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On the storm surge. >> and concern for those who did not heed the warnings to evacuate. >> and trying to get off now. thank you very much. hurricane matthew roaring up florida's coast, cnn continues with "new day" start right now! >> this is cnn breaking news. >> i'm chris cuomo in jacksonville. you have alison camera at toe in new york -- calmer ratto in new york. this is your new day. hurricane matthew is a reality just a few miles off the coast off central florida. that will be the western part of the eye. the heaviest winds on the northern and central part of that eye and then still have...

Between a category 1 hurricane and category 3 or 4 hurricane. let me explain a little further with this 3 dimensioned a map below me and let's say we bring matthew in by 30 miles westward and means the wobble takes place. if that wobble makes its way eastward of the atlantic seaboard, it will bring the bulk of the devastating winds with it. a couple ways to think about this in an analogy, if i may, let's call it a spinning top or spinning quarter on a desk. if you rotate it, it's eventuallily going to slow down and wobble, as it does show. that same thing happens with category 3 and category 4...

Matthew, sustained winds up to 120 miles an hour. the western edge of matthew's eye wall now approaching cape canaveral, florida, gusts clo clocked up to 70 miles an hour. foreca forecasters predicting up to 15 inches of rain and farm surge as high as 11 feet and more people living under florida's watches and warnings, governor rick scott is warning residents a direct hit could lead to massive destruction. for the latest from the hurricane's mapath, let's go to jacksonville where you may actually have the confluence of a high tide and that storm surge at the same tide. rosa. >> reporter: well,...

We want to get right to meteorologist, derek van dam, in the cnn weather center. where exactly is this thing now? do we think it will move closer to shore at this point? >> cape canaveral is definitely in the sight of the eye wall of this hurricane, powerful category 3 hurricane. you're looking at the latest radar. i want to break this down for you. you can see the eye wall, which is about 5 miles offshore. you know, cape canaveral and the brevard county region really t juts out from the florida peninsula. that area is going to feel the western side of the eye wall, which, of course, is the we...

Other in central brevard county. we do have fire crews that have responded to those but for the most part we have emergency c w crews off the road because it is far too dangerous for them. we have such dangerous conditions with a category 4 hurricane that means our people cannot be out in those dangerous conditions. for the most part, the folks from brevard county fire rescue and that includes firefighters and paramedics, for the most part, they are off the road in limited circumstances at risk to themselves, some crews are going out when able. we have to report we have some 35,000 people with...