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Degrees, san juan, right around 96. its still very uncomfortable. that really hasnt changend and its not going to either. were still tracking maria. by the way, it was seven day, a week from now that maria was making landfall in puerto rico. only seven days. think of all. stories and miss ray thats happened. heres the latest. 70-mile-per-hour winds. a tropical storm, about 150 miles due east of cape hatteras. this is the closest right now that the storm will come to the outer banks. the winds ar...

Have evacuated several thousand people who are at risk downstream. this afternoon they are going to give an update on that in the press conference around 2:30. >> heather: live from san juan, thank you. and of course, we are tracking marias path with a tropical storm warning issued for most of the north carolina coast as the storm continues to weaken. mandatory evacuation order is already in place. parts of that region, maria will move slowly to the north through early wednesday when it should b...

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>> harris: after slamming puerto rico, hurricane maria still serving a weaker but still damaging blow to the dominican republic. that category 3 storm is making its way north. so, what about the united states? chief meteorologist tracking maria. its been one that weve watched all along, but puerto rico has taken the brunt of this. >> they really did. the numbers are staggering. think of what happened with houston and the flooding. we saw 30 to 50 inches of rain in a four day period. puerto rico,...

Inside behind me. >> marianna, as youve heard signs of life now from pa pair med paramedic. well keep the shot up in case there are any back to her immed. we also want to talk about the other disaster thats been unfolding in the caribbean. thats hurricane maria whipping through the dominican republic as a category 3 storm. its targeting turks and caicos as puerto rico is just now starting to pick up the pieces. emergency officials there say it could be six months before everybody gets power back...

Weakens slightly just before it hits puerto rico. thats important. that distinction is, because the previous category 5 storm, and theres only been one to ever hit puerto rico, that was back in 1928. but it had winds of 160. so if it can maintain winds of 165, it will end up being the strongest to remember to ever hit the island of puerto rico. the last time they had a category 4 was back in 1942. again, this is going to be an incredibly strong storm as it continues on this track, anderson. >> a...

30 minutes ago we saw rainfall form out there. i mentioned anxiety among those folks here in the island. i was talking to residents yesterday. they were telling me theres people here who still dont have power, electricity from hurricane irma. theres still debris, noticeably, in the streets and parts of this island. people here are anxious that not much time has elapsed between hurricane irma and hurricane maria. irma didnt even make a direct landfall here but maria is expected to do exactly that...

You have to be really over 89 years old to have experienced anything like this in puerto ricos history. that storm surge, it could well possibly reach to nearly twice my height as i stand here now. and were seeing this beach resort evacuated. center strangely people in beach buggies popping down on the sand there as this storm begins to approach and the skies begin to dark, moving very fast above me. but beginning to fell it pick up here. but puerto rico really still wheeling from just two weeks...

165, it will end up being the strongest storm to ever hit the island of puerto rico. the last time they had a category 4 was back in 1932. that was the last direct strike of a category 4 or higher. again, this is going to be an incredibly strong storm as it continues on this track, anderson. >> any sense of what this means for the u.s.? >> right. so theres been a lot of comparisons to irma with this storm as it goes through the caribbean. so heres what we can show you. this yellow line right her...

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