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>> dana: this is the -- the size of this storm is bigger than hugo. you add to that, the fact that they have very saturated ground because they've had so much rain. so your point is a good one. even in the mountains, when the rain is dropped, it has to find a place to go, which is towards the coast. >> yeah, it has to go somewhere. gravity will win all day long. the gravity will rush towards the ocean, could be moving quickly and could be moving -- >> dana: we have to say good-bye. we'll be back in touch. south carolina governor mcmaster and other officials are holding a briefing on florence. ...

Studio. janice, this is a super powerful storm 110 mile-per-hour sustained winds. janice: i know that people are probably waking up and going oh, a category 2. it's weakening, my messaging is exactly the same as it was yesterday when it was a category 4. still the same rainfall totals in some cases 20 to 40 inches, close to 4 feet of rain and over a foot of storm surge there is the latest track new coordinants coming out at 8:00 a.m. we will give you that hurricane hunter flying into the storm to give us all the information as the storm approaches. making landfall we think or close to a landfa...

8:00 a.m. we still have very warm water ahead of this storm. the storm could actually strengthen before it makes landfall and that could be also very dangerous. word that we just got in moments ago, we have a tornado watch out for parts of coastal, north carolina with these land falling systems and their counterclockwise winds and the winds coming from different directions with the wind shear, we have the threat for weak tornadoes. so structural damage could occur. here someone of our forecast models. and you can see kind of stalling once it makes landfall. it still could hug the coast. and, a...

Technology for search and rescue operations. one example of that is at&t they have created essentially a roving wireless communication drone that flies out and provides wireless data when a hurricane hits and destroys it. you also have groups like noaa the national oceanic and atmospheric association drones drop into the eye of the storm and perform provide data in the storm and peed and trajectory of the storm. you have efforts coming out there and providing technology solution to save lives. lisa: very cool. steve: big changes. bret, thank you very much. >> sure. steve: all right. meanwhile ...

We do think that it is going to make a landfall tomorrow morning along the coast of north carolina. can't pinpoint it just yet. we also could see the potential of some of the strongest winds remaining offshore. and the potential for a long duration event. so, winds surge and heavy rainfall for hours, perhaps even days. so, there is the satellite presentation as you can see the outer band moving towards north carolina. the outer banks. we are going to start to feel thos rain bands in a matter of hours. tornado watch will probably be issued in the next couple of hours. again, we are at 110 miles...