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Coast. folks need to take those very, very seriously. but again it's not just folks on the coast. it's further inland where you can see flash flooding. you can see tornados that spawn off of these types of storms even if they do not make direct landfall. >> rafael, thank you so much. you are definitely making us smarter this evening. former fema official rafael. we are going to keep trying to speak with chef jose andreas, but phone communication from the bahamas is very difficult. you saw the images, that is exactly where it is hitting down. he is there on a rescue mission setting up food cent...

Panama city, florida. mr. mayor, can you walk us through the preparations happening now ahead of the storm? >> we have been preparing for this now for the last three days pretty intensively. we're about as prepared as we can be. some of the things that we can't predict are going to be the tornados that spawn off of these storms. right now it looks like we're directly in the path of the storm. >> i know evacuations are still taking place. how are those progressing? it is a mandatory evacuation, obviously people sometimes heed the warnings. sometimes they choose not to. >> we begged. we have ask...

Of the storm? >> well, we have been preparing for this now for the last three days pretty intensively. and we're about as prepared as we can be. some of the things that we can't predict are going to be the tornadoes that spawn off of these storms, and so right now it looks like that we're directly in the path of the storm. >> i know evacuations are still taking place. how are those progressing? it's a mandatory evacuation but obviously people sometimes heed the warnings, sometimes they choose not to. >> we've begged. we've asked. we've knocked on doors. and it's gotten to the point now where i...

Of tornado that might be slipping off. >> you know, it sounds as confusing as all the words you just said. you see the rope tarnts. they come down under the cloud, do their damage, and go back up. but then you have the storm clouds, wedges, and sometimes mile-wide tornadoes that spawn off. that's why this is such a huge storm. it shows the energy of the storm when you talk about about the multiple vortices that are spinning. that's what trackers are trying to spot. now as it gets into a more populated area, it is wrapped in debris. you use radar and spotters on the ground. >> when we talked ab...