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Tell me what happened. >> im trying to go out. we werent able to venture far. there were some downed power lines and then there was some trees right in the area that i evacua to. so we werent able outside all to see if the flood waters came to this yarp. because right across the street and all around us people were calling in on social media needing to be rescued from right around in the area that we were staying in. so it was heart wrenching. >> you know, how would you scribe describe the damag...

Purchasing a home, we were living in my great grandmothers house. we had my grandmother, my uncle and my cousins family all under one house. i can remember it like it was yesterday. puerto rico official when i turned off the electricity around 2:00 in the morning, and around 5:00 in the morning is when we started feeling the winds of hurricane maria, and in front of my house, in front of my great grandmothers house, there was a tree that was approximately 70 years old, a huge tree, its been thro...

The snow but also poor visibility and very gusty winds. the thing is its not just the areas with blizzard warnings have gusty winds. the red area you see here over 100 million people under a high wind warning and over 50 million people under the orange color. that is a wind advisory. here is the reason why this is so important. those wind gusts in the yellow area, about 40 to 50 miles per hour. the orange, 50 to 60 miles an hour. youre looking at widespread power outages and flight delays not on...

What im doing right now. and thats why im very proud of them. whats your assessment of the response, as you look at whats left down there. >> they were impacted with unbelievable tree damage. the coast was a 14-foot of storm surge, and everybody is working hard. everybody i have asked out of the preincident has come throug through, we have a lot of work to do. and we are coordinating all of our daily activities, every daily family has a chance to get back to a normal life. im proud of what every...

Humid. its not going to be any big surprise to get a good soaking of rain out of this storm as it heads up the coastal areas. four to five inches of rain widespread. we have flash flood watches that are in effect for areas from southern new england, new york city, right down through new jersey and into areas of virginia here for that impending rain. and finally, well end with the winds. again, minor tree damage is probably still occurring. winds gusting in the 50-mile-per-hour range here, brian....

In south georgia its a heavily wooded area, it doesnt take a lot of wind to get a lot of tree damage. thats still be aig hazard. >> thank you very much. nbcs kerry sanders is in panama city, florida where several buildings have reportedly collapsed after taking a direct hit from murk michael. kerry, ive seen images from panama city that are pretty upsetting. >> reporter: indied they are. this is a tale of the eastern and western portion of the storm. of course to the east of the storm about 43...

Look out. were going to talk about these shadings. this is the probability of experiencing tropical storm force winds. by the time we get to tomorrow afternoon its pretty low, about 25% to 50% here toward the fayetteville area, getting up toward raleigh and all through eastern portions of north carolina. and as far as the rain goes, and this is -- its been such a warm month so far of october right up the eastern seaboard. its been very humid, unusually humid. its not going to be any big surprise...

Get out of the realm of simply doing tree damage and into the kind of intensity where you can start to see structural damage to roofs. you can also see objects be lifted and thrown through the air and do additional damage as loose missiles in the air. so you really will do once you get over 100 miles per hour move to a damage damage regime. unfortunately thats the circumstance we find ourselves in in the florida big bend this morning. >> ryan, chief meteorologist from weather tiger. appreciate i...

Going to have tremendous tree damage. thats a very dangerous situation, whether youre driving, whether youre in your house. so its -- this story isnt over yet in terms of the impact that this storm is going to have. and, of course, were going to get heavy rains, but with the fast-moving storms, it isnt going to be like what we saw with florence, but still 4 to 6 inches of rain in a very short period of time creates a moderate risk for flash floods. so we have that to be working with, as well. >>...

Then were at a cat 4. initial rain bands are not far away from the coast. these are literally the final minutes of preparation time for anyone here in this area and if anyone still remains in that area they still should get out now while they can. even if i was as far inland as the areas of tallahassee at i-10 i would consider getting out of there because youre not going to have power for weeks after the storm goes through. and if you can avoid living in that and you dont have to worry about t...