rainfall measured in feet and not inches. it is forecast to create life-threatening conditions. the warning officials are giving is leave immediately. more than 2 million people live in areas under warnings. >> states of emergency have been declared in five states. carolinas, georgia, virginia and maryland. airlines have canceled 800 flights along the east coast in anticipation of the storm. the national hurricane center says waves out at sea and the strongest part of the storm are as high as 83 feet. seven nuclear power plants as you see on the map are in the path of the storm. we have meteorologist pedram javaheri in the weather center for us. what can you tell us? >> the last couple hours, the storm is going through a restructuring process. the eyewall reprocessing. it may change up to a category