slogging through some high winds i can t tell you it s hurricane strength, but very high tropical storm winds. some eight or nine hours later shows you the power of this storm. it is a very powerful category 1, and unfortunately, as you just reported, it is also turning into a deadly category 1. the storm just won t let go, and here s the thing going on here. wrightsville beach, as far as we can tell, is doing moderately okay. the problem is we can t get across that bridge. the winds are just too high, it s just too dangerous. only first responders could attempt to do that. from what we re hearing inside wrightsville beach, and this is a popular tourist destination, is they do have a problem with water. it s coming from the intercoastal behind me here and it s also coming from the atlant atlantic. on the atlantic oceanside, they re also experiencing some wind from one side and then the
city. we make sure that we have resources pre arranged in different locations. we re clearing out all of our storm drains getting ready for this storm to come ashore. with he want to make certain that our citizens are listening to the emergency management folks, take this storm very seriously, prepare because once this storm is upon us we re not going to be able to send emergency personnel out to rescue you. you need to make preparations now and get ready. i know you know from what you re hearing which is what we re hearing this doesn t look like just another storm. this is shaping up to be particularly bad for a number of reasons, not the least of which is the rain which could come in feet over wilmington. two feet of rain over the next three, four, five days. what is your area of biggest concern? i know you re right up against the atlantic, you also have the cape fear river right next to you. we are a peninsula here and, you know, we prepare for these events but when you have tha
so let s check out this video of hurricane florence from space. the international space station not a shot of it churning in the atlant atlantic. look at how huge that is. that is a very big storm. people need to pay attention this morning. more than 1 million people now under mandatory evacuation orders in coastal areas of north carolina, south carolina, virginia, that includes the entire south carolina coast as of noon today. in north carolina parts of six coastal counties and hatteras also being evacuated. president trump is urging people to heed these warnings. you can already see signs that folks are paying attention. we ve seen boarded up homes, long lines at gas stations, people running out of fuel already. those gas stations and shelves, of course, left bare at hardware stores and super markets. again, we have a new update from the national hurricane center just a short time ago so let s begin our coverage with meteorologist chad myers with the latest forecast track. what are
pressure that we expect to kind of push its way out over the atlant atlantic. there s a lot of questions about when will the high come in and what the impacts will be. what about the idea that there s something else out there that could push it to sea? is there another front that could move it? there s two things. this high pressure system. does it speed up, or slow down? any change could have a big impact on whether this rotates on open water. but that could mean it could end up skirting and go over open wate water. the east coasts is a giant target. allison chinchar, thank you very much. last night were violent storms where i was. i don t know about you but it gave me a taste of what it would be like if the hurricane the trees were blowing around, the wind.
think the u.s. has on these guys? well, the european the jihadests on the list, those lists will show up in the united states and you can keep them out. . before you visa waver, you have to apply to get on an airplane and they can take a look at that. the problem is theres so many who are not on the european lists and could easily board in brussels and buy legally a gun and launch a military-style assault. i think this is very disturbing this is going to come across the atlant atlantic. if in fact they can freely travel to the united states and there s no way you can identify them all in advance. on top of that, tom, we heard the prime minister in france saying this week and this is a