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Evacuation order. the sheriff basically saying that he estimates anywhere between 60% to 80% of residents have left town. the states governor saying if anyone wants to leave town, time is running out. but given all of that, there are still some folks that we found out here mostly long time residents who say that they plan to stay put. so you are not going to evacuate, do you have any concerns about staying? >> it isnt the wind damage. im worried about what well come home to. dont want to go down...

Easily fall over on my house. i have no power. i cant make phone calls out. this is terrifying. i -- i dont even -- i cant even explain this. i mean my pets are absolutely -- i mean theyre all underneath the bed. im not going to get under the bed, but, you know -- >> yeah, where are you hunkering down in your house? >> right now im in my master bedroom. im here, and im trying to stay away from the windows and stuff. and if i need be, you know, well go into the bathroom and hunker down in the bat...

All we can do is wait. i dont know if you can see behind here, were trying to give it light so you can see whats been happening out here. weve seen some waters here starting to rise. not severe flooding by any stretch of the imagination but some. its really a wind event that were experiencing here in houma more than anything. it is howling through here and has been pounding and howling through here for the past two hours or so. its really unlike anything ive experienced. as you know, jim, ive be...

Interstate. im scared. im more scared of the interstate than staying in the house right here. >> so emergency officials say this is going to be a severe wind event. this is going to be a severe flooding event, severe water event. thats can why youve got the governor, youve got the sheriff saying time is running out, if youre going to leave, the time is now. >> i hope people heed this warning. new orleans sits 55 miles east of houma. look, its so close, officials are urging residents to take this...

The immediate hours ahead? >> certainly power outage. this is certainly a wind event. the rain has not been an issue to this point. not saying it wont be in the future and you know our city is uniquely impacted by water with our geography so thats a concern. but im concerned about obviously structure damage but with the wind cascading power outage, looking at about 74,000 customers in our city without power right now and it continues to grow. so im quite certain that we will have widespread powe...

Are not in the clear? >> no, certainly not. and, we are ready. our regional coordination, across with partners, that only opening up at 8 am. we have volunteers, shelters ready to open, if needed. we are especially watching how this plays out with the tides, right? for us, this will be a wind event. we will see that storm surge. when that storm surge happens, and how it happens, particularly those south facing harbors, will be less of an issue, on cape cod bay, northern parts of the region. part...

Tomorrow, mika. >> thank you for that update on the scene. lets go to bill karins. what will the effect be of elsa in the next several hours? >> im concerned with storm surge and isolated tornadoes. those are my biggest concerns over the florida peninsula in the next 24 to 36 hours, and surfside itself, i dont think youll get much worse than what we saw yesterday with squalls coming through. it will be similar at times today throughout the day. we just got the latest update in in the 5:00 a.m. h...

Hurricane-force winds are setting off wildfires in Northern and Central California. On the Central Coast, fires in Santa Cruz County have forced 120 families to

California to be hit by hurricane-force winds in coming days Alex Sosnowski 1 / 2 California to be hit by 100-mph winds in coming days Gusty winds and almost summerlike warmth have already created dangerous conditions and elevated the fire danger to critical levels across parts of Southern California during the latter part of last week into the weekend. Forecasters now warn that an even more powerful windstorm is on the horizon. Some communities already faced evacuations as a fire broke out and...

Here's a look at the weather in the week ahead.