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An hour ago to a category 4 but a serious and deadly storm that will have the target of the west coast of florida in its sights sometime later tonight and early tomorrow morning. I'm bill hemmer in orlando. We do a split show today. Dana: you are missed but glad you're there. This is america's newsroom, i'm dana perino. You have covered many of these hurricanes, bill. I think that even you are saying wow, this one is big and monster by comparison even. Bill: you know, i think it is storm 21. I'm back at a hotel where i was five years ago. Florida will take a wallop here. They were predicting e...

Foot of rainfall and then the effects of perhaps a category four hurricane. hurricane force winds all up and down the coast. and because this storm is moving so slowly, this is not going to be just a whoop up the east towards the coastline, this is going to be a days-long event, and that's why i'm concerned, because this is going to be here monday, tuesday, into wednesday still off the coast of florida as major hurricane. and then we're going to watch georgia and the carolinas over the next couple of days for perhaps a landfalling hurricane over georgia or north carolina or south carolina. so ...

To the coast, we keep the water piling in here. now if we get the storm to make a landfall, which will be devastating at least we can get it to weaken a little bit. that's the dilemma all day, does it stay offshore and maintain its strength or move inland and weaken. that's the wild card. one thing we do know is this storm has delivered a lot of surprises. >> thank you so much for that. we have been seeing the most dramatic changes in miami beach, which many of you as that coastal resort city, a barrier island between the atlantic and biscayne bay. mar y mariana has been holding down the fort ...

Category 3, this is still a dangerous surge. 7 to 11 feet, that has not changed with the water piling in. high water poses a major threat. whether or not the storm comes on shore, of course, we're watching hurricane matthew. we're watching for that storm surge threat to continue. ari? >> i think i can speak for many when i say i learned a lot from you tonight. there have been some good notes with what you've been showing us. that does it for me this hour. but don't go anywhere. my colleague will continue our special live overnight coverage here. a lot more to track as we figure out how close t...

Storm. we've never seen a storm like this that could potentially devastate miles of the coastline. the warnings have been expanded. this is the latest hurricane warning up to the south carolina coast, from areas north of miami, everywhere shaded in red in a hurricane warning now. one of the main reasons is the storm surge threat, which has been growing. here are the latest maps for storm surge. miami to ft. lauderdale, not too bad. 1 to 2 feet. as you head, west palm beach north towards melbourne, we're talking about a 5 to 10-foot storm surge making its way in. just the water piling in hour a...