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new at 11:00 a state of emergency. the governors of florida and north carolina both declaring one as hurricane matthew churns this way. good evening. i m wendy ryan. i m paul la jamison uhler. this is some of the heavy rain people in jamaica are already seeing. the storm is expected to hit haiti the hardest. let s go right to chief meteorologist denis phillips. this is going to be a devastating night for haiti. this will be moving on shore right on the western tip of haiti with winds of about 145 miles per hour, a surge of incredible rainfall totals. this is a nasty hurricane, category 4, even stronger now than it was earlier on. the lowest pressure that s been recorded at 934 millibars. where is it going? the new track that just came out has given us a little bit of a change compared to the 5:00 track. and as we expected it is a little more to the west. our computer models have been trending that way for the last day or so, so we kind of figured the hurricane cen ....
the changes. the forecast for our area has not changed much. we are expecting heaviest wind in polk county, this is more just in case the storm decides to go to the west because the odds are below 50% that our area gets directly impacted. the east coast is another story, this is a powerful hurric trained to get organized, it will have a lot of time to do so before it makes landfall and we believe that is what will happen, the gfs and european model have been making landfall around cape canaveral that is what the national hurricane center is doing they are usually more subtle, they have been saying we think it will be close to florida but not until 5:00 advisory that they have it going over the cape, this is a closer look showing you what it means to us in terms of floridians. at this point in time, if this verifies, we have seen a change before, charlie is a perfect example, hopefully that is what this will do a turn to the east would take it away from the state, the bo ....
where shopping is a pleasure. all new at 11, more than one and half million floridians under evacuation right now. more than 1000 flights canceled and forth forth lauderdale airport announcing it s closing at 10:00 a.m. good eveni join us. florida preparing for what could be the most devastating storms to it had the state in the decades. hurricane matthew. we re spread out across the state. where schools have already been canceled. plus, reporter ryan is in vino beach where businesses are already seeing the calm before the storm. but we begin with chief meteorologist dennis phillips. i ll tell you what. this will probably be looked at east side of the state. every now and again, they get a storm like this. since the mid-1800s there has never been a storm this powerful to hit central florida around day toe in a, down to mel burn, over to the cape. and that is what we re looking at the right now. clearly getting better organized. still winds are 115 miles per hour. ....
75.7 west. the adjustments and during the advisories. they are only at 5 a.m., p.m. 11 p.m. no track adjust. you know one thing that you noticed what i hope for it s not impossible is for that core or the eye of the storm where the worst weather is. 35, 40-miles from the center to stay off the coast. if that happen everyones hannens it is awful. and it is better than having a buzz saw and have the eye wall over land. stuart and cape canaveral of winds of 140 off the water. that happens if the. the message is just a 15 to 20-mile shift. we ll watch that. and you saw if you missed it it is left behind. and i don t think we ll sit here and worry about it. and more than likely. this is a live view on the camera. can you see they have the high pretty much on top of nassau and to them. neighbor catastrophic. and it is here. and seeing the hotels off to the side. and impacts go. if you are watching us heizer gus. for all the counties along the rest. this is the fecast. ....
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