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From the eastern most tip of new york and montawk, long island, mike, take us through both. obviously whats behind you there, but as i said first and foremost, this sudden explosion into a category 5 and the real chance that puerto rico is going to have a category 5 land fall. >> yes, indeed. maria just blew up. it went from a cat 1 to cat 5 in 27 hours. it made land fall in dominica, a small island in the antilles, lesser antilles a few hours ago. the only saving grace is its a small tightly wo...

Over islands that were mostly spared by irma. sadly, it might be aiming at puerto rico. the great intrepid weather channel meteorologist mike seidel joins us with an update on both. from the eastern most tip of new york and montawk, long island, mike, take us through both. obviously whats behind you there, but as i said first and foremost, this sudden explosion into a category 5 and the real chance that puerto rico is going to have a category 5 land fall. >> yes, indeed. maria just blew up. it w...

Pete: welcome back. quick headlines starting with a fox news alert. several branches from the pentagon deploying ships and care craft along with thousands of gallons of fuel to the region. and florida governor rick scott activating nearly 4,000 troops as well. well, the white house allowing as much fuel as possible to be shipped to florida to ease the gas shortage. president trumps administration waiving a long-time statute to allow more shipments to get there in less time. and fema has set up a...

>> tucker: this is a fox news alert. hurricane irma tracking west. latest forecast shows a could barrel up the middle of florida. leaving the tires state for potentially severe damage. rick leventhal is in daytona beach. he joins us tight. how are we looking there, rick? >> tucker i have been in daytona before, and i cannot recall our friday night does this quiet. this is the calm before the storm. there is a mandatory evacuation order that went into effect this afternoon. anybody and low-lying ...

Like it was going to track a little bit east, obviously, that got many people concerned. there were some hurricane warnings in place in points south of here, now, as it starts tracking west, theyre going to start watching this, obviously, more carefully. because the storm is going to be on the west, theyre going to be watching it. but right now, theyre not as concerned as much with the wind, but theres also very high concerns about storm surge later this evening. >> were glad to get the visual a...

Power of isaacs wind and rain but the tropical storm is expected to intensify, taking aim at the dominican republic and haiti. boat owners in u.s. virgin islands are also battening down the hatches. >> i took a hotel room here to keep an eye on her during the storm. worst case scenario, thats my blue danielle. >> reporter: though the storm is tracking west, forecasters expect isaac to grow into a hurricane and pose a possible threat to tampa florida during next weeks republican national conventi...

Area, including marion county. theres another storm were tracking west that will move east, with blizzard conditions across the plains, potentially here and more rain through the same area, including indiana. >> harris: you mentioned this earlier, its going to be interesting when it hits the east coast because its colder here. youll be busy tonight. thank you very much. theres no video coming in now into the fox news room from inside libya. its tape that shows rebels force -- forces running fr...