is almost 10% of the population of florida. that means over 90% of people in florida to have electrical power. the number of people without electrical power is expected to rise as these slow-moving storm cuts across florida with hurricane-force winds. a major concern right now and overnight would be flash flooding caused by the heavy rains. more than two feet of rain is predicted in some areas, officials are warning residents to shelter in place if they have not evacuated. as many cities today are suspending rescue efforts until the storm passes. we begin with nbc news meteorologist bill for the latest. bill, what is the situation now? we are watching a storm that is weakening overland, but we still have areas that are losing power at this hour. we know we have people who need rescuing, need help from us. what happened during the day today, that is the situation as we go throughout these overnight hours. the center of the storm is over sebring, florida. it is about halfway
we had some of the strongest winds here so far. good evening, once again, i am stephanie ruhle. we are continuing live coverage of hurricane in, the category four storm made landfall on florida s west coast this afternoon, and it is still battering the state with heavy rain and hurricane-force winds. right now, more than 2 million homes and businesses in the state of florida are without power. let s get right to nbc meteorologist michelle grossman for the latest. michelle, i know you just got the 11 pm update for the national hurricane center. what have you learned? i will look at it with you, because it s right at the presses. we re still looking at a strong storm. we re looking at heavy rainfall, gusty winds, and we will look at what we are seeing in terms of wednesday, because we are holding on to the strength. let s hold back for a second because you saw wind speeds up to 135 miles per hour. this was a historical storm, if it is the big historical, catastrophic. we ll
barbara: breaking news. we have been falling following a train derailment out of california. traveling from central california to the san francisco bay area gabriel after hitting a fallen tree. it plunged into a rain swollen creek. 14 people were injured. four of them seriously. there were 214 passengers on the train when it derailed. it was raining heavily in the area at the time of the accident. john: north carolina voters do not hit the polls until next week, four states are up for grabs today. stephanie romo s has the story. another face-off at the polls in battle found states. hillary clinton at a rally industry, michigan telling the crowd she wants to be there small business president to help folks get ahead but she needs their votes. the sooner i can become your nominee, the more i can turn our attention to the republicans. confident. i would hope to be able to enlist ernie bernie in reaching out to his supporters. stephanie: sanders is not going anywhere. if
erin: good morning. i m erin fehlau. sean: good morning. i m sean mcdonald. today is the day before thanksgiving. everybody preparing today. the college kids are home. waking up early to watch us. kevin: of course. [laughter] kevin: we start off with a chilly start from the teens to the mid-20 s across the area. it is all of new england, all the way down through the mid-atlantic states. we are expecting hardly a cloud in the sky. it is excellent for travel today with temperatures going anywhere from the low and mid 40 s. let s take a look at your wednesday morning ride. we are joined live by 95.7 wzid s deb davidson. good morning. deb: good wednesday morning, kevin. if you are starting your early morning commute, 93 is looking great. no delays from north of the notch down to the hooksett tolls , then from manchester into salem. 293 is a good ride from the mill yard into . if you are commuting into boston , it looks great on 93 south and route 3 south. this report is bei
Was watching windows cars got washed away. if the gulf of mexico and naples beach is in front of you and behind you is where the cars were, where are they now? where did they go? is there a junk yard now half a mile down? it s hard to actually see, but they all got pushed to the end of the road here. there was a high point there where they could reach the ground, so they got pushed. a few hours ago, a truck came in, where the wooden started pulling some of it out of the way. they have all been moved. it s only because it s dark, you can see. it looks like a junkie, aren t they were all flocking up and down, banging into each other. i will tell you, stephanie, me in my crew, we rent cars only travel. our cars are on the other side of the building. we definitely know one of them is not there. i m not been around to see four minus, but if this happened over here, it was a mirror image on the other side of the building. i will go looking for my car in the morning. then this takes me to