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Headed towards houston right now. that's going to be over houston all evening, and all -- overnight long into the morning hours, and that's where the flooding problem there for houston will be. it's raining in san toep owe, austin, and it's making some tornados around the houston area as rosa said. this is a possibility as the next band, you can see, the colors right there, rotates over houston in the next, i would say, 30-45 minutes and last for five to six hours. there's your tornado watch. anywhere in the box, you could see tornados. the problem is, i think, shifting attention from the wind...

And not allow it to go northward. this will not turn to another sandy. that will allow the system to change to a northeasterly direction and shift trajectories but it will enfluns a subtropical jet stream. that will allow for it to squeeze out a lot of available moisture that will bring in our next threat which would be flooding. by the way, we have a cat two hurricane dancing around the atlantic ocean, as well, that is influencing matthew as we speak. here's the forecast rainfall for florida. easily six to ten inches. as we focus in to southeast georgia and southern sections of south carolina...

Affected by the storm. off the coast of juno here by about 10:00 or midnight tonight is will be closer to the coast. according to hurricane center, this thing will make impact near the space coast of florida and it will kind of bounce or drag along the north florida coast all the way to jacksonville. thomas, if you will, allow me to talk a little bit from the coastal flooding problem. you heard the number going up from seven to eleven feet. that's not where we are here. here, we are talking about the three or five or six range. we are at the dry part and even if i show you the beach, i don't w...

Officials are right at the front line there. so all those elements are critical, but also critical is people have to be prepared and they have to listen. and when the governor is out there saying you have to evacuate, it's not time to play around with it, you have to follow instructions. and one of the main reasons is this. there are going to be people who can't evacuate. they're sick, they're old, for whatever reason they're incapacitated. if the rescue people have to go and rescue able-bodied people, they're not going to rescue those who really need help. if not for concern of yourself, for ...

For more on what could be an unprecedented flooding situation for many locationings, let's turn to our meteorologist joining us from the international weather center. we heard the authorities pleading with people stay out of their cars, off the road, particularly at night. >> it's a dangerous scenario. 350i78 do not take flooding as seriously as a hurricane or even when it comes to tornadoes in recent days. but flooding is among the top killers in the united states in the world of weather. over 400 gauges, every single one of those circles is indicative of h flood gauges. what's unusual about ...