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Islands, killing 23 people. The destructive high winds and the storm surge pounding cuba today and of course the state of florida is now stranger to hurricanes. 40 of hurricanes hitting the u. S. Between 1851 and 2010, they slammed into floridas coast. Thats 114 hurricanes in 160 years. But its this storm, this storm irma, its the strongest seen in florida in 13 years. Now, officials predict millions will potentially be without power here for weeks after irma strikes. Once the storm starts, Law Enforcement cannot save you. Were already seeing this water pick up considerably. We dont know where...

Cities of port arthur and beaumont. The floodwaters are rising and sadly there is no way for people to get out. This is all coming as rescues continue in houston. The red cross says 17,000 people are now in emergency shelters, two stadiums in houston, the Toyota Center and nrg stadium are taking in evacuees which Houston Convention center over capacity. It dumped 51. 88 inches of rain in a suburb east of houston and unloading 15 trillion gallons of rain in texas. The amount of water is astounding and overwhelming. Were on the north side of houston near the reservoir thats overflowing. Good mor...

A Tropical Storm and for the most part down in florida we are waiting for a damage assessment. Lets listen to peter who is live in jacksonville where the wind is still howling. You would think this is the kind of place where somebody might go to lunch of boat but this is street, we are still two blocks in. You can see how deep it is, about 500 feet where the banks should be right now. What we are told is high tide. You look over to the right here, theres a Hyatt Regency that is completely closed, there is nobody staying there. You can see why from this angle a little bit better than where we w...

Unprecedented levels. Cape fear is expected to inundate downtown wilmington. Hundreds of thousands of people remain without power at this hour. We have live coverage. Adam flock is in the extreme weather center. Good morning. Unfortunately well be expecting more rain. This has been up a slow mover. Even though its breaking apart. North carolina that rain will continue to be an issue. We have a tornado threat. But those would only be the quick spinup. The larger threat is going to continue to be this rainfall. An area stretching from portions of eastern South Carolina into North Carolina, still...

Could mean sustained periods of damaging winds, heavy rain, and destruction when the storm makes landfall in the coming days. Yesterday, we submitted a request to the federal government for prelandfall declaration for assistance for protective measures. We anticipate a positive response. That has been endorsed by the entire florida delegation in the u. S. Congress and we appreciate them for their support on that. Floridians need to be prepared. The bad news Going Forward is it could potentially have impact before it reaches landfall but you have time to prepare if you have not done so. We urge...