A book that youre ready to share with the world . Get published now, call for your free publisher kit today good evening. We begin this hour with breaking news in what could be the worst storm to hit the carolinas in a generation. The National Hurricane center is just out with new information on the strength and the direction of Hurricane Florence. And even without any numbers, the picture alone is terrifying, as are the possibilities. From massive storm surges to more than 3 feet of rain to areas that could experience Hurricane Force winds for a day and a night. Well be covering all the angles, all of the evacuations, the preparation, all of it. We want to begin with the very latest numbers and the track of the storm. Cnns Jennifer Gray joins us. What have you learned, jennifer . Anderson, the latest advisory just came out about five minutes ago and we have learned it has weakened a little bit, 115mileperhour winds. Still a major storm, though. Still a category 3, with gusts of 150 mi
Latest numbers and the track of the storm. Cnns Jennifer Gray joins us. What have you learned, jennifer . Anderson, the latest advisory just came out about five minutes ago and we have learned it has weakened a little bit, 115mileperhour winds. Still a major storm, though. Still a category 3, with gusts of 150 miles per hour, moving to the northwest at 15. So the forward speed is still the same. But you can see the eye starting to collapse a little bit. It could be going through an eye wall replacement, meaning these storms just exhale and inhale. They cant maintain that strong intensity for very long. It is expected to still make landfall as a category 3. That hasnt changed. Thats what weve been talking about the last couple of days, and that extreme slowdown is still expected, as well. Well be able to walk faster than this storm is going, by the time it gets close to land. Now, it could go on land and then meander to the south. It could stay offshore a little bit, but either way, we
Outfront tonight, Hurricane Florence on track right now to deliver a devastating blow to the east coast. We are just hours away from the first Tropical Storm winds to hit the u. S. States of emergency are now in effect in georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, virginia, and d. C. Some 20 Million People are in the storms path, which as we speak, is kicking up 83foot waves out in the atlantic. Sustained winds are topping out at 120 miles per hour. Its also some 600 miles wide to give you an idea of just how big that is, well show you a video from the International Space station as it flies over florence. Just look at it. The National Hurricane Center Warning of catastrophic flash flooding, wafl totals of up to 40 inches expected in some areas. In South Carolina, some 300,000 people have already evacuated. The states governor saying that number could hit 1 million by tomorrow. Officials, though, are taking no chances of course, and heres why. Just take a look at the size of florence com
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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