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Blowing through right now, quite a gust, right now, that is remarkable is a lot of water, trey. trey: stay safe mike turning to will in gulfport, mississippi. reporter: we're in the part of the storm about 3 hours into this. relentless wind and rain that is pounding gulf port, biloxi. we're aiming away from the oncoming wind. it is not just the wind itself that is a huge concern but also everything in it. street signs and light fixtures they can become projectiles with the tree limbs that are falling, we have thousands without power highway 90 to the right is flooded and storm surge covering t...

Storm. we are here in gulfport, mississippi where we are well over 100 miles away from where the eye of the storm s. you see the wind, you see the rain here. that really is an insignificant distinction for folks here. that's why officials have been ere was an 8:00 a.m. curfew since this morning. they have been saying staying off the roads avoid the conditions that you are seeing here because they are going to be changing extremely quickly and they are going to be dangerous. that's what we are seeing right now. some of the roads are getting a little bit washed out. nowhere near the impact or wh...

Relatively safe at close distance, go ahead and go to the shelter. beyond that you shouldn't be out on the roads right now. in my time downtown as we headed over to the command center, you saw some tree limbs down already. this was a couple hours ago. you see behind me -- and i'll go to this side where you see some of the road that's washed out. the shore, that was beach yesterday. that was sand there. this is at a point the hurricane has not even made landfall. the hurricane, the main path of the storm, is not expected to hit this area. but that gives you a sense if this is what's happening o...

Gulfport and that they don't take this seriously. listen to what the mayor told me. >> the larger threat of the storm and the destruction we've seen all too often. we're glad if it passes and we're unscathed or the damage is relatively minor, but i'm already seeing tree limbs down and, again, the storm surge water coming up. hopefully people have prepared because at this point you're going to need to shelter in place. >> reporter: now shelters are also open in the area. i stopped by one of the shelters an hour or so again. i met a gentleman here during katrina. he's only 28 and was only a kid....

Up to two inches an hour in some areas and with wind gusts over 45 miles per hour knocking down some tree limbs. these utility crews are standing by ready to respond as power outages are already impacting thousands here and this storm far from over. more than an additional six inches of rain or more possible over the next 24 hours as this storm continues to move through. linsey. >> janai, stay safe. let's go straight to senior meteorologist rob marciano who is in westerly, rhode island. rob, what is next in store for henri? >> reporter: well, the wind and the waves are still up where henri cam...