Picks up speed and it is getting thats coastal to 25 miles bigger. Niece are live pictures right now out of indy Atlantic Beach because of the curve of the coastline. In florida. Thats a big concern. Conditions there deteriorating. We are looking at a 20 mile Tropical Storm force winds and a difference between the center damaging storm surge are and the coastline. Battering the Florida East Coast and if you think the men and as the hurricane starts to move women of the National Hurricane north. New evacuations are ordered center have been busy we have tonight in both south and north five systems in the atlantic. Carolina. Now dorian is growing in size, the peak of the system next now about 350 miles wide. Tuesday. Thank you, tom. The damage across the bahamas is the size and strength has officials warning that the widespread. Across the imitate of grand hurricane could cause destructive tornadoes up and down the southeast. Abico, particularly if you talk dorians move towards the u. S.
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Reporting that trumps daughter and soninlaw are trying, perhaps, to push mike pence off the 2020 ticket. All of it as the 11th hour gets under way on this thursday night. Well, good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters in new york. Day 959 of the Trump Administration and we are tracking Hurricane Dorian as it crawls up the coast of the carolinas, where the folks there are just starting a long night. The National Hurricane center has just released its 11 00 p. M. Eastern time update. Our own meteorologist bill karins will have the new forecast specifics at the board for all of us in moments. The headline right now, dorian still a category 2 hurricane, sustained winds at the core of 120 miles an hour, gusts to more than that. Center of the storm just off the coast of wilmington, North Carolina. Forecasters still warning of lifethreatening storm surge, dangerous winds all along the carolinas. Were approaching a high tide, just after 1 00 a. M. Eastern time tonight. That will
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Storyinies for you. The state of texas, the site of another mass shooting. It all began when a man went on a shooting spree after he shot a state trooper during a traffic stop. The very latest from odessa just ahead. Plus, we or watching dorian. It is now time for the strongest atlantic hurricane on record. The category 5 storm hit land twice. Next to be the u. S. Coast line. Right now the eye of the storm is moving over the northern bahamas and pummelling the island with catastrophic winds and 2 feet of rain. Officials saying dorian is the hardest storm to hit the bahamas. As mentioned tide for the strongest in the history of the atlant atlantic. Winds 175 miles an hour. They continue to batter this island. Wind strengths at this stage could take roofs off homes in seconds. Three feet of water can knock you off your feet and carry cars away. Additional rainfall amounts of 2 feet is a concern there. One witness on the ground calling it total and mass devastation. The president spoke ea