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Is setting and hurricane force winds are now coming onshore as the sun is setting in this area. after this the storm will weaken slowly and still think it can do this buttonhook here. maybe only as a tropical storm but regardless this is tuesday and this is wednesday up here near galveston and galveston bay area. that's the long term trend. we'll deal with the immediate threat the landfalling storm in the eye and storm surge that comes along with it. this is at 5:00 p.m. this evening, one of the computer models, pretty accurate. showing the eye into the really squally heavy bands on the wester...

Hazards associated with the storm. the hurricane winds in the core here around the eye wall as it begins to move northwest towards the middle texas coast. we have maximum winds right now in the storm of 110 miles per hour, seeing the storm continue to deepen and the data we're getting from the aircraft in it. that core of the storm approaches the middle texas coast late tonight and early saturday, that will bring hurricane force winds onshore. that's one deadly hazard. the second deadly hazard is the storm surge. we have a storm surge warning in effect for much of the texas coast but in partic...

You've got to rain for the storm to clear before the emergency responders can get in with disaster relief. people who are staying need to make sure they have plenty of food and water on hand for several days. >> how are you going to manage that? those who choose to ignore evacuation orders and stay? when hurricane sandy hit the state of new jersey, governor chris christie said you're putting your own lives at risk. i will not send the first responders to protect you, nor will the state of new jersey pay for it if you don't listen to our clear warnings. >> you need to heed the evacuation orders...

These bands reach the coast. that's basically cutting off your time to prepare for the storm. the third hazard, that historic rainfall. we could see catastrophic flooding, widespread areas here including the houston metro area, southwest louisiana, corpus christi, 15 to 25 inches of rain isolated areas of 35 inches of rain. that's going to continue for several days. >> michael, here's the question. you talk about storm surge of 6 to 12 feet. around galveston they have a wall and a lot of places have storm surge walls. some of these levels will be higher than the walls but even if they are not,...

Brock long, fema administrator, thank you. >> let's go back to our friend and colleague, kerry sanders in port lavaca, texas, a coastal town under a hurricane and storm surge warning. gary, i've got to be honest, i'm still reeling from the last conversation. there you are with rvs parked behind you and you said there are people in the rvs who made the decision to hunker down and hang tight. a storm that's expected to possibly knock down entire building structures. how are these rvs going to stick around? >> reporter: well, you know, some people cannot be convinced. this is the rv park and we p...