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worried her roof might collapse. elizabeth, were you on the fence about whether or not you were going to evacuate. >> i was so afraid either way, i didnt know what to do. >> a lot of people have that idea that they can just wait and see whats going to happen. and thats the problem, because if they wait to see, we wont be able to help them. >> reporter: and its not just seniors refusing to leave, going viral online, some florida residents adamant about riding out the storm. >> our famil...

Weekend where it kind of jumps back into the atlantic, and well see it make a turn towards the northwest and impacting portions of georgia and also south carolina. somewhere between georgia and south carolina is where were going to see that landfall. but well see storm surge there, heavy rainfall, as well. flash flooding will be a concern. this is what it looks like on radar. it sort of looks like a textbook hurricane, right? we have the eye here, we have those thunderstorms bubbling up around i...

There is already a tough hurricane season. >> it has. we are at the 18th named storm. we are far into the list. good to see you. lets tell you whats happening now. taking a look at satellite looks like the textbook hurricane. huge, massive. it is compact and churning way far away in the ocean. and then we expect it to curve. you can see that well defined eye. we see the strong thunderstorms around the core and healthy looking storm. looking at the late oes this is a powerful storm, category 4 an...

Mikes weather page. and he mentioned something about this like two weeks ago and we started telling our families. jillian: so you are here. you are ready to go. you have got the plywood. a lot of the gas canisters right here. we will be here threat the duration. checking in with people and seeing what they are buying. as you can see 6:30 in the morning and already stocking up. send it back to you. jedediah: head over to rick reichmuth latest on the storm. todd: im going to look up mikes weather ...

Right-hand turn. some of the models inshore that difference between 10, 20, 30 miles is really difficult and also impossible for us to say exactly where that turn will happen. were trying to get to the bottom of it. at this point, could be offshore, could be on shore, could be towards western parts of florida. everybody needs to prepare for the west case and hope for the best case that it stays offshore. theres the official track. what you see again here, i also want to show you that conditions ...

I lived in south carolina back in 89 when hugo hit it. slammed the coast as a cat 4. this one expected to weaken as it approaches. but still expected to hit as a cat 3. take a look. take a look at this size of this massive storm. this is the view from space. more than 400 miles wide. president trump just commented on the storm moments ago. saying, quote, we are absolutely and totally prepared. those words coming from the president as he exited air force one just a few moments ago. msnbc meteorol...

Carolina coast, and msnbc michelle grossman, and michelle, first to you, and looking at the storm track, and what are we preparing to, and then to marianna. >> hi there, andrea. yes, we are looking at a category 4 storm, and right on the borderline of the cat 3 and 4 and it did weaken, and it is go ing through the eyewall replacement, but it is going to change. as the next couple of hours, it is go ing to strengthen again, and encountering nothing to slow it down. so we expect it to remain on th...

As hurricane irma strengthens into a category-four storm packing 130 mile-per-hour winds, theyre preparing for the worst in the caribbean and florida. american airlines canceling flights to and from caribbean destinations as irma approaches. states of emergency are in effect in puerto rico and florida. florida governor rick scott saying he spoke to president trump sunday about lurk irma. the president -- about hurricane irma. the president offered the full resources of the federal government. th...