up in daytona beach and the storm itself still maintaining its strength as a category 3 hurricane with winds up to 120 miles per hour. this should say 3. 4 is at 130 miles per hour. and then to maintain the strength as it passes close to jacksonville and then it starts to take this turn, but now the turn is a little more delayed so it could be a category 2 storm as it hits near charleston, south carolina. we still project this storm to do more around the weaker storm but even if it hits the bahamas as a weaker storm, we look at the possibility of that causing more damage. you need to point out the storm surge. we have to interrupt you. we ve got to go to nikki haley. let s listen in. refer to as rock star john. thank you, governor. as of 11:00 this morning, there s a hurricane effect for the entire coast of south
driving around like a maniac this morning. fortunately he s been arrested. for the most part it appears the people have heeded the warnings and have stayed inside their homes. another note, as far as power goes, we know that almost five million people have been affected in terms of their electricity in their homes at this point. our lights have been flickering on and off all day. the street signs right behind me are off right now. they were on just a moment ago. so i m not sure if the lights went out on our block or just this stretch of street. i did see earlier today, a power pole that was showing sparks, it was flickering. we have seen power surges throughout the day. the situation here quickly changing drastically. john? we will jump in right now. south carolina governor nikki haley is briefing on her state s preparations. i will now refer to him as rock star john. thank you, governor. as of 11:00 this morning there s now a hurricane warning in effect for the entire coast of