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Joining me is dylan dryer, nbc's dylan dryer driving across west palm beach to the west gulf coast. dylan, what's the situation? >> well, hey, ali. you know, we are leaving west palm beach, which is where we were kind of hunkered down when the storm track was a little farther to the east, but we're not leaving because nothing's going to happen here. we're just heading to the west side of the state because we certainly do think there's going to be a major story in the tampa area if this storm maintains the track that it is. but as al just pointed out, it's all within that cone of uncertainty an...

We saw some of that. now your part of florida is a little less -- it's still dangerous but a little less dangerous and we're wondering if we're seeing people as you're making that drive north and west. dylan, we'll stay in close touch with you. nbc's dylan dryer on her way from the atlantic coast of florida to the gulf coast. i want to bring in u.s. senator from florida bill nelson. senator, thank you for being with us. this is a confusing storm for floridians. it was going to be one side, now it looks like it's going to be the other side. it's a lot of movement of people, more than we've ever...

Storm gets closer. >> i remember when covering hurricane hand every sandy with the storm surge on staten island, it happened very quickly. there were people on the roadways trying to get out. the storm surge happened. you didn't really see it coming. whereas, other storms it's happened more gradually. can you give us a scope, a sense of how this would take place? do you have any idea? >> basically, you know, if you were to take a squeegey, all of that water gets pushed on shore. that's what the hurricane is doing. it's pushing the water inland. the hurricane is moving at 14 miles per hour, whi...

Inundated with water. that's why we're evacuating these areas because not only the coastal flooding, but add on top of that the regular flooding we'll see from rain with as much as 7 to 10 with some areas around the carolinas with as much as 15 inches of rain possible. as for winds, again, the eye of the storm doesn't need to make landfall for this to be a serious situation, because hurricane force winds extend 60 miles out from the center of the storm. if the center of the storm is only, say, 10 to 20 miles offshore, we're still looking at those hurricane force winds which could be in excess ...

Them went out in about five minutes. so if you're prepared, you can do the best you can. >> all right, joe coscia, resident of jupiter, florida. stay safe there. >> thanks. nbc meteorologist dylan dryer is here. what are they telling us? >> meteorologists across the country just hitting refresh on the national hurricane website. we're still looking at a category 5 right now, so it is maintained and will approach the coast of florida as a hurricane. the outer bands have reached florida and extend into western florida. these bands could also spawn tornadoes, especially through the night. so co...