Thanks for joining us and giving us a glimpse of what it is like on the ground. That is our show for this evening. Breaking News Coverage of hurricane helenes expected landfall in Florida Tonight continues right now on the last word with lawrence odonnell. At evening. We are going to get to Under Wiseman another news but we are going to begin with the hurricane. As you just heard, there are 600,000 people already without power. We are going to go straight to nbc News Meteorologist Bill karins at this hour. He has the latest on what the track of the storm is. Bill, what do you see coming . We are into the impact zone. We are now watching that northern Eye Move onshore and it is almost the equivalent of a tornado that is 40 miles right now moving into florida, and it will knock down just about everything in its path. You can see where the storm is. You can see clearly where The Eye is. It has intensified all afternoon and all evening long. It is a solid category four, almost the higher e
Now on the last word with lawrence o donnell. Good evening, we will get to andrew weissmann and other news, but we will begin with the hurricane. As you just heard from alex wagner, there are 600,000 people are ready without power. We will go straight to nbc news meteorologist bill karins at this hour for the latest on exactly what the track of the storm is. What do you see coming? we are in the impact his own. We are now watching the northern eye move onshore and it is like the equivalent of a tornado that is 40 miles wide that is now moving into florida and it will knock down everything in its path if it is not made of concrete or brick. You can see where the storm is. It has intensified all afternoon and all evening long. It is a solid category 4, almost to the higher end of category 4. The hurricane hunters said it is still intensifying right up until landfall. This is the coast and where the really destructive winds are and now they are starting to close in on populated areas. Thi
neighbors wandering around this neighborhood that was so so hard hit, really just in disbelief. they can t believe what has happened to the place that they call home. you can see behind me trees uprooted, the roofs of houses that have been torn apart. and over here you can see this power pole snapped into multiple pieces, just incredible behind this power pole you can see the wall of this garage torn apart. all the con ends inside visible [audio difficulty] on the street to see. now, this tornado hit around 2:30 in the afternoon. even the national weather service s little rock office had to shelter in place so that they could be safe. they had to change over the duties to the memphis office while they took shelter, essentially. you know, after the tornado hit, there were, you know, first responders out in the streets, you know, rescuing folks, just a harrowing scene here in little rock. arkansas governor, sarah huckabee sanders, declaring a state of emergency here. she is
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