the gulf. up to 12 feet of it. hurricane franklin, a beast, a category 4, 145-mile-an-hour winds. it will miss bermuda, but it s bringing life-threatening surf and rip currents to the u.s. meanwhile here in florida, urgency to prepare is ramping up tonight. david? we ll stay on this all week long. rob marciano already there in florida for us. rob, thank you. in the meantime, we turn to the horrific scene at the university of north carolina at chapel hill. today, the reports coming in of an armed and dangerous suspect, a massive law enforcement response. and tonight, we have learned a faculty member is dead. video obtained by our raleigh station wtvd showing students waiting inside a locked lecture hall. authorities clearing buildings one-by-one, leading students away from campus. some of those students very district, and understandably so. campus authorities releasing this photo of the suspected gunman. the university website lists him as a graduate student. what we ve learned abou
tempera temperature, it will be a 5 by the time it hits us. reporter: idalia set to hit since ian. it decimated barrier islands and killed at least 150 people. david: rob yamarciano in florida tonight. we ve talked so much about the warm waters of the gulf, and i know you ve studied the track. take us through the timing here. reporter: all right, david, it s gathering strength and gathering forward speed in our direction. because of that h, hurricane warnings have been extended. the center of this, just to the west of cuba. those warm waters, that s the fuel. we expect rapid intensification la landfall wednesday morning. and then, into the carolinas, too. rain, wind, and storm surge, a big issue. especially here in this part of