tonight at least 1 million coastal residents are under mandatory orders to pack up and leave because a major hurricane is headed their way. cnn meteorologist allison chinchar has the newly updated forecast on hurricane florence. allison, this looks like a very bad and dangerous storm. >> indeed. and it's continuing to strengthen, which is not what you want to see. right now winds are 140 miles per hour. that is an increase from the last advisory. the gusts are up to 165 miles per hour, and it's moving west-northwest at about 13 miles per hour. we expect it to continue that trek up to the west-northwest before finally making landfall likely somewhere between virginia and south carolina. the timing of the landfall, however, is still kind of up in the air. some models suggest it's going to be late thursday afternoon or into the evening. others want to hold it off until the very early portion of friday.