abc s ginger zee is tracking these storms for us. reporter: it s the strongest hurricane in the atlantic in the past three years. and it s heading right for bermuda. the small island boarding up and getting out before friday. cancellations are already beginning. we re advising our visitors that they should alter their plans over the next several days. there s no reason to have people on the island hear during severe weather events. reporter: swirling across antigua monday with winds up to 90 miles per hour. gonzalo is now about 600 miles from bermuda and has grown to 250 miles across. the most destruction in a hurricane comes from the eye wall out to the right quadrant. that is exactly where bermuda will be in the current track. the last hurricane to make landfall in bermuda with this type of strength was hurricane fabian in 2003. winds then of 120 miles per hour ripping roofs and killing at least four people.
i m glad we have a heightened concern, but even in africa, it s not ebola as the number one killer of infectious disease. abc news will be covering every angle of this story. we ll have more on this on america this morning and following that up with good morning america. another major story, potentially dangerous storms swirling off both the pacific and atlantic coasts. accuweather meteorologist jim dickey joins us now with details. good morning to you. reporter: good morning. gonzalo remains a major hurricane this morning. not going to impact the united states, but it will head for bermuda as we head towards the weekend here. worst conditions expected friday morning. it will come close to making a direct landfall. the eastern eye wall brushing the island. that will bring damaging winds, torrential rainfall and likely flooding due to storm surge. meanwhile, we ll track ana as it moves toward hawaii this weekend. the worst of the impacts being on the big island and on to kau
i m glad we have a heightened concern, but even in africa, it s not ebola as the number one killer of infectious disease. abc news will be covering every angle of this story. we ll have more on this on america this morning and following that up with good morning america. another major story, potentially dangerous storms swirling off both the pacific and atlantic coasts. accuweather meteorologist jim dickey joins us now with details. good morning to you. reporter: good morning. gonzalo remains a major hurricane this morning. not going to impact the united states, but it will head for bermuda as we head towards the weekend here. worst conditions expected friday morning. it will come close to making a direct landfall. the eastern eye wall brushing the island. that will bring damaging winds, torrential rainfall and likely flooding due to storm surge. meanwhile, we ll track ana as it moves toward hawaii this weekend. the worst of the impacts being on the big island and on to kau
gonzalo now headed right toward bermuda. thursday night into friday. especially on friday is when the brunt of it will hit. that s all a hurricane warning. now we go to the pacific. weaker but certainly something to watch. as we watch ana go into the big island if it makes it as a hurricane, it would be the first hurricane ever in recorded history to hit that big island of hawaii. ginger zee, abc news, new york. now to an unfolding situation at some of the highest mountain peaks in the world. an army in nepal is using helicopters to ferry injured hikers to safety. the area that had been trekking was hit by a blizzard and an avalanche. at least a dozen people kills. officials say dozens more remain stranded. the most popular month of the year for hiking in that region. meanwhile, experts say a volcano in iceland that s been erupting since the end of august still a serious threat. along with a lava field growing more than a half a mile every day. they say dangerous levels of fumes are
t.j. and reena? has hawaii really taken a beating this hurricane season? yes, ana would be the second landfall for hawaii s big island which could hit an sunday. and weekend events are already being cancelled. emergency operations are being put in place. josh haskell, we appreciate you as always. thanks so much, man. timing is everything as they say. as that big storm moves towards the northeast, timing will be a really big deal. jim dickey updates us on that storm and the tropics from accuweather. good morning, jim. good morning. a rain-filled day on tap across much of the east. heavy rain heads for new york, pennsylvania, all the way down into the carolinas. not quite the severe weather threat the past couple days of with this system further west dld ward. still heavy rain which will lead to flash flooding. here is hurricane gonzalo. continues to move north and westward away from puerto rico. it s going to stay away from the u.s. mainland turning north and northeast but l