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Where is the storm likely to hit the u.s. the hardest? >> the storm right now is a category 4 storm. it's approaching the florida coast and an oblique angle. a slight shift could mean the difference for areas from west palm beach to melbourne. right now it looks like it's going to cop on the coast near the cape canaveral area and maintains its cat 4 status. so 140-mile-an-hour winds are possible near the eyewall as it approaches the coast. >> when do you think it will land? >> a final frame later tonight, early tomorrow morning. it's coming in at a oblique angle. right now it looks like it's d...

The bahamas this morning with stinging wind and heavy rain. high winds and flying debris, storm surge and coastal flooding likely to hit the florida coast from ft. lauderdale and west palm beach on north overnight. >> the unique factor is this awful track that is going to affect so many large population centers in multiple states. >> reporter: several thousand national guard troops have been activated across three states. 2 million told to evacuate in florida, 500,000 in georgia and south carolina. further up the coast in georgia, at least one highway, i-75, showing a 20-mile backup. >> we nee...

Crashing over this wall right here. just subtle changes that are speaking volumes when we're out here talking about this storm, inching closer and closer. this is indian river. the barrier island is on the other side that. is melbourne beach, and that is the barrier island where they said get off. get to safety, because the storm surge will be 6 to 11 feet right here along this coast, well above my head. they're afraid if people are out there, emergency people will not be able to get to them. because you not only have the storm surge, wolf, you have the waves on top of that. so it is going to ...

Winds are going to go to the north and it may spare these people here. but right now, the hurricane force winds are approaching our location. it will be here within the next hour, hour and a half and things are going to go downhill rapidly after about 8:00 p.m. eastern. >> i assume that these elderly people who are refusing to leave their mobile homes along the coast there, they are extremely vulnerable. >> yes, they are. as a matter of fact, wolf, one of the vortexes spun up right in front of me, literally 50 yards from this mobile home complex. if it had been a stronger vortex, it could have...

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