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Orleans and affecting the florida west coast. the storm turns into a 145 storm before landfall. this is 1:00 p.m. this afternoon. that's when the eyewall will likely be making landfall. that's the worst part of the storm. but that's not the ieye. it has nothing to do with the eye. it could still get to apalachicola, but probably not any farther left. i think pensacola, you're completely in the clear for eyewall. that doesn't mean you're in the clear for wind. it will still be 75 or 80 miles per hour there. tallahassee, you think you're inland, but there's not really much between you and the co...

Strengthened as it's gotten closer to the panhandle, and an area, this area where it's going to get hit, hasn't seen a big storm in a dozen years, right? >> that's true, dennis 2005. october, chris, ranks as the number one month for hurricanes to make landfall in the state of florida. however, there have been very few category 3 or higher hurricanes to ever hit the panhandle. the last one was dennis. we're looking at something historical here. this is not just going to be the strongest hurricane to make landfall since 2005, 13 years ago, but we went back more in history and we believe that wit...

>> she's on message. >> if he listened to kellyanne, he wouldn't be saying the things that he says as often as he does, that's all i'm saying. and he's the president and should be the last word. that's the way the system works. he'll be held to account the most as well. angela, thank you very much. dave, always a pleasure. >> chris, thanks for having me. all right, from all of that to an actual storm. hurricane michael is coming. it's just hours from making landfall. now you'll keep hearing it could be the most destructive storm to hit the florida panhandle in decades. why? they haven't gott...

Read reviews check hotel prices book things to do tripadvisor florida's governor is warning of, quote, total devastation when hurricane michael strikes, and with good reason. it was just a few weeks ago that we were talking about florence, another hurricane that made landfall, that one in north carolina. but the superlatives you're hearing now, monstrous, historic, don't dismiss them as hype or hyperbole. let's bring in cnn meteorologist joining us right now, and you can put me on the bones of why it's not hyperbole. let's start with two facts, the category 3 storm has only

Hurricane center puts out its surge warning which, by the way, they use life threatening inundation and the word historic mainly because all the storms have been west of panama city since 1950. we haven't had them this close into the east. you were talking about building codes. andrew in '92 changed the way many homes were built. it changed the codes. there were so many homes built before 1992 that do not have those supporting hurricane brackets or the way they adhere their tiles. this will be a whole new test. i wouldn't be surprised if this does become a 4 before landfall. >> god forbid. i h...