most of. >> we follow governor scott. they know their states best. they work with their regional commandsers and public works people. we go and continue to responds to them. reporter: at this point are you in a wait and see position, waiting for this storm to work its way through to see whats next for you to do? >> there are forecasts and we can predict some thin...

Launching app, this shows weather alerts, how you should prepare, where shelters are and where you can share your disaster photo. fema launching a rumor control page on its website to help people navigate some of the missed information that are out there and there are a lot of them. social media definitely a big part of the story, the governor of florida has been tweeting out emergency messages and comcast also using social media to let people know where their free wi-fi spots are. we would like...

Now here is the latest storm surge update. we are talking about a storm surge warning for most of the coast of florida. because of the track changes, the storm surge looks to be a little bit less for the east coast, so some numbers have dropped there. in fact for miami now were looking at a 4 to 6-foot storm surge there and less, around 2 to 4 feet as you head north of miami beach up the coast. those numbers are nothing in comparison to what we have here now. for the keys, cape sable to card sou...

The people in the u.s. virgin islands, puerto rico, and the other caribbean islands affected by harvey already are in the middle of acute life-saving, life-sustaining mover them out and reposition them for harvey. right now were employing them in the islands to save lives and we will maintain a good footprint and posture as the storm progresses. i will come back to some of the path and the tracking forecast in a moment. i would like to suggest that we take this very seriously.

The people in the u.s. virgin islands and puerto rico and the other caribbean islands affected are in the middle of acute life-sustaining response operations and what we are seeing in florida, south carolina, and georgia are the final stages of preparation for the beginning of her response operation. we are seeing all three play out for us at the same time. it requires us to juggle some of our thinking but it doesnt require us to juggle our resources. we had an opportunity to rest and refit our ...

Governor edwards are involved in the early stages of what will be a long recovery effort. the people in the u.s. virgin islands, puerto rico and the other caribbean islands affected by harvey already are in the middle of acute life-sta sta ds operations and stages of preparation for the beginning of a response operation. so, were seeing all three play out for us at the same time. it requires us to juggle some of our thinking, but it doesnt require us to juggle our resources, so to be clear, the ...

Rain is just -- its just cutting. its horizontal, and sometimes it comes in vertical and does circles. a big concern, of course, tornadoes, as this storm progresses, and flooding. flooding, flooding, flooding, is what everyone here has been worried about. back to you. >> i would love it if you stood on the hard side of something at least, because youre right. the wind is changing and you mentioned tornadoes. its sort of hard to believe for people who dont live in hurricane-proned areas, that you...

Candidates a month ago. press secretary sarah huckabee sanders says not to worry, though. >> we are in great shape having general kelly sitting next to the president throughout this process. and probably no better chief of staff for the president during the hurricane season, and the president has been briefed and will continue to be updated as the storm progresses, and certainly something hes very aware of. >> lets hope so. >> yeah. there are two big concerns people have rightfully. one is the s...

Some of his social media staff was there as well, all ready to respond to the aftermath of hurricane harvey. heres how sarah huckabee sanders put it yesterday. >> we are in great shape having general kelly sitting next to the president throughout this process and probably know better chief of staff than the president -- for the president and the president has been briefed and will continue to be updated as the storm progresses. >> the fema director tweeted out just a short time ago at fema sayin...