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Albany, georgia is one of the areas we're about to lose power. the hurricane center just updated us. 100 mile per hour winds is the intensity. by the time we wake up tomorrow morning should be down to a weak tropical storm somewhere over top of augusta, georgia. and then it's a rain event through the carolinas. it's rare we get hurricane warnings from south georgia through the carolinas. it's going to be windy and pouring tomorrow throughout the southeast. that's going to be one of the issues. when we look back in history at this storm, it's going to be how fast it game through us. i told you ...

Here on panama city beach, which is interesting. but the -- let me see what i see flying over, actually. we have a coast guard helicopter right now flying over head. i think what they're probably doing is surveying the coast here before it gets dark, heading off in the direction of mexico beach, which, of course, we know is the hardest hit area. about 13 miles in that direction, which is east, is where the eye wall passed over. and so, on this side of the storm we didn't have as much storm surge but we certainly the winds. on the other side, on the eastern side of the eye wall, that's where th...

It went from that sunday night to a near category 5 storm today. that was significant. and obviously that has to do with the warm -- the warmth of the gulf waters at this time. and that storm was able to gain tremendous strength and hit our state at 150 miles per hour in the panhandle, 7 miles per hour below what would necessitate a category 5 storm. for all intents and purposes, adding in the wind gusts you're dealing with a category 5 hurricane hitting in october. we have obviously a challenge on that end, and i'll tell you, we got some work to do to build us a more resilient state. the trut...

Fatality in florida. we turn now to bill karins for the latest on the storm. bill, it's moving so fast, by the time we get there, he's already gone, michael is. >> that was good we were able to get in some of the areas hardest hit at 2:00 this afternoon. we had a few hours of daylights for first responders to get to people that needed rescuing and for the crews to get video so we know how bad it is. and this is bad especially around panama city and mexico beach. that's the thousand people they're wondering if they're going to have a town left to rebuild. we'll get you more pictures tomorrow. t...

Winds. this was uncharted territory with the storm. we'll see how bad it is tomorrow morning when we wake up, a lot of tree damage and millions of people without power come morning. >> apparently people got out of the way, only one tragedy so far. let's go to nbc's tammy litener who's up in albany, georgia. has it hit there? >> reporter: chris, we are getting hit with the dirty side of the storm. things have changed in the last hour, they've picked up dramatically, the winds, the rains, you can tell there is nobody out on the street right now. everybody is hunkered down at this point. there ha...