flooding, not only here on the coast but inland as well. a lot geing on here in the next couple of days. our thoughts for everyone as they prepare. president trump says his administration is prepared to deal with the aftermath of hurricane florence. now it comes as he faces new criticismf over his fresh comments of his administration s response on hurricane maria. nearly 3,000 people died as a reswrault of that system, according to one report. reporter: good morning. president trump is insisting his administration is as ready as anyone has ever been to deal with hurricane florence. describe thing storm as tremendously big and wet and when asked about lessons learned from the storms that devastated puerto rico last year president trump praised results and given
come from other money managers. fisher investments. clearly better money management. welcome back everyone. we want to get the very latest on hurricane florence. let s bring back nbc meteorologist, bill karins. in terms of of the track of the storm. here s the latest, 130 mile-per-hour winds, still a category 4. and it s still moving quickly at 17 miles per hour. it s going to move towards the north carolina coast quickly it hits the breaks and stalls and moves extremely slowly and that s the problem. so here s the force cast point. as we go throughout thursday afternoon, that s where we are 2:00 p.m., then friday at 2:00 p.m. and off the coast, saturday at 2:00 a.m. this is going to linger from 36
before, this one is different. don t bet your life on riding out a monster. reporter: evacuations started tuesday and will continue today. more than a million from virginia through the carolinas. gathering sand bags, boarding up, pang up pulling out. many wered about what they may find when they come back. just hope everything s still standing and not too much damage. but again this is a very significant storm. reporter: still lorraine and mike taylor say they ll tried out. a home like so many in the strike zone in the path of what forecasters are calling a catastrophic storm now closing in. wie expect land fall be early friday morning. that means really historic
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three as it approaches the coast. again we care what the intensity when it s near the coast for the wind and surge. sethe path, the new one. this is friday at 2:00 a.m. could be just off the south carolina coast and then look at this, 24 hours. this thing lingers, drift, loops, stalls, right near wilmington as it sits in the same spot of the friction of the land. we ll have a dying storm over about a three-day period over the north carolina/south carolina boarder and then it drifts through south carolina as it weakens. we re talking 48 hours of a major hurricane and hurricane forced winds. the forecast has improved for raleigh, but it s gotten much worse for areas in especially the northern half of south carolina.