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To come off. this flew over our location and landed here on this pier just a short while ago. you can see the whitecaps out in the sound. out in the distance thats the barrier island, atlantic beach. all of that has been -- access to that has all been shut down. the bridges are impassable here at this point. local authorities have really shut that down because the winds have now reached a point where theres concern for peoples safety. people who chose to stay back essentially trapped there on th...

This storm where you see the strongest winds and heaviest rains. right now were in a rather dry spot as the bands of the storm have been lashing against this coast. the winds are definitely sustaining at much higher speeds now from what weve seen over the last few years. the intensity of those wind, you can see out here in this cove as it pushes out towards the barrier island from morehead city, and you can see just the whitecaps off those waves and how much intensity there is off of those waves...

The beach. picking up steadily over the last hour. some pretty good whitecaps behind me. the sky is pretty much just a slate gray. there is an abandoned beach. beautiful beachfront, the houses are all boarded up. the people here have really gotten the message loud and clear from state and local officials. the storm could be a knockout blow. so the people who have decided to say that we have spoken to work pretty well considered in their approach. they knew the warnings, they knew the dangers. li...

Absolutely i can see it. yes. its actually quite dramatic. let me sort of explain it to you. this is u.s. 90 and the waves are coming over. it actually looks like youre looking at the beach. if you did not know u.s. 90 was there. and the storm surge is rising. as the wind is blowing, the whitecaps are kicking up and you see the whole storm surge there. im not sure whether its going to make its way up to where i am, but i can actually see it as im talking to you here. i can actually see it rising...

Evacuate quickly and this is when you see people helping out, homeport and that is. >> it also shows you what an all hands on deck operation misses. im pretty sure it isnt to evacuate the elderly. they work in the wilderness and wild. in this particular case we dont need you doing that right now. we need to helping to evacuate citizens of florida. you understand this is something weve got to get done in real-time. your new job is to help these. jon: griff jenkins is on floridas west coast. the s...

Here, the wind is picking up. the surf is also picking up. you can see some whitecaps on the water at this point. i want to take you and look over here what some people are doing on the beach. this is a very popular area for locals and tourists to come in for the best of bahamian food. these cards, they are tied down. they are hoping this will hold when the hurricane hits here with full fury in terms of tropical storm force winds later tonight and certainly tomorrow. but i wouldnt chance it, jus...

The right notes in the sense that you can have all the survey was. you can have all the intelligence. the fundamental issue here is what someone gives to the stage where they are written in pedestrian, stabbing women and children, at that point you have to go upstream and try to tackle radicalization. they are primarily on the outskirts of large european cities. manchester, birmingham, london, brussels, berlin. you find communities for their values and beliefs, whitecaps between them and the wid...

But we still need your signature. the sign then drive event. zero due at signing, zero down, zero deposit, and zero first months payment on a new jetta and other select volkswagen models. its november and today, 50 million people across the midwest are facing weather warnings. its due to an intense low pressure system which meteorologists are calling a november wish. its produced a strange brew of tornadoes, hurricane force winds and torrential downpours. the weather channels mike seidel is fo...

Ive got five minutes of fuel, im not going to make st. thomas. >> i briefed the crew that we would keep going to st. croix but we were going to set up for a possible ditching. its dark. its overcast. its raining. and the sea is very angry. the amount of whitecaps. the swells were quite enormous. and i had heavy winds. >> all of captain dewitts years of experience are about to come into play. as he descends, he eyeballs the 10 to 15-foot waves and chooses one, knowing full well he has to land on ...

The water where debris from airasia 8501 has been found is relatively shallow. its really only about 80 to 100 feet deep in some places. but searchers may have to deal with wind and currents and some rather challenging weather conditions as they move into this recovery operation. chad myers here now to walk us through it. what all are they facing chad? >> very big storms, brianna, that pick up right in the middle of the morning hours, when you want it to calm down when all the assets get there a...