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Approaching them. >> some estimate that this storm could be the worst to hit florida in decades. is that right? >> it will depend on where the track goes. the forecast right now takes the center up towards the coast. here's the florida east coast. the red is where we have a hurricane warning in effect. the forecast takes the center i long the coast, bringing that core area to the coast and even inland a bit. and if it does that, then yes, we expect major damage. unfortunately, potential for loss of life. and the greatest risk is from storm surge. where the winds blow on shore, it's going to pi...

Remember, the effects will spread out. >> how far will they spread out? as the track of the coast parallels the coast, we're looking at the whole area for potentially devastating impacts from that area, south of melbourne all the way up towards the georgia coast tomorrow. so we're really looking at a potentially disastrous storm. >> so people may be in the west pau palm beach area, but going north up to georgia, south carolina, maybe even north carolina, all of that area could be impacted? >> that's right. we have flooding potential with this storm, and the storm surge is along the coast itsel...

With you. you just heard those reports, especially when you hear about elderly people refusing to leave their mobile homes along the coast. >> we really have to -- we continue to work with people as the event unfolds to provide them the latest information, but they have the tough job of convincing people of the dangers they'll face. >> hard enough to ride it out in a big building, let alone a mobile home. >> especially if you have very strong winds and tornadoes. it's tremendously dangerous. >> in addition, we could see tornadoes develop? >> yeah, so there are outlooks

>> we had a small tornado here. since then, i have damage -- torn off the wall here, and the hurricane force winds are 20 miles off the coast and will be on land at 7:30, 8:00. the hurricane force winds are about an hour away now, based on radar. winds are gusting up to 65 at my location -- >> have you seen -- are you seeing people still on the roads right now? >> no, no. >> have most of the people evacuated? >> most of the people are gone. this place is deserted. i'm still by the mobile home court. still concerned about the people who didn't evacuate. it looks like the most intense

Power for one to two weeks, you can't have elderly people in those conditions in florida. they'll have to get out of the conditions. so, yes, many things will develop and unfortunately, we lose a lot of lives after storms. we get the surge to lose lives but after it goes, the chain saw accidents, the carbon monoxide cases. the dangers with us. >> our focus is the forecast ahead but the conditions and nassau bahamas. we'll talk more about that later. but let me bring in india atlantic. along the central eastern coast. what are people there telling you? >> reporter: this community south of flori...