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>>. [ inaudible ] >> i'm wolf blitzer in washington and we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. you've been watching president trump get a briefing in the oval office from fema officials as one of the most powerful hurricanes in united states history. that will hit the coast, that's getting ready to make landfall in a couple of minutes, this hurricane will make landfall in florida. hurricane michael lashing northwest florida right now. thousands of people have been evacuated ahead of the storm, but many more are now sheltered in place, as 150-mile-per-hou...

Jennifer, i've been waiting to hear from you in the last several minutes, because i want to know how much we have to wait until this eyewall passes over us? >> you're nit right now, you're in the eyewall, and i am shocked that you are still on the air, it's absolutely incredible, we have had wind gusts over 100 miles an hour in panama city and the storm has made landfall just to the west of mexico beach. you can see the center of the storm, make landfall right there. and so it is a strong category 4, it straactually strengthenedt as it made landfall, it now has windstorms of 154 miles an hour,...

To 15 minutes as brian todd were saying, the rain vaulting into your face like powerful razor planes, we have heard of power being out, the water is rising on the wrooi roadways. these roads flood very, very easily. if you have not evacuated at this point, they have told you to stay in your homes and i can tell you, i see why. because this wind is simply so strong. it would be very hard to control a vehicle on these roads right now. i'm just taking a look around. because one of the main concerns in a storm like this is the debris. imagine small pieces of wood. signs, rakes, we saw a rake out h...

Trees, we are going to see a lot of trees down, so people that don't have shutters on their windows, you need to stay away from the windows because the limbs can act as projectiles in storms like this. don't let your guard down if you're in south georgia. this is going to be a category 2 storm this evening in south georgia. so we're going to have hurricane force winds there, torrential rain, of course as this continues to move to the east. so this is a very, very dangerous storm. i would say from now to the next four hours or so, is going to be the most crucial time with this storm for people ...

Hopefully can with stand a storm with the power we are going to see over the next hour as it makes landfall. >> we're all worried about that flying debris, that can be so, so dangerous. go protect yourself, be careful over there, john berman, we're going to keep your shot up from where you are. john berman on the scene for us, erika hill is also on the scene for us, she's in destin with winds also picking up right now.