Steve this is a fox news alert. The clock is ticking as millions of people are told to pack up and head to Higher Ground as Hurricane Florence heads for the carolinas. Ainsley look at that ariel footagaerialfootage. Its a monster as its surging. All of this water surge expected to slam the east coast and President Trump sounding off on the potential catastrophic damage to come. They havent seen anything like whats coming at us in 25, 30 years, maybe ever. Its tremendously big. We have live Team Coverage. Todd piro. We begin with our own Griff Jenkins in Atlantic Beach, North Carolina where people are facing a guam threat this morning, good morning, griff. Thats right. We have all the components for a catastrophic, lifethreatening weather event that could last for days. Let me show you why. Hurricane winds 140 Miles Per Hour or thereabouts expected to come across here and certainly the outer northern bands. You can hear rumbling behind me, i think. Thats not quite the storm yet. You wil
Even if youve ridden out storms before, this one is different. Dont bet your life on riding out a monster. This has the opportunity of being a very devastating storm. The power will be off for weeks. President trump they havent seen anything like whats coming at us in 25, 30 years, maybe ever. Its tremendously big and tremendously wet. Weve never had this on the east coast. I think were very well prepared. Bill team fox coverage leads our hour. Jonathan serrie in North Carolina. First to meteorologist janice dean for the latest on the track and numbers and what youre seeing. A lot different than yesterday. We definitely know what will happen in the next 48 hours and past that all eyes will be on the storm and getting into a now casting situation. Here is what we know. A very strong storm category 4. The last few frames of the satellite presentation are impressive. Well get a new advisory at 11 00 a. M. Complete with a new track. You can see the eye very well defined here. We have a win
Bill we have done our best to be safe so we bring you this story. Here we go. Sandra, good morning to you back in new york city. Sandra thank you, bill, for your reporting on the ground there and still blowing hard. Ill take it back in new york city. Hurricane florence now officially sweeping through the carolinas, the category 1 storm slowing down and packing a big punch. Over 400,000 people without power in North Carolina. That number is expected to go up and at that hour were awaiting three big events. An update from fema in about 15 minutes. Also at 11 00 a. M. Well hear from the governor of North Carolina as well as the National Hurricane center. Well look forward to the big update at the top of the 11 00 hour there. Meanwhile senior meteorologist janice dean is tracking the hurricane. What are we looking at . Now getting reports of 500,000 in North Carolina without power and were also getting reports of over 30 inches of rain in Atlantic Beach where Griff Jenkins is. This is a st