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So now the impacts here going across halifax, new brunswick, up towards corner brook here, newfoundland, we are looking at the impacts to be on the high side with storm surge and a great deal of wave action, but finally, after it seems to be days and days and days that we have been seeing this storm kind of pound the east coast and now getting up and out to sea, eventually, but even still, a cat 1 hurricane is possible here as we head into your sunday morning wake-up, into newfoundland here. tha...

Meanwhile, life-threatening storm surges are a major concern with coastal cities already seeing significant flooding. cnns martin savidge is in myrtle beach, south carolina, for us. martin, a civil emergency has been declared there. whats the latest? >> reporter: the winds have really picked up, wolf. theres no doubt about that. we know that dorian is literally just about 50 miles that way. and on top of that, this is the area where they were fearing that the storm surge could be the hardest hit...

This yellow one, still has it coming onshore. a couple of other ones do. noticeable, other ones are offshore. thats why i said its the flip of a coin right now, will we ever get the direct impact. if we still get a category 3 storm just off the coast, were still going to have incredible wave action, numerous high tied cycles with beach erosion, that sort of thing. but we wouldnt get the catastrophic storm surge. well get a new update on this in four hours. this is our european model. this is the...

One of our more reliable ones, this yellow one, still has it coming onshore. a couple of other ones do. noticeable, other ones are offshore. thats why i said its the flip of a coin right now, will we ever get the direct impact. if we still get a category 3 storm just off the coast, were still going to have incredible wave action, numerous high tied cycles with beach erosion, that sort of thing. but we wouldnt get the catastrophic storm surge. and wind damage. from a land fall storm. well get a n...

Intense body cam video captures chicago police going beyond the call of duty. they rude a man stuck in freezing cold water after he went into save his dog. cnns ryan young has the story. >> reporter: intense body cam video shows the moment chicago police walked into a frozen lake michigan beach to rescue a man who had fallen through the ice. >> got a little space. >> reporter: the man fell into the lake while trying to save his dog in several feet of freezing water. he became stuck between large...

Someone that usually has some idea of what will happen. he gets a lot of credit. california is bracing for bad weather this morning. >> the most impactful winter event so far. we will see a blizzard in the mountains, mud and debris flows out of this and wind damage. i also saw one meteorologist saying they could get incredible wave action, too. it will have it all. this is what is responsible. a huge storm spinning out in the pacific. all the moisture and rain is starting in san francisco in the...

Across the south here and so this snow will be gone by the time we get into sunday and monday. but the way that it will be gone, it will melt because the rain will chew through it. and once that happens, it will get into the rivers and streams. and we could be seeing some significant flooding as a result. there is the rain that were expecting saturday and sunday. and follow the track here, because i have one more threat additionally on top of the flood. once we get into saturday night, i think t...

Rebuilding the power grid that can take a long time at this point. >> its very, very difficult to get around at this point, even where we are in panama city. it takes, ten, 20, 30 minutes to move even the shortest distance. we spoke to you yesterday before the storm was hitting, and you said your great concern was your people did not heed warnings. too many people stayed in their houses. why do you think that was? >> i cant answer that question. its an age-old problem in the emergency management...

Landfall just to the east or south of where the eye makes landfall. right now its projected between panama beach and apalachicola. not only is it going to bring ocean water and coastal flooding, there will be wave action on top of that, is the primary driver of the why we evacuate. and on top of that, you have 140-mile-per-hour winds, either structures built before 2001 are not designed to handle that type of wind typically and its going to unfortunately push through the state. so were asking ci...

Its projected between panama city come up logical. not only will being 14 feet of ocean water and coastal flood in addition, they will be wave action on top of that which is the primary factor of why we evacuate, sir. coupled with that youve got over 145-mile-per-hour winds. structures built before 2001 are not designed to handle that type of wind, typically. it unfortunately will push through the state. we are asking citizens in southwest georgia, central georgia, to be vigilant and make sure w...