well, south florida s also under the gun this morning. a large storm system forming off the coast. right now it s a tropical depression. this is a live satellite loop. we re going to show you of the storm. there you can see its track, expected to become tropical storm nicole. and while they do have watches and warnings up this morning from the florida keys, up to palm beach, they re getting ready there you can see sandbag prep s already underway because niceoloul rob marciano is tracking it for us this morning in the weather center in atlanta. and how much rain are folks in florida going to get? well, they could see upwards of 10 inches of rain with this thing. and not only florida but across the east coast where we ve seen a tremendous amount of rain in the past few days. a lot of this rain is saturated and primed for flooding. it is a tropical depression right now. it s not very organized at all. moving off the coast of cuba right now, off towards the northeast at about 14 mile
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greatest because the taliban is turning them into targets. a cnn exclusive straight ahead. we begin the hour, though, with bermuda taking a beating from hurricane igor. got a live satellite loop of the storm roaring past the west end of the island, missing direct landfall by just 40 miles. of course, they got the worst part of the storm. the enormous system is generating huge waves, pummelling the islands with powerful winds and rain. 2/3 of the island has got no power right now. cnn s hurricane headquarters. rob marciano is tracking the storm. first, though, let s go to reynolds wolf. he s live in elbow beach, bermuda. and when you look at the track of that storm, the worst of the wind and waves looks like it hit the southern part of the island, which is where a lot of the resorts are. reporter: including elbow
very much so, guys. category four storm. not shrunk but weakened a little bit. but nonetheless, with winds of 135 miles an hour, this is a beast. we have tropical storm winds that go almost out to 200 miles from the center. and in the last couple of frames of the satellite loop, notice a bit of a jog to the north. that s what we ve been waiting for in order to see this thing start to make that turn we want to see. and this is the forecast from the national hurricane center. makes an abrupt right turn and we do think it ll miss the united states and head towards bermuda. it will remain a major hurricane for the next few days and then weaken somewhat as it heads towards cooler waters to the north. hurricane julia, this was a tropical storm yesterday, now it s a hurricane. our fifth of the season. our activity continues to be ramping up here now that we re in prime time. but relatively speaking, guys,
and also the long island power authority has tripled its man power just in case the power goes out and so far no reports of that at all. no problem there. long island railroad, they re not running any trains out here whatsoever. again, out of precaution, wolf. out of an abundance of precaution. thanks very much. let s get more now on the track of this storm. joining us from miami, the director of the national hurricane center, bill reid. thanks very much. it looks like north carolina, the situation there could have been a whole lot worse and it appears to be looking relatively good for long island and new england. but correct me if i m wrong. no, you re absolutely right. this is the 24-hour satellite loop and earl has been kind enough to follow very close to the u.s. but not a direct hit with the core winds of the storm so we did have some gusts reported unofficially above hurricane force out on the outer