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Guard down. heres all the computer models, major models were watching and the center lines, thats the eye. the circle around it would still be like this for the hurricane force winds but they are looking and trying to move the storm along the space coast with the possible landfall early tomorrow morning. that would be the area right over the top of kennedy space center itself and possibly up will towards new smyrna beach and the storm all day tomorrow. by 8:00 p.m., the center of the forecast is...

With that western eye wall over the south of west palm beach and ft. lauderdale. this would be all through the space coast. the tmelbourne area, new smyrna beach, all are going to be decimated by the storm with the path. lets move it further to the north and see what the update has for you. were at the space coast at 8:00 a.m. 145 and with that path they come at with now, the last one is further to the coast and had it weakening down to 110 when closest to jacksonville. they still have this at a...

A major hurricane on shore. within the hurricane warning area. with a small deviation to the right, could keep the winds off shore. a small boon could mean a lot, the difference between life and death. thats why we have to prepare for a direct hit. so if youre in an area thats still vying, evacuation zone or island, theres no reason to wait. if you wait, thats when lines happen, thats when we have problems with fuel. this is life and death. again, protecting life is our number one priority. the ...

You. earlier, we were just inside and things do look to be clearing up a bit. that is inside the storm, that video, of course, from the very brave hurricane hunters. i want to take you now though to our own miguel almaguer. west palm is expected to get hit hard beginning about 11 hours from now. this is a community with many, many senior citizens who have been called upon to evacuate. migu miguel, what are you seeing? >> reporter: stephanie, the weather here is certainly beginning to turn more o...

And pretty much losing everything on our balcony there. the fence has gone over. the tables. nothing is steady out here right now. stephanie? >> hold on. the hotel youre in, and you said the hotel is packed with both locals and tourists who havent been able to leave, the balcony behind you, were seeing debris has fallen, furniture gone and no power in the hotel. how long do people anticipate theyll be there and do you have the resources? >> reporter: we have power in the hotel. running on genera...

Mandatory evacuate yet but many heed the warning to leave here. were expecting the brunt of the storm to really come in over the next 24 hours, potentially hitting us later on this evening and intensifying overnight into tomorrow. folks in this area are battening down the hatches. residents putting up ply board over the next day or so. many businesses seem boarded up, at least those right here by the coastline. it seems as though the storm will first affect this area and then move its way north ...

Fact getting out? >> good morning from miami where we are observing the first signs of hurricane matthew. for those of us who have gone through this drill before, we know that the clouds that accompany these storms are low, fast moving and ominous. still a community traumatized from hurricane andrew and most are taking the threat seriously. this is an area where there are a lot of people moved in and not experienced the effects of a major hurricane. so thats why authorities are trying to, withou...

Area and headed to beaufort, beautiful hilton head is highly impacted kben. again, with this turn, the strongest winds off the coast and down to category two, i dont think well get the horrible one but the storm surge is horrendous in the area and deal with the high winds too. so again, just got the brand new update in there, stephanie, and again, it looks equally as bad as we thought it would. >> equally as bad. the storm being upgraded to category four as we wait for it to hit land within the ...