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Historic category 4 hurricane. the frightening reality tonight is that this hurricane isn't giving up. it is a category 3 at this hour as it barrels across land. georgia, the carolinas and then right up the coast. so, let's get right to meteorologist rob marciano, also right here in florida tonight with the new track. rob? >> reporter: david, you said it. it's still a category 3, and now in georgia. that hasn't happened since 1898. the center of this thing right now, about 40 miles southwest of albany. take a look at it on the radar. we're watching closely, this tornado watch, as well. three r...

Today. as we said, the storm progressed this afternoon into this evening. tammy leitner was in the path of what was left of it in albany, georgia. hey, tammy. >> reporter: hey, brian. winds still very strong here as you can see. this storm, though, is weakening as it goes across georgia. winds are about 75 miles an hour. if you take a look over here at this tree, we'll back up to give you a look at the damage, just how strong it is and what it can do. now, this is the strongest hurricane to come through georgia since about 1898. i spoke with police just a short while ago and they told me they ...

Apalachicola. i want to show you a piece of video from panama city, where the wind got the best -- look at this freight train on the right. the cars are leaning up to the side, many of them left their undercarriages on the tracks. but imagine the wind power to blow a freight train to the side and off the tracks. that's part of what we saw today. as we said, the storm progressed this afternoon into this evening. tammy leitner was in the path of what was left of it in albany, georgia. hey, tammy. >> reporter: hey, brian. winds still very strong here as you can see. this storm, though, is weakeni...

Hurricane still tearing a path at this hour. they are bracing in georgia and the carolinas. and abc's steve osunsami is in macon, georgia, tonight. >> reporter: more than 50 miles from the coastline, the winds from this hurricane are still so furious that homes are being ripped apart and big trees are falling tonight, over roads and across power lines. this one was recorded on a home security system. >> it was terrifying, honestly. there was a lot of noise. i mean, we thought the windows were going to break at any time. and we did whatever we could to hunker down and try to wait it out. >> rep...

Extraordinary for a hurricane as it moves inland to remain a hurricane, category 3 hurricane as it moves through georgia right now. >> right. it has been 120 years since we've had a category 3 roll into georgia, since 1898. so this is extremely rare. when this storm was crossing just into the georgia -- crossing right over the georgia state line, it was still a low-grade category 4. so that's unprecedented. this storm has really held together. it came up quickly and it has held together, and it has a lot of rain and wind with it even now still. >> we're going to get back to you, jennifer. than...