hurricane in the next 6-12 hours impacting east coast of florida. this is tropical storm nicole, 74 miles per hour makes it a hurricane, we think we will have an hurricane making impact tonight into thursday, south central florida, hurricane warning for west palm beach up to daytona beach and tropical storm warning for florida and moving up toward coastal areas of georgia, south carolina and look at how big this storm is. i think 200 miles from the center of circulation, talking about tropical force storm winds and think rainfall overnight into thursday and might see this area of low pressure dip into the gulf of mexico side and the panhandle on thursday afternoon and watch this thing become a potential nor easter this
flooding issues. we ve got to take note of that. reporter: you re a veteran of these storms. this storm has been unpredictable at best. stephanie has been covering it since yesterday. what worries you specifically? what could still be the threat, the worst case scenario? the wobble we had, it was originally going to be 47 miles off our coast line, then 60, now closer to 80 so that wobble back west is really concerning because that changes the entire picture and that s why i want people to just, if you re, wherever you are by later today, just stay inside and be safe. what kinds of conditions are you expecting even as soon as noon today? at noon we re supposed to be getting tropical force storm winds with possible hurricane gusts, so again, just not conditions to be outside in. what makes a barrier island, a city like cocoa beach so vulnerable? tell me about the bodies of water that surround it. we are literally a barrier island surrounded by water. we got the atlantic ocean
frances rivera. the national weather says the storm is approaching florida as a category 4 hurricane. the entire state of florida is under a state of emergency. stating, quote, an increasing chance of dorian to bring a chance of danger to the coast. life threatening storm surge, heavy winds and rains. tropical force storm winds could come as early as saturday evening and prepares everyone to prepare now. first to politics, joe biden is on defense this morning after a report claims he has been repeatedly and inaccurately retelling a war story on the campaign trail. peter alexander has the details. a moving war story he has told before. this guy climbed down a
you re hanging on. yes, just just barely. it s gotten worse. when we first came in, it wasn t too bad. but i think this is a little stronger than we thought. hurricane sandy, hitting north carolina there with tropical force storm winds. right now, those same gusts being felt on the jersey shore. thousands have fled town to avoid the rath directly. and we have the latest from point pleasant, beach. ron, this is just the beginning, what does it feel like out there? what are the expectations for how much worse it will get? this is just the beginning, winds sustained at 25 miles per hour, gusting to 30 or so. the day is really deteriorating very quickly. and to give you an idea, the beach here, they are expecting maybe 8 to 10 foot storm surges,
of weakening it is still a very large storm as we have been talking about for the past couple of days the thing when you look at this storm system it s the overall size of it stretching several hundred miles and its overall size from the north down to the south. then you take a look at the center of the storm. the hurricane force winds stretch out over 70 miles from the center of the storm. that s a pretty wide radius when you look at a hurricane. tropical force storm winds to almost 300 miles from the center. so no doubt the entire east coast from south carolina, which is already seeing outer rain bonds moving in right now all the way up into new england will be feeling the impacts from the storm. on my radar also are these winds 20 to 25 miles per hour here in will mington down to am i rightle beach and down to georgetown as well. take a look here at the hurricane warnings and watches from will mington up to central new jersey, you re under hurricane warnings the mandatory