70 to 75 miles per hour winds. reporter: hermine intensified in the warm waters of the gulf of mexico thursday. landfall is expected over night in florida s panhandle. from there, hermine will head up the eastern seaboard. florida has not had a direct hit from a hurricane in 11 years. residents along the gulf coast spent the day preparing for the worst. sandbags, you know. try to get everything ready, tied down, vehicles out. reporter: the ut outer bands of heavy rains have been pushing on shore since late this morning. by the time it s all over, some areas could see almost two feet of rainfall. a state of emergency has been declared for more than 50 counties in florida and schools in more than 20 counties have been closed. philip byron is using these last few hours of preparation to stack sandbags outside his newly renovated real estate office. it s just mother nature. you take it as it comes and you reporter: prepared or not, florida residents are in for a long ni
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