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speak. i can actually see a tree snap in half. anyone on the roads at this point is in grave danger. this is the kind of wind, well over 120 miles per hour that could blow your car off the road and it could make you airborne if you go out there. this was really the worst fear for puerto rico. they haven t seen this, according to the governor in 100 years. a major storm with a direct hit on the populated eastern part of puerto rico. the governor issuing dire warnings saying this is going to be a catastrophic storm. it is life threatening both because of the wind and because of the rain and potential flooding and mud slides that could follow. so for the next couple days this u.s. territory of 3.5 million people is really going to be on edge. we are seeing trees snap. we are seeing debris fly from the roof of buildings. i m here with we re in a
beast. and when it hit was a much different beast than when it actually made landfall. overnight, i was watching it, honestly, in disbelief. this was a 175-mile-per-hour storm with the pressure still going down. it blew itself up a little bit overnight. so what became an unsurvivable storm at about four hours offshore, kind of calmed down a little bit. so from 175 to 155. and i know that may not seem like a lot, 20 miles per hour, but it s huge when it comes to just hunkering down and trying to let the debris fly over your head. there is the latest, greatest model, u.s., and also the european model. still saying this stays offshore. but not too far offshore, which i m going to have to keep watching this, because i don t think this game is over yet. we ll have to watch it for the re
are more catastrophic. first responders say in this weather as we are hunkering down next to them, they will not venture out onto the streets behind me because they can become a wind tunnel. we have seen debris fly down the street, parts of trees, fronds from palm trees, garbage cans and other typical debris that you find on city streets, literally flying down the street here. they won t go out on streets in vehicles because they re concerned lives would be at risk. we don t know people can call for help, most phone lines are down. we are using live view system, using cell phone towers to transmit our signal. we are surprised we have been able to stay on the air this long. those winds that powerful and ferocious. it will be this way for some time, brian. migel almaguer in florida city. for those just joining us, the
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