reporter: any variation could dramatically affect whether earl makes land fall as it moves parallel to the coast. on monday earl battered the caribbean winds of 120 miles an hour. buildings were knocked from their foundation. now it is all hands on deck for emergency management teams up and down the east coast. on long island, they are tracking the storm, reviewing evacuation plans. what scares me the most is a hurricane. there hasn t been a hurricane on long island of this degree since 1938. this image from the international space station shows how massive hurricane earl is. the danger from earl is present along the coast with rip currents being geagain rated fr florida to the northeast. it is a wait-and-see attitude on the outer banks. with hurricane earl two days away, a lot of the people you see behind me aren t going to cut their vacations short just yet. they have a couple more days to wait and see how things pan out. i m weather channel meteorologist jeff moreau
tom kierein joins us with more on the midday. another heat wave under way here and unfortunately, stagnant air in place, you can see that you look that the live view from our sky watcher camera, we have got some air pollution that is building over the city and by midafternoon, the air quality is going to continue to diminish. now, the council of governments i shall be use their air quality forecast and this is a rare code red, air quality forecast for today, which means if anybody has a heart or respiratory ailment, you should definitely stay inside this afternoon, and anybody else, even if you are healthy, you definitely need to reduce outdoor afternoon activities and if you do have to be outside and do have exert yourself, definitely take frequent breaks, drink plenty of water, in addition to the pollution in the air, we have got some big heat building. temperatures into the mid-90s. fortunately there is not a lot of humidity. look at the temperatures that the hour right
the havoc hurricane earl is wreaking as it narrows toward the eastern coast of the u.s.. in pr, 139 mile per hour winds flipped and this plane over buildings. the damage extends across the virgin islands. this is all that is left of a once popular fishing port. it could approach the outer banks of north carolina as early as thursday. this comes on the heels of danielle, the first hurricane of the season, and they are all followed by fiona. this could mean a dangerous conditions for beachgoers. it sucks you under, the tube into the sand. you have to be careful. in florida, one server died. in ocean city, maryland, several had to be rescued and there is one man who is missing and feared dead. i just have to keep hope that he is alive. at this point, no deaths have been reported but it is hard to know the damage of the extent because there is little communication with some of these islands. for more on this story, we want to get to the weather center and adam caske
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