Michael continues to batter the southeast with heavy rain and winds. Lets go to jay gray live for us in Panama City Beach, florida. What are the conditions like where you are . Reporter we do have a bit of a gusting wind, but you often find that along the beach here. No rain to speak of. Were also seeing some of the devastation this dual threat left behind. We had the water and flooding. Thats still an issue. And then these winds. Snapped this roadside sign and threw it into what is a beach Side Business here. You can see it wasnt done there. Really this storm shredding what was a beach Side Business here, nothing much left of what was inside at the time or outside. This thing has been destroyed. And these kind of scenes im afraid are going to pop up as the sun comes up across this area. I think were in for a lot more as the day goes on and the cleanup begins in earnest here. Winds at 155 miles an hour, just two miles an hour under a category 5. The strongest winds felt since andrew in
We are getting calls for emergencies. We are not being able to get out while this storm is underway and get to anybody at this time. You guys are waiting on a ride out of here . Yes, sir, as soon as possible. Reporter you had about enough of this . Oh, yes. It will be quiet for a minute and then it just i mean the wind is at 80 Miles Per Hour. Weve got eightfoot swells around our house. It is like were standing on a pier at the beach and theyre crashing on our tenfoot deck. Reporter we are still going to get the worst of it here in myrtle beach sometime in the next few hours, and it is these winds like they were in eastern and northern North Carolina. Theyre going to be with us for a while. Thats where the damage comes from. It is the sustained winds, the rains and the storm surge. I want to go to new bern, North Carolina. Garrett haake is there where theyve been getting rescue calls and Emergency Management and the National Guard have been performing rescues since early this morning.
Now in rightsville beach, North Carolina. The character and dimension and the strength of this storm changed several times today. We just received the 11 00 p. M. Eastern time advisory on the storm. In a moment, our meteorologist bill karins will walk us through that. The president also worked his way into hurricane Coverage Today by denying the death toll in puerto rico following Hurricane Maria and insisting the numbers were doctored, a plot carried out by the democrats. He again has given his Administration High marks for its storm preparations prior to the arrival of hurricane florence. Also tonight we are covering this. A hellish scene in the suburbs of boston, mass. Homes started exploding and catching fire. This is being blamed on the over pressureization of natural gas mains. And for a time there was no stopping it. After an estimated 70 to 100 homes burned, all gas and electric was shut off to three separate towns. People there have been evacuated. Schools will be closed tomor
Bahamas, 140 miles an hour, a lot less than over abaco, at 185. Now its just extremely strong. Ive been out there in 125 mile an hour winds, six, seven times as much as i ever feel wind. Its crazy. You cant exist. You cant stand there with 100 mile an hour wind thats the crazy thing, now were 24, 36 hours since the beginning of destruction in the bahamas and theres still additional destruction. So think about that, if your roof holds, your garage holds, your trailer holds, whatever holds, it may hold for the typical amount of time that a oh, yeah. A storm thats going 10, 15, 20 miles an hour would move. Initially the braces, the nails, eventually, they its incredible. They give way. So the longer duration, the worst it is. Its incredible. Its still stationary. I mean, everyone is sick and tires of watching the storm in the same exact spot and talking about it. And we dont have a lot of information out of the island because theres no power. Yeah. Theyre all sitting there in the dark ton
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