Page 8 - Rit Moves News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Have to give it unfortunately. i wish you'd watch. it's been lurking, building very slowly. it's a bad thing, not a good thing. the slower it moves, the bigger it is and the bigger it gets. >> evacuation orders have already been issued in many southeast communities. i want to bring in mayor malik. good to see you. you really want residents to have their storm preparations done by tonight. do you feel like most people are going to meet that deadline? >> i think so. in driving around town, it seems most people have put up their shutters and they're home. >> how worried are you about this storm? ...

Careful also. i ask everyone in hurricane dorian's path to heed all warnings and evacuation orders from local authorities. it looks like they're going to o be giving them, unfortunately. it's just been building out this, it's been moving very slowly. it's a bad thing, not a good thing. the slower it moves, the bigger it is and the bigger it gets. we want to minimize any unnecessary risk to public and our brave first responders that have been working very hard with governor desantis in florida on getting fuel, getting gasoline brought in. because they've never seen anything like it, the rush to...

And how strong it will be when it gets to florida? >> and the national hurricane center said it's going to slow down over the next 24 hour. to slow down means it's going to increase in intensity. the slower it moves, the more problematic it becomes. it's still a very powerful hurricane. a major hurricane, a category 4 hurricane that is moving towards the west-northwest, has supporting winds of 140 miles an hour. that makes it a medium-grade category 4, still a mega hurricane. but this clearly defined eye has really been so imposing to look at for days. i have to hand it to the people in florid...

Florida coast, past jacksonville, savannah and all the way back into the carolinas. adam. >> leland, do you have me? >> one thing to make a difference here in the storm, the national hurricane center is the dirty side of the storm. at least appears as they will stay away from landfall. >> hey there, leland. i was following along with you, getting my mic worked out here. the storm is tracking and the worst side is always on the eastern side of the storms and it looks more and more like that's going to stay out to sea. a big storm either way. and winds 150 miles gusting up to 185 miles. you see ...

Is concerning. >> it is a little bit, especially for florida, because the slower it moves, especially after it's made landfall and just sits there, the more time it has to dump rain. so we look at what the storm is doing right now. here you can kind of see that forward movement northwest at 10 miles per hour. the sustained winds are 110 miles per hour. keep in mind that is 1 mile per hour off from a category 3 storm. we are tinnicontinuing to see t storm strengthen. the eye wall is trying to close up a little bit. that's a sign they're going through an eye wall replacement cycle so it's very l...