And this is home. Reporter prepared to ride out his first hurricane in more than a decade. Gabe gutierrez, apalachicola, florida. Al roker joining us. When can we expect landfall . Some time late tonight, savannah. But you can see the eye of the storm right now. This is strengthening. If theres any good news, it doesnt have a lot of time to strengthen much more. So thats good. We have tornado watches in effect in sfrl florida, and were watching 85 miles south of apalachicola, 75 mileanhour winds. Landfall late tonight in the panhandle. By early saturday afternoon its off the carolina coast. The cone of uncertainty still includes boston, new york. It will continue to expand. We may be talking about this into early next week. We have Tropical Storm watches, hurricane warnings and Tropical Storm warnings all the way from Atlantic City to apalachicola. Storm surges, the onshore, 6 to 9 feet in the big bend area, georgia North Carolina coast could see 1 to 3 feet. We have the possibility of
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Polar bear used to enjoy. We begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener. Your world in 90 seconds. This storm is lifethreatening. We are going to have significant winds, significant power lines down. We are going to have a lot of downed trees. Hermine smashes into the southeast. Flooding potential right up through georgia, South Carolina. Across eastern north carolina. Its pretty nerve wracking. You see the trees bending. We bunker down and we he said im not paying for the wall and i said you are paying for the wall. Give me a break. This is a guy born with a silver spoon in his mouth but now is choking on because his foot is in his mouth, along with his spoon. The first time infected mosquitoes have been found in the United States. In the final preseason game of the year, Colin Kaepernick, the 49ers quarterback, refused to stand during the national from now on. A mother is demanding an investigation after jetblue put her 5yearold son on the wrong flight home. In florida, the
Vitarelli the big story on action news is hermines next move. The storm will soon be pushing off the Atlantic Coast and has a chance of affecting our region during the labor day weekend. And the Florida Panhandle took the first beating, it brought strong winds and heavy rain and it could head here next, and Tropical Storm warnings are in effect for the new jersey and delaware coastlines. Jeanette reyes is at the shore where people are hoping for the best. We begin with Melissa Magee with an update from the National Hurricane center. Reporter that is right. As we head into the Holiday Weekend. Here is the latest with hermine. It did make landfall as a hurricane 1. It has weakened over land now, currently over georgia, you can see the moisture coming in from the atlantic and the heavy rain from georgia up to the carolinas, this will continue to travel to the north and east as we go through the rest of today and tonight. We have Tropical Storm watches and warnings posted up and down the e