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Should be approaching the apalachicola area within the next six hours. we've seen buoy measurements it of winds of tropical storm force. and the conditions to continue to deteriorate as the center gets closer to land. >> mark, we know all hurricanes are different. the wind is a bigger danger than others. the water, sometimes they're equal. which one about this one specifically? wind, water or both? >>ing this hurricane is wind and water in this case. with the borderline category 3-4 intensity, significant wind damage along the coast will expend inland as we've seen with other hurricanes where ...

But this city and this county of franklin which has 12,000 mandatory evacuation in the entire county. one of the problems with this is city right here, it's kind of a peninsula. the only way off are two long bridges over a bay. the feeling is with an elevation of 13 feet and potential storm surge up 14 feet, this city could be underwater by there time tomorrow. people have taken heed of the warnings. most people are gone. a mandatory evacuation. like miguel, this is a ghost town. people are very worried. >> gary and miguel, thank you both. be safe. i want to get to mark de maria in the nationa...

Area. the surge, wind, as well. >> mark, i want to put up video of hurricane dennis, 2005. last time that a major hurricane hit the florida panhandle. the best and worst case scenario for those bracing for this hurricane this time? >> in this case, this is a very threatening storm. it's hard to compare storms with each other. the dennis was a little bit further west. this is a more serious threat for the florida panhandle between pensacola and apalachicola as well as slightly stronger intensity predicted. >> thank you, mark, appreciate your time. i want to get to the mayor of apalachicola. m...

Weather one. drop the banner there. that's where peak of storm surge is occurring. it is on the ride side of the eyewall. winds north of that are blowing from land out to sea on the northern portion of the storm. that water surging on the eastern side. it is not until the eye is close to you that we see water levels coming up. as the eye goes past your location, winds shift to offshore. that's when we see catastrophic 10 to 15 foot storm surge. tide is now coming in to areas from naples to marco island. high tide expected this afternoon. add three feet to storm surge. >> let's hear from guys t...

Because we are worried about construction cranes in miami where we've had to bring some of our cameras into shelter. is it safe to say they've had their peak gusts already or is that to come? >> i think there's more to come. we're seeing these rain bands, but there's many more behind this, tends to come in waves in these hurricanes. and that the eye is still south of miami, so we expect gusts, hurricane force gusts to continue throughout the day. >> all right. mark, thank you so much for joining us from national hurricane center in miami on one of the busiest days there in record. we're going ...