Category two. Instead he exploded in veracity to a category four. Its going to cause a huge amount of damage. Our hearts go out to those folks. Sandra thats it for us. Special courage continues here on the Fox News Channel with Shepard Smith. Hurricane michael, its on the way and it is expected to be historic. Im Shepard Smith on the fox news deck. Often in programming including outnumbered will not be seen today. Hurricane michael is a major category 4 storm set to make landfall somewhere around Panama City Beach, florida. It is expected to be the most powerful storm ever to hit the region. It is but an hour or two away. Lets get a live update from the National Hurricane center in miami. Back to the National Hurricane center, this is ken graham on the operant center. Its noon eastern, 11 00 central. The latest information on the Hurricane Michael. A couple of things to make note
here, the latest information we have wins still at 150 miles power. The pressure has dropped. We have the H
apalachicola river flows north to south into the gulf of mexic mexico. typically, on the left side of your screen to the right side of your screen, that s the way the water would be flowing. the wind of the hurricane and the storm surge are shoving all of that water. it is a ferocious look at it. this river is heading back upstream. it s going to have to get out of the banks somewhere. most of franklin county is extremely low-lying. in fact, all the counties around this area are are very low-lying. shepard: phil keating, please be safe. i m cutting you off only because the president of the united states is speaking. ten seconds from now. landfall of this hurricane is within the hour. here is the president speaking from the oval office. reporter: when he update you on hurricane michael prete is about 40 miles off the coast, starting to feel the effects now. it is a very dangerous
category 4. just to remind the press. hurricane harvey, irma, and michael are big storms. it will have the panhandle come as you can see here, and will go for georgia. it will be expected to rain in carolina. could be additional flooding. fema is leaning forward, as we are it s ready to go. very quick contact with state and local authorities. also the governor and local officials. moreover, even to unfortunately this is a gulf coast hurricane of the worst kind because all of the elements associated with hurricanes come into play. as you see on the left, the storm surge estimates are anywhere between nine and 14 feet. storm surge is going to be the worst where the eye makes landfall just to the east or south of where the eye makes landfall.