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The last several hours, that's going to be what you're going to have to live with for the next 24 hours. >> i wonder if you could put in perspective. i imagine you've lived through a number of storms down there. i imagine it's been a decade since you've had one of this size hitting florida, but what we're hearing about record storm surge, about the catastrophic potential of this, can you remember storms coming in with this much force in recent times? >> no. no. you know, in south florida, we get used to the notion of heavy rains. we get several inches of rain or we get what we hear, 25 or 50-y...

Inundated with water. that's why we're evacuating these areas because not only the coastal flooding, but add on top of that the regular flooding we'll see from rain with as much as 7 to 10 with some areas around the carolinas with as much as 15 inches of rain possible. as for winds, again, the eye of the storm doesn't need to make landfall for this to be a serious situation, because hurricane force winds extend 60 miles out from the center of the storm. if the center of the storm is only, say, 10 to 20 miles offshore, we're still looking at those hurricane force winds which could be in excess ...

Potentially massive storm surges when this storm reaches the coast of florida. we are standing by in daytona beach. that is one of the areas she was talking about that could be facing historic surge. ron, what can you tell us from there? >> hi there, steve. surge is always the biggest concern. the winds are also bothersome, but it's the surge. you can already see the surf getting a little angryer. this is the strongest wind we've had all day as the first bands come into the daytona beach area. we are anticipating we will remain. we hope that's the case because the winds are a little less and t...

The surge is going to be terrible. i'm encouraging them to get out. just like governor scott said. >> also, quick question here. how much time do they have to leave? if they haven't evacuated now, how much time do you have to get out? >> the winds are going to determine closing the bridge. so i'm hearing maybe 6:00, maybe later. but if it gets really windy, and i don't know what that threshold is, then they'll close the bridge. >> 4:30 right now, so your message is basically get out now, kathy meehan, mayor of melbourne, florida. thank you for taking a few minutes. we appreciate that. we're he...

Are the hurricane force winds. the strongest winds to the north of the storm, and watch as it rides up to port st. louucy, melbourne, these are sustained winds up to 70 miles an hour. lots of highrises here, and we keep hearing i'll be safe, i'm going up to the 40th floor. you're adding on another category status of winds as you head up there. every 30 stories you go, you add on another category. so if it's category 4, you have category 5 winds by tomorrow morning, and the wind is continuing. hurricane warnings have been expand sbinto south carolina fo this potentially devastating storm. we'll...