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Thats really what the storm remaining offshore, doesnt come any closer. we dont get higher values. thats whats causing the loss of life r, so unfortunate now. and thats our fear for the florida east coast, with the center remaining offshore, to have a life threatening storm surgery along the east coast. >> from everyone at msnbc we thank you and your staff for the tireless work you have done so far, and i know what youre going to be doing the next four to five days, put your lives on hold to giv...

Georgia and then into south carolina. >> that is the dirty side of the storm. >> exactly. >> where you get the worst rains, possible tornadic activity, that is what people need to watch out for. so top of the hour, next hour here, we should get more information youre saying. >> exactly. >> all right. well stay in touch. so with so mucuncertainty, the state of florida is preparing and martin savidge has this. >> reporter: all of florida is under a state of emergency and the clock is ticking. >> b...

We hear about the city being below sea level and between the lake and the river and the golf of mexico. theres a lotle h little higher ground than the beautiful of mexico and pontchartrain. we dont have as much protection when it comes to the storm surgery and the rain amounts. >> in your area, what are people doing? and what should they be doing? >> most people are heeding the warnings of local government. they stayed indoors. they produced as best they could.

Is severe flooding. in areas that were already saturated, the storm is now about 40 miles offshore and is expected to make landfall in the next few hours, and both louisiana and mississippi are under a state of emergency as residents are being warned to shelter in place. i want to bring in biloxi, mississippi, mayor, andrew gillich, grad you can be with me. what are you witnessing and experiencing. >> it is more of a rain event now. all of those preparations that we have been taking for, you kno...

Its all about the keys right now. what are you seeing? >> right. its only going to get worse over the next couple hours. im concerned about this eye wall that will be coming ashore. this storm is huge, from the start of the rain band all the way down to the bottom part of the storm over 400 miles. that eye wall will come on shore. bad conditions. >> bad conditions certainly and then storm surge weve talked about that very quickly. once the eye passes, they still have storm to deal with, right? t...

>> thats right, don. earlier we spoke with the mayor of fort lauderdale. the main concern he had was that storm surgery. were just 25 miles to the north of miami. we were expecting the same storm surge here around five to ten feet. as you heard from karen there, irma is now taking a path and is going way off to the left which could spare fort lauderdale to some extent. theyre expecting this storm surge to drap to around one to tee. theyre expecting these winds that are now picking up to drop fro...

And in slidell. increasing water levels are preventing the pumping stations from removing water as quickly as it comes in. coming back to our live shot id like to show you the mississippi river just to illustrate the strong storm surge that was associated with isaac before the storm arrived the usgs confirms that the storm surgery versed the flow of the mighty mississippi for almost 24 hours on tuesday. jon, back to you. jon: john a than that serrie. thank you. jenna: just want to go straight to...

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Center. and this is a right sided storm, very east loaded storm. and so what is on the east side is the peninsula of florida. so as it eventually makes landfall wednesday morning, well see a lot of impacts across the east coast of florida. the sea surface temperatures are quite warm ahead of elsa, however there is wind shear out ahead of it. and wind shear is the change in wind direction and speed and tropical systems dont like that. so we dont expect this to become a big hurricane or anything l...

To 15 foot storm surgery. one spot was about 17 feet and that was on the other side of houston bay as we headed towards the coast there. that area saw houses that were on stilts that were literally washed away. this right here is what happens when youre on a barrier island beach like we have on the west coast of florida when a 15 foot storm surge comes ashore. you can barely even tell where some of those houses were be located. that is what its going to look like in southwest florida. thats why ...