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Closed, but there's capacity to accommodate patients in the southeastern texas area. 26 nursing homes remain closed, but the capacity has been aable to handle patients moved from the nursing homes. hhs has had over 5,000 patient encounters since the beginning of the storm there, and the vast majority of those unrelated to the storm itself, but needing to have attention and mostly minor health activities. cdc is working with the state to work on a mitigation plan for mosquitos and the vector. that is on going and will continue for days and weeks. turning to irma, in terms of the virgin islands,...

Hey, alison. just watching this storm system in the last few minutes here, the track shifting just a little bit. we want the talk about this because hurricane irma still sitting in an incredible category 4 system, just about 10 miles shy of what would be a category 5. the models suggest the oceanic and atmospheric environment is such that this storm is not going the weaken. it retains this category 4 or maybe gets stronger into a category 5. the timing, we think thursday into friday it pushes in somewhere near cuba, and then beyond that, there is a little variations between where this storm co...

Earlier. and he said that because most of these boats do not have lights, they are not allowing them in the water at night. now, of course, some boats do, but not all. so, i think if you are in a home right now that is flooding and the water is still going up, you may actually have to wait until tomorrow. what a frightening thought if you see the water still coming up. i see the storm getting stronger, jim. and this happened again on friday night and again on saturday night and this is typical for a hurricane. storms breathed in the day they get sheer because of the wind and at night they ge...

In the direction of the way it's turning. if they are taking broadside, it's going to rock the ship a lot. that's where more damage occurs. obviously people get seasick and all that can happen. >> i was going to say, in terms of the storm itself, this blew up seemingly overnight. a couple of days ago it was not forecast to be this big. it really was not forecasted to take this track. what happened? >> it went over warm water. not only on the surface. it's quite deep in the gulf. it has so much energy. drawing from that warm water. and then it changed. all that together means that they had time...

Locally was saying that there were so far before this even has made official landfall yet that the storm surge in parts of the coastal areas of texas were already at 1.5-2 feeds. that was over the projected stage for this early in the game. so clearly, that is of concern when you are talking about the actual storm itself, not making a direct landfall where we are, but it's going to hit just south of us. and then you also have concerns that you are seeing such dramatic conditions this far out in advance. so it is one of these situations that is constantly changing. thought neil, i want to walk ...