expected to be out for an extended period of time, how do you determine which areas are hit the hardest and which areas are needed the most of. we follow governor scott. they know their states best. they work with their regional commandsers and public works people. we go and continue to responds to them. reporter: at this point are you in a wait and see position, waiting for this storm to work its way through to see what s next for you to do? there are forecasts and we can predict some things. the eastern part of the state way the winds go, we ll have a lot of winds, but we do have to wait. wns once it goes through the keys we ll know a lot more about how it s going to go. the next 24 hours, what are you going to be watching as the storm progresses? we ll look at the until keys.
have a place to stay. with electricity expected to be out for much of the state for an extended period of time, how do you go about determining which areas are hit the hardest and which areas need help the most. we follow the direction of governor scott. the federal assistant is always in support of the state. they know their state best. they work with the regional commanders and search and rescue as well as their public works people. we just go and continue to respond to that. are you essentially in a wait and see position? there are forecasts and we can predict some things. the eastern part of the state, the way the winds go will have a lot of wind. we do have to wait. once it goes to the keys, will no more about how will go.
moving mud off mountains, we ve seen this time and time again in haiti, it can be truly, truly devastating. reporter: absolutely. and hurricane matthew, when you re comparing it, that was a category 4, hit the southern part of the country last year. anderson, as you know, you ve seen these homes, tin roofs, plywood, there are entire families swept away by mudslides. the people think the danger is over when the torrential rains and winds go, but the danger is just coming from the side of the mountain. and that s why i m saying, as you know, it will take several hours, days to really figure out the impact that this storm, even the back end of it, has had on haiti, already that has dealt with so much in the last few years. paula, be careful. everybody on the island of haiti tonight. take a look at this. the dot is a plane, a commercial airliner flying through bands of hurricane irma, flying through an outer band. it got out of puerto rico at the last minute.
historic interior inland sections with the possibility of two feet of snow for the pocanos all the way up to areas of northern new england. now, as i mentioned the winds, i fast-forwarded past too many graphics here, let me go back. as far as the winds go, the highest winds are now located down along the maryland shore line to translate northward. ocean city is at 55. as we go through 7:00 a.m., the winds beginning to really pick up in philadelphia over the next hour or two. and then as we go through the morning, the highest winds go from new york city out on long island. that s a possibility of 50 to 70-mile-per-hour winds on long island. even though long island will likely be all rain at this point, you still have the potential for power outages because of that. then as the storm kicks up over long island into eastern portions of new england, the highest winds go from boston to ports mouth and through the areas on the main coast. notice the backside of this, on the backsidehe winds w
carolina. the storm is quickly heading out. that s good for all the people that did hunker don last night. it s not going to be a long period of sitting in your house waiting for the storm to end. as far as stats on the storm, it s moving at 23 miles per hour. so it s quickly heading out to sea. winds are still at 100 miles per hour. we haven t seen too many gusts that strong as it made its journey through the outer banks. i saw a couple in the 90-mile-per-hour range. it s categoried category 2 hurricane still. pressure at 973 and 70 miles south-southeast of virginia beach. the big thing is it s moving quickly away. no changes in the last update with the hurricane warnings, tropical storm warnings. from the delaware/maryland border, tropical storm warnings. all the beautiful beaches around maryland and hurricane warnings for all of coastal north carolina. i imagine midmorning or 11:00asm m., a lot of those will be dropped as the storm quickly exits. as far as the winds go, hurricane-fo