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From the eastern most tip of new york and montawk, long island, mike, take us through both. obviously what's behind you there, but as i said first and foremost, this sudden explosion into a category 5 and the real chance that puerto rico is going to have a category 5 land fall. >> yes, indeed. maria just blew up. it went from a cat 1 to cat 5 in 27 hours. it made land fall in dominica, a small island in the antilles, lesser antilles a few hours ago. the only saving grace is it's a small tightly wound hurricane. so, the hurricane force winds only extend out 25 miles. but it made a buzz saw acro...

Over islands that were mostly spared by irma. sadly, it might be aiming at puerto rico. the great intrepid weather channel meteorologist mike seidel joins us with an update on both. from the eastern most tip of new york and montawk, long island, mike, take us through both. obviously what's behind you there, but as i said first and foremost, this sudden explosion into a category 5 and the real chance that puerto rico is going to have a category 5 land fall. >> yes, indeed. maria just blew up. it went from a cat 1 to cat 5 in 27 hours. it made land fall in dominica, a small island in the antille...

Pete: welcome back. quick headlines starting with a fox news alert. several branches from the pentagon deploying ships and care craft along with thousands of gallons of fuel to the region. and florida governor rick scott activating nearly 4,000 troops as well. well, the white house allowing as much fuel as possible to be shipped to florida to ease the gas shortage. president trump's administration waiving a long-time statute to allow more shipments to get there in less time. and fema has set up a website dedicated to squashing hurricane-related rumors and scams. the site answers questions like...

>> tucker: this is a fox news alert. hurricane irma tracking west. latest forecast shows a could barrel up the middle of florida. leaving the tires state for potentially severe damage. rick leventhal is in daytona beach. he joins us tight. how are we looking there, rick? >> tucker i have been in daytona before, and i cannot recall our friday night does this quiet. this is the calm before the storm. there is a mandatory evacuation order that went into effect this afternoon. anybody and low-lying areas in volusia county was told to get out. not for everyone dead, but a lot of businesses here hav...

Like it was going to track a little bit east, obviously, that got many people concerned. there were some hurricane warnings in place in points south of here, now, as it starts tracking west, they're going to start watching this, obviously, more carefully. because the storm is going to be on the west, they're going to be watching it. but right now, they're not as concerned as much with the wind, but there's also very high concerns about storm surge later this evening. >> we're glad to get the visual and the report from you. thank you so much. of course, you all heard a bit from mother nature wr...