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Of people coming to the local totals because they want to make sure to restore power as soon as possible, but they are expecting power to go out for millions of floridians and they want to try to get that back online, but people need to be prepared with things like water and bread just in case that power goes out and is out for a while, you want to be able to sustain yourself for three days. >> sara sidner in daytona beach, well get back to you. i want to get back to the weather center for us. s...

>> reporter: yeah, and in fact, don, i will give you an update. the national weather service in melbourne, florida some, frightening language. im going to read it to you now. it warns locations may be uninhabitable for weeks or months, widespread, extensive to devastating wind impacts and such effects have not been experienced in central florida in decades, talking about widespread power outages that might not get power back on for weeks, perhaps, and also damage to infrastructure roads and the ...

Were talking about inlet areas because every inlet in florida -- florida has all these natural inland waterways that pull off the coastline. as this storm pulls along and possibly bounces along the florida coastline, its not only going to have devastating and dangerous and destructive wind impacts, its not only going to shred buildings along the coastline with its powerful winds of about 140 miles an hour, but its going to shove this water 6 feet is possible. now, im standing at dry mark at high...

Night hours into early morning hours here. yes, heavy rain. theyre still talking about that 7-inch rainfall along the east coast of florida. yes, that tidal surge. its the combination of the rain and surge that can be so devastating. not just for the coastline here. were talking about inlet area. every inlet in florida -- florida has all these natural inland waterways that pull off the coastline. as this storm pulls along and possibly bounces along the florida coastline, its not only going to ha...

>> welcome back to "fox & friends." sandy sounds like a nice name. sandy is anything but. lets get to rick reichmuth who is tracking this nasty storms. >> i have seen so many greece references with that storm. >> i thought that was original. >> sandra d. >> a lot of rain for a lot of people with this sometimes we talk about the coastal impacts which we are going to see from. this wind impacts. also flooding inland from this storm. these are some the model forecasts. 11 inches in towards nags hea...

carolina coast. as many as 65 million people all along the eastern seaboard are going to be impacted in some way, shape or form by irene. and many people are already trying to find shelter where they can. take a look at the size of this storm. eight states from north carolina to massachusetts are under states of emergency. and right now, this first hurricane of the season that is impacting so much of the east coast is pummeling north carolina. it barreled ashore on the outer banks of n...

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Are now. just to step aside to give you idea, vans coming through, been worse than this, comes and goes, strong at times, ripping through here gusting maybe 75 miles an hour. in a couple of hours, maybe three could be as much as 110 miles an hour. people been warning about the storm for days now, warnings getting more and more dire and heard from the national weather service in melbourne and just read it to you. language is dire. locations may be uninhabitable for weeks or even months. widesprea...