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And how hurricane andrew, for example, that did not turn out to be the big problem. well, this part of florida, from central florida north, has never had a real strong hurricane hit. if this comes category 4 storm. never in the record books going back to the middle 1800s. and this part of florida is the most threatened for storm surge. so we're going to have a confluence for the very first time ever, of a storm coming in to the most threatened part of the state, in terms of high water. 7 to 11 feet above normally high ground. >> and you just said, "come ashore." you think this eye is going to ...

good morning to you all. i'm t.j. holmes. welcome to our viewers watching us in the u.s. and around the world, as we continue to follow a category 1 storm, hurricane irene, that is threatening about 20% of the u.s. population. some 65 million people in its path. it has been hammering north carolina with heavy rains and fierce winds for past several hours. it was just a couple of hours ago that it officially made landfall in north carolina. more than 200,000 people are without power as we speak, and the path of destruction is spreading as this storm continues to move north. major nort...