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That may be unrecognizable, compared to what we're seeing today. even if the storm doesn't make a direct hit and stays off the coast, which is the forecast, the tropical storm-force winds are going to extend some 200 miles from the center. hurricane-force winds, some 90 miles from the center so it could do a widespread damage not just off the carolina coast, but off the virginia coast, the delaware coast, the jersey shore, up past massachusetts. you could have power outages that could be unbelievable. many places you could have up to millions of people without power. and speaking of the winds ...

>> right now at the storm site -- at the spill site, i'm sorry, as you can see on the radar there's some bands already moving through the area, rain. the site right there is point h, and looking at some buoy data, the winds have already picked up to about 15-20 knots at most, but we are expecting those conditions to continue deteriorating through the rest of the night and tomorrow. >> reporter: all right. so will this become danielle, daniel? >> well, the hurricane center is forecasting it to become a tropical storm. >> reporter: well, if anybody knows, they do. we will definitely keep you pos...

Saying the local tsunami warning goes until 6:00 a.m. so there's a little bit of a conflict there. and i wanted to point that out. now, the tsunami warning does cover the entire pacific basin. all the way from coastal sections of chile down towards antarctica, up through the hawaiian islands, to russia. this is a broad expansive area. and they're saying that these waves could last five minutes, they could last 15 minutes, but it's something that we just have to kind of evaluate at this point. but as you said, rob, some of these the buoy data does indicate that, yes, there's already that rise. ...

Let's go to rick riechmuth. he is watching the weather very closely as well? >> she was saying the water is recede inning hilo. that is on the big island which the southern most island and close toast chile. that would be the first island to be affected. if they were experiencing that water to recede, very likely they are feeling the tsunami right now. without having a camera in the exact spot, it's difficult to tell what is going on. honolulu, that is probably i would say over a hundred miles from there. the wave is going to take longer to get to honolulu area. i am looking at some of buoy da...

>> all right. we'll check back with you a bit later on. >> greg, even though some people are hanging out and watching what happens. this is moving north wampltd let's go to rick, with the very latest in the extreme weather center. rick, what is the storm doing right now? >> i was trying to look to see the buoy data. waves up to 12 feet off the outer banks here. this is the latest look at the storm on the radar picture. you can notice, center of the storm, generally, you have the small, compact eye. it is disintegrated, probably going through what would be an eye wall replacement cycle. and tha...