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Has just released its latest advisory on florence. our meteorologist, jennifer gray, joins us now from the cnn weather center in atlanta with the latest. so talk to me about what you have just learned. >> well, basically, no change from the 5:00 advisory. this is still a very powerful category 4 storm, with winds of 140 miles per hour, gusts to 165, moving to the west-northwest at 17 miles per hour. this storm is very strong, it is very symmetrical, and it is going to cause destruction wherever this makes landfall. it's going to remain a category 4, but possibly increasing in strength by the t...

It's going to remain a category 4, but possibly increasing in strength by the time we get into tomorrow, remaining a category 4, then possibly weakening just a little bit to a category 3 right as it's making landfall sometime early on friday and then, anderson, it is going to slow way down. >> so it's not just the coast that we're talking about here. inland areas could be affected, a lot of flooding, even for days. >> you're exactly right. we talk about these storms. we talk about evacuate away from the coast, get away from the coast. with this storm, it's very different. you are going to have...

Was making landfall. many of the people here have never seen a storm this strong and they have no idea what overwash of an island will do to a home, what the wind could do to your home and what to do to your home to make it safer after you evacuate. >> it is so helpful to get your historical context and all of your cautionary words. we will check back obviously many times throughout the program. >> coastal evacuations begin today for residents along the carolina coastline. for more than one million people the order to leave is kayleigh hartung is live. >> reporter: by 8:00 p.m. tomorrow night ...

Planned jackson mississippi rally for friday. adom klotz on how bad things could get. susan li on folks not really waiting very long to find out. we begin with adam. hey, adam. >> hey there, neil. you said it, this is a huge storm system and it's really strengsd here over the today category 2 storm up to a category 4 storm all in the last several hours. there is defined eye wall right there. it is still a really long ways away. still south of bermuda. here is the track it's going to make. it stays a category 4 storm as it heads closer to the u.s. coast. there is a lot of warm water there and t...

This is the current guidance. i think by the time we get into tomorrow, likely a category 3 storm, jumping up to a cat 4 as it approaches the east coast. there's the timing. this area right there, we're talking about thursday morning, so when would this make landfall? >landfall? we're talking thursday night into early friday morning. it falls into a category 2 after making landfall. it will be a major hurricane if it holds to this track, likely a category 3 or category 4 storm as it moves that direction. part of the reason continues to be this extremely warm water. you need 80-degree temperatu...