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In the last hour or so conditions have really picked up in charleston. we are feeling the force of these wind gusts. despite that being downgraded to a category 2, that difference of 5 miles an hour, you don't really feel that difference when you're here on the ground. i want to go to the cnn weather center. meteorologist allison chinchar is standing by. allison, as we are feeling this wind pick up, i would imagine that the eye wall is getting closer to us because that is where the strongest winds are. it also seems these gusts have been more consistent and they seem to be sticking around for ...

Definitely seeing the wind pick up, chris. we haven't seen the rain yet. we're expecting to see that later today. there are some folks, some residents here on the island, that are going to stay put. they're going to try to weather this storm. as for the tourists, the visitors, they made their way out of town yesterday. and it is pretty much a ghost town on the outer banks right now. there are no hotels or restaurants open. very few people on the roads right now. and as you can see, these conditions aren't so bad right now, but as the evening progresses and dorian makes her way here, we are goi...

County where we're standing, some of the area's under mandatory evacuation order. some of the area under a hurricane warning as well. here with me now, the mayor of palm beach county, florida, his name is mack bernard. mayor, thanks so much for your time, first of all. we've seen the wind pick up, seen the rain over the past few hours also increase. right now what's the chief concern for you? >> well, the chief concern, craig, thanks for inconstitutional righting me. you know, first of all our thoughts and prayers were our brothers and sisters from the bahamas because we have such a huge baham...

Wilmington, potential cat 2. this is something to keep our eye on for the next update here at friday at 2:00 a.m. >> it's interesting too it will be able to maintain some significant strength as it moves up the east coast. i see it making it to wilmington at a category 2 hurricane which is incredible to see. but as we're watching this storm turn, and you're seeing those outer bands begin to affect cities like miami, like palm beach, they're beginning to see the waves coming in and the wind pick up, you talked about that storm surge. i remember covering hurricane sandy up in the northeast a bun...

Expect here in florida in the coming hours. >> i can barely hear you. it's coming in strong. yep, let me get my jacket on. whoo. it is really strong here. i think it's just the beginning of the very powerful storm. category 5 coming to this section of cuba. now feeling the wind pick up, again, where we are, the power is knocked out. some three or four hours ago, i don't think we'll get it back. all day long, we watch the weather get worse and worse. this afternoon, a couple of really strong bands came through out of nowhere and really almost knocked us off our feet. the cuban coastline has now...