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As the hurricane hunter pilot said, there is not much of a difference between a strong category 3 and a weak category 4. either one of those are going to be deadly, especially along those barrier islands near and just to the right of center. another hurricane that took a similar track was hurricane opal in 1995. that came in further west near the pensacola area and brought a 15-foot storm surge there in pensacola. there are dozens of fatales from both of those storms. so a storm like this, it's fast-moving. it's strengthening as it comes in. it's going to have a quick devastating storm surge. ...

Category. certainly it was a major hurricane for a number of days, category 4. as it weakened, as it moved inland, it became a cat 1 but remember, here in the northeast we had sandy that did devastating damage. that was an 80 mile per hour wind storm and it was the flooding and storm surge that caused all the damage. then harvey last year for southeast texas, people don't seem to realize that although it was a 4 when it made landfall, by the time it got to houston it was a tropical storm. these tropical storms can dump incredible amounts of rain if they are stationary or not budging, and that'...

Conditions but someday when there is nice, sunny, high-pressure. >> hopefully that won't be far away following the storm. i'm from the carolinas, lived in south carolina, grew up in north carolina. i'm no stranger to these hurricanes. talk about how this one compares off the coast to some others, specifically people think a lot about hugo. i was in north carolina when you go ahead, power outages for a long time after that was a big issue with that storm. >> you go with a fast-moving. in some ways this is like hugo. hugo was a category 2 storm 18 hours before landfall. it hit coming in perpendi...

A six-foot surge will be higher than an above-average adult's head, and a surge of nine feet -- and you know we're expecting that -- would reach the roof of any one-story home, but florence, this thing is estimated to have a surge of up to 13 feet in some areas. that pushes the water up near the ceiling of a two-story home. our colleague kari sanders got firsthand experience on the power of a storm surge way back in 2016 getting out of the way. he was getting out of the way just as the waters rushed by him. take a look. >> this is what storm surge looks like. it's a fast-moving, fast-rising fl...

In a fashion that can be sustained for decades and decades and decades. why can't we just keep that going? >> reporter: so he and his fellow bear lovers will try to stop the invasion through persuasion. but the clock is ticking. as army engineers rush to review their plans, pebble hopes to get their permit and a wave of new investors by the fall of 2020. right before donald trump's next election. bill weir, cnn, alaska. we are continuing to closely monitor the fire situation in california tonight. this is a fast-moving, often erratic wildfire, claiming at least six lives. another seven are r...