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Could be 3 million people without power as the storm affects this region. asked a little bit more could it possibly be more than that and he said yes, it would be hard to speculate there could be as many as 5 million people without power. now imagine that. when we were talking about why you probably need to leave, category 5 hurricane, maybe category 4, is going to make land fall. category 3, not a lot of gas to talk about. maybe there would be damage to the place you're seeking some security, your home, perhaps you're near the coast, you have the storm surge to worry about. you could see the ...

Landfall? it goes up the spine of florida as a category three. so it's interaction with lands is going -- so its interaction with land is going to weaken it. a major hurricane, category three. even into georgia, tropical storm strength as we go into the beginning of the workweek. here we are at friday. this has been a category-five hurricane since early morning tuesday, and it's friday. this is a frightening storm. and as the mayor of miami said a day or so ago, this is a nuclear hurricane. it is so broad and so -- you know, just concise, a clearly defined eye has given little up. even as it h...

There's 60 or 70 miles where it looks like it's all just water. looks like lake after lake after lake. that's how bad the flooding is. we're talking about, as rick said, some of the waters going down. remember, all the water in all of these watersheds, it eventually has to make its way back into the gulf of mexico. the reason that these areas are flooding and in danger of more imminent flooding is because you simply have to get that water somewhere and it's going to go through these various towns and neighborhoods along the way back to the gulf. just think about this for a minute. six days ago...

The numbers. statistics can sometimes be cold. you are humanizing people. you are making it known these are people who are suffering. i just got off the phone with the mayor and red cross was on with him. they have emergency evacuations taking place in part of my district. they have hundreds of people that are going to have to be sheltered. they are trying to pull together the shelters as quickly as possible, bring cots, bring water, bring in food. these things have to be done almost instantly sometimes. we are responding as best we can. i'm grateful to the red cross. i'm grateful to what fema...

You the evolution of the storm from wednesday to friday, when it became a monster, category 4 hurricane making landfall. the first time we've seen a category 4 make landfall since 2004. also want to make mention here, we have a tornado watch in effect until 1 p.m. local time, i think if we zoom in, we have a tornado warn storm right now in the beaumont area, north and east of beaumont. so, with these land falling hurricanes, with the tropical systems we've got the rotation from the counter clock-wise motion, that's why we have the severe threat going on for tonight for tornadic activity. so wa...