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but it's a monster storm in the scope and how big this storm is. 700 miles wide. about the size of texas. it will bring tropical storm force winds upwards of 250 miles out from the center sponsorship that is a very big storm and it's going to continue to make its way our way over the next few hours and over the next 12 hours before it starts to have a big impact on our weather. you can see it right now coming close to wilmington into north carolina just down to the south. there is the eye, the center of circulation and you see all of those red, yellow and green colors. that shows you...

makes a beat for the east coast with its power on display in the bahamas. communities from north carolina to new england prepare for massive evacuations. >> and irene's impact is already being felt here in washington, with the mlk memorial dedication postponed. >> washington is bracing for the worst this weekend. good evening, everybody. i'm in tonight for jim vance. >> i'm doreen gentzler. >> states of emergency are in effect throughout the mid-atlantic tonight as hurricane irene is the real deal. its projected path could make it different from any storm we've seen in the last centu...

considerable amount of damage there. it is continuing its track toward the east coast of the united states. it is over 400 miles wide across, some 430 miles wide. it's category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 115 miles per hour. indeed, the low -- low --lowerr east coast beginning to feel it. this is what we're looking at right now. this is updated information now. this is the -- this looks like 59:00 a.m. update so maximum sustained winds right now 110 miles per hour. it is moving to the north at 13 miles per hour. that does take it along the coast of the united states, ...

finding some tropical storm conditions. the latest today is a little weaker. let's go to the map and that is still a category 2. instead of 115 miles an hour wins, it's down to 100. still moving slowly and still pushing a lot of water around in the atlantic ocean and some big waves out there. a weaker category two is what we see now and a weaker hurricane going across the outer bangs tomorrow afternoon. boy, it's going downhill fast here and it's going across our coast as a category 1 and still close to the coast. hopefully out to sea. expect the big conditions at the beaches and eas...

is going to be hm to long island. we said this all week, i think the martin luther king dedication could have been okay but i think it was wise to cancel it out. after it gets into this area, boom, it races into new england so it had set its sights on coastal conneticut, rhode island and massachusetts. it is a hill further offshore for us. instead of 100-mile-an-hour winds, maybe 90-mile-an-hour winds. some good news really. effects on the immediate metro area. 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. critical time. move it up a little bit. 35 to 35-mile-an-hour winds in the metro. east you have more, west ...