worst-case scenario and hope for the best. we re never as prepared as we think they should be because we can t foresee everything. that s why it s so important for people to look to their local and state officials for guidance, if you re told to evacuate, please do so. please prepare like the gentleman mentioned in right before this, to be prepared for supplies, medicine, pet food, all of those things for about a week because you just don t know. even if a storm isn t particularly strong, the after effects can still do a lot of damage and recovery might be slow. so what we re looking for is storm surge, those prop cal winds and heavy rainfall thereafter. this is now looking to be heading towards georgia and the carolinas here. dorian changing its path. what should folks in those
tropical storm warnings. it will happen here. what we re going to see these hurricane force winds also possible storm stuurges in that area. this is too close for comfort here. even the cone of uncertainty still has this as a major hurricane here. you re going to see the storm surge, major flooding here, even though it s offshore. the track as of 8:00 has cat 2, charleston, north carolina still going to be feeling the effects of this storm system. jo? janessa, thuchb. joining us is the press secretary mar traa petrone, press secretary for homeland security. welcome back. i wanted to ask you, this hurricane now according to our projections, will remain offshore. tell us how people in florida should be preparing for outer bans, outer eye as that storm hugs the coast? people should be preparing for the worst of the worst. any emergency manager will tell to you prepare for the
next one 20 two hours here with the movement currently at 8 miles per hour. the reason i say that is because this storm system going to dramatically slow down. as it steers to the north and west, i potentially think here by monday, tuesday, this storm will only flow about two to three miles per hour here. as it makes that turn, it s going to slow down and cause the wind speeds to really dramatically decrease here but we re still talking about a major hurricane. what does that mean? you re still talking about a cat 3 that s well offshore here. but the storm surge for miami to orlando, that s still a very big deal here, about ten feet potentially here with isolated rain paamounts up to 20 inches some spots. the forecast really changed from south carolina to north carolina. do i think we ll have a landfall in these areas? that cone, i want to rewind
breaking story, right now hurricane dorian slowly making its way towards the east coast. you re looking at a live nikt in nassau where the powerful category storm is expected to strike the northern bahamas tonight. we are talking about a storm 105 miles long. dorian projected to remain offshore but likely hug the florida east coast there. and dorian could bring potentially life-threat enning storm surge, hurricane force winds and heavy rainfall from georgia to the carolinas. across the southeast, residents, concerned and they re not wasting any time getting ready to go. buildings are getting boarded up across the property. i had a landfall that missed a few yards, few miles but just the effect and rain and wind from hugo told me never to take anything lightly.
nbc meteorologist janessa webb has been tracking the storm all morning. and melvin is bracing for the impact. janessa, you say it s slowly slowing down here. and this is bad news. yes, it s slowing down and this is a bad thing. bahamas on our radar with hurricane warnings and tropical storm warnings put in place here. bahamas is a very level elevation and we are talking storm surge 10 to 15 feet, this will be catastrophic for this island. we are seeing rain bands starting to hit that area. you saw it in our live shot. waves are already starting to pick up here. we re talking about sustained winds of 150 miles per hour. people have been asking me do i think this will go into a cat 5? if it s going to happen, it s going to be happening in the