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Straight now to cnn meteorologist and severe weather expert, chad myers. what are you seeing, chad? >> brianna, we hope the 5:00 increase would take it down to a category 1 hurricane this evening, but they still go category 2. 100-mile-per-hour storm, now slamming cape fear right there, the eye of the storm, well defined and completely clear, which means the storm is still getting bigger. one of our correspondents right there, alina many in wilmington city. all three reporters in the way of this storm. all three may get the eye wall tonight and that eye wall may include 100-mile-per-hour winds...

Worth of business a year and a lot of that counts on the summer trade and what should be going on right now. this is about the immediate threat. it's also about the long term impact if this storm grinds away. >> that's what we heard from the restaurant owner we talked to. he's so worried that people will stay away because that is a big weekend and not one that a hurricane often will hit this area. >> that's a small business owner that we talk about who creates jobs. it may sound like one restaurant but you multiply that by an awful lot of people and that has a genuine impakt. >> we're expectin...

North carolina. hurricane arthur is pounding the coast of this state and here are the latest developments. the hurricane is packing sustained winds of 90 miles an hour. there are gusts over 100 miles per hour. and this is forecasted to get stronger. reaching category 2 status the evening. very serious business here. storm surges of up to five feet are expected. deadly rip currents offshore already in effect. and flooding likely in inland areas. tropical storm warnings are now up as far north as cape cod, massachusetts and nova scotia, canada. it's interesting, chad, you look at where our repor...

50,000 people who have to find somewhere else to go as this storm begins moving up the coast. and now, there are a lot of reasons for that. it's not just the concern about the weather, which could be severe, it's also a very big concern about the roads. specifically, north carolina, highway 12. now, that road tends to wash out wherever there's a hurricane, and it washed out a big way just a couple of years ago. there are fears about water on the road as well as a lot of sand. and in that situation, the emergency personnel who are standing by to try to clear the road cannot do that until the we...

Down in cape hatteras that if they haven't already evacuated they need to reconsider their decision, a potentially dangerous situation here an the north carolina coast. >> it might be fun, it might be scary but we're going to find out after while. >> reporter: the ill-timed first hurricane of the season is gaining strength up the east coast, threatening destruction and altering holiday plans. hurricane arthur is churning off the coast and could make land fall in the outer banks as a cat toir 2 storm. >> we're just prepping. there's going to be some flooding so we're going to move down the stre...