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it will severely impact millions of people and put the barrier island communities completely under water. joining me this hour, the acting director of the national hurricane center to update the track of the storm. i will talk to mayors up and down the coast as ian comes onshore. lets go to our meteorologist with the latest on the hurricanes path. what are you seeing from the latest updates? >> with each update, the conditions continue to grow dire. right now, we are seeing lots of rai...

This is the part that were going to be watching as we go throughout, especially id say in the next two to three hours as it heads northward. lets get the latest measurement on this to see how far away we are. this is the atlantic beach area. then down to the eye. you know, right now its about 26 miles. so this as the storm pushes up along the coast is going to brush this area here. so well see how that all plays out. but thats what were watching. because thats where the highest winds are. heres ...

We could be talking about an even bigger wind field impacting the entire peninsula of florida. >> this is home for you. so what are you expecting? what worries you the most, mike? >> well, it worries me what could possibly happen to my community that i love so much. this could be very devastating so its a lot of mixed feelings right now. i just keep telling myself that the best thing i can do is what ive always done and that is document these things, take barometric pressure readings. now were w...

Have done have really read wind readings in excess of 100-miles-an-hour. i want to bring in ed rapport, good evening to you. busy time for you. we appreciate it. where exactly is hurricane matthew now and where is the storm headed? >> you can see pretty clearly where the center of the storm is located, and thats about 50 miles to 75 miles off the south florida coast a little bit north of palm beach. the center is forecast to move close to parallel to the east coast of florida, maybe approachin...