offshore. but the hurricane-force windzs. the storm surge going to be an issue for a south florida. a cat 3 as we go into wednesday afternoon, with 115-mile-per-hour winds. look at the direction here. just measured this out. this is about a 60-mile to 70-mile difference here in the latest update. so, staying well offshore from south carolina to north carolina. the flooding going to be a very big issue here. most of this is going to stay offshore, with forecasts for the four states. at least five to seven inches. we ll check back in with you later in the show. appreciate it. grand bahama and the abaco islands expected to take a direct hit later today. morgan chesky joins us live from nassau. morgan, how are people getting ready? they ve spent several days getting ready, alison.
residents to stock pile a week s worth of food and supply traing this monster storm al reporter: peter a reporter: peter a dangerous category three storm four, 115-mile-per-hour winds, slowing down a bit west northwest at 9-miles-per-hour track of the storm, it becomes a category 4 storm on sunday and then by tuesday afternoon, it s afternoon, it s on on shore as a category 4 now, as we look at the compare between the american and european model, the european model keeps it off the coast while the american model mimics the national hurricane center model. catastrophic winds for thel hure center model. catastrophic winds for the bahamas, bahamas, tropicaorisoled area of 18 ihe of rain with iso area of 18 inches, peter, and that s not even c that s not even considering the storm surge. al roker, thank you very much for that the rush is on tonight in florida where millions of mill residents are bracing for dorian s punch the storm wreaking havoc on holiday travel heading into this
indication. strengthening more. right now the winds sustained at 115-mile-per-hour. the movement at west northwest at 9-mile-per-hour but again there are hurricane hunters on their way out to the storm right now. looking at not only the eye but some of the surrounding bands. take new measurements, see has the storm undergone rapid intensefy indication and if so what are the current measurements? we will get new data in the next hour when the next update takes place. but as of now with we are thinking similar along the luns of the track. we anticipate it to get up to category 4. further intensifying is still likely. it s likely to be a category 4 as it crosses over the bahamas and remain a 4 as it approaches florida. we do have discrepancies a little bit in some of the model here. the blue dot is the european. the red dot is the american model. the red dot, the american model still has it making an actual landfall over portions of the east coast of florida. the european model now howeve
major category 3 hurricane as it churns towards florida. this is the view from the international space station. it is a model some 230 miles wide. and this is dorian from the inside. hurricane hunters flying into the eye of the storm today. packing winds up to 115-mile-per-hour. the national hurricane center warning that dorian could bring a life-threatening storm surge and devastating winds to florida s east coast. according to the white house, the president also has been briefed on the storm, its path and preparations. he spoke to reporters a short time ago before heading to camp david. the hurricane is roaring and it could be a big one. we are hoping maybe it makes a right and goes up north. but that s about a 5% chance. it s not looking good. and it s one of the biggest hurricanes we have seen in a long time, a long time. so it could be very devastating. the threat of hurricane dorian is forcing airlines to
first thing, area of concern is the northern bahamas, and then we re going to talk about south central florida on the east coast, and then possibly right up through the florida coast into the carolinas. yesterday the trend was, uh-oh, this looks really strong and further to the south. today, in the last 24 hours, the trend has been, it still looks really strong, but maybe, just maybe, we can stall this thing out enough and curve it out to sea, to avoid a devastating blow on the east coast of florida and even the carolinas. so let me explain the latest from the hurricane center. 115 bhirn 115-mile-per-hour winds and look at how well defined the eye is. very symmetrical. it just looks like a classic, major hurricane right now. wouldn t surprise me at all if it gets up to a category 4 overnight tonight into tomorrow morning. and i still think that this may have a shot at some point in the next 24 hours, close to a category 5. that gets your attention enough right there. we know we re goin