A very high level. Some are saying its one of the biggest storms ever to hit our country. It built very rapidly,ed a briefing with secretary of Homeland Security and the administrator of fema and we are watching Hurricane Michael. Its just hitting shore now. Winds are going up to close to 200 miles an hour. Category 4. You dont hear about that. Its the most powerful recorded storm to strike the Florida Panhandle ever. It will bring with it anywhere from 150 mile to almost 200 mile an hour winds. The storm surges could be up to 15 feet. Additional rainfall could also produce Flash Flooding at the highest levels. We have been in constant communications with governor rick scott of florida. With all the authorities in the various states. Were very well prepared for massive amounts of food and we have First Responders all over, the Electrical Companies are staged and ready to go in after the storm. Over a thousands trucks. We have large amounts of food and water and Everything Else that you
on another day in another twist the alex murdoch story, he says he will turn himself on police today for conspiracy to commit insurance charges. and we are investigating a death without murdoch s housekeeper slipped and fell in 2018. busy morning here at the hampton county jail house. at this one story brick building is not ringed by satellite trucks as the world follows this murdoch murder mystery. curtis smith, the man accused of trying to shoot alex murdoch in the head is not before the judge inside this jail and he stands accused of assisted suicide. murdoch tried to hire him to kill him so the $10 million in insurance money could be passed on to his surviving son. we expect to be murdoch later today for conspiracy to commit
the window. the window is cracked. i m going to try to get the microphone over here. i lost something. lost my phone. i want to let you hear what it sounds like for a second. it s like a jet engine blowing past us. when we had the window open, it was running parallel to us. driving water, standing water, some minor flooding in the parking lot but trees falling down, bending over. very concerned about some of the power lines in this area. hard to know how many people are staying in this hotel. it s a three-story, brick hotel. we chose it because it s place we could shelter. it was a place out of wind we could shelter the satellite truck. we feel safe here. that said, the building have shifted a few times with the stronger gusts. this is the real deal. this is not stand in the teeth and report. this is stay inside your room or
let us know what you are going. we were looking at him half an hour ago. can you hear us? put this in perspective. now standing out there on the patio of the hotel. there was no wind there. he s facing the building at the moment. the building was blocking the wind. that s why the surf didn t look so serious and why it didn t look so serious. he pulled out into an alley where you can see the wind and it was remarkable. now he s in that same spot. a baseball helmet. we saw the out door swimming pool. looked like you were looking at the ocean. the wind has changed. i m glad he has that helmet on. the video going around, jim cantore had a two by four that flew maybe 10, 15 feet passed it. if it would have hit him, it would have been ugly. reporter: came across about
the hallway. lester, for people who live in the area who did not evacuate who are not in three story brick structures in a rural area where there s a number of mobile homes, what is it like for the structures outside the building where you are? reporter: i don t know. we came in here last night. we drove out a couple of hours ago. i needed to shoot an on camera stand up for a nightly news story i m working on. when we left the conditions looked okay. by the time we got to where we wanted to be ten minutes later, it was in the danger zone. i can t imagine if you re not in a modern structure what this would be like. i m not a hurricane expert. i ve never been in one where i felt in imminent danger. this one, i m going to say it again in is the real deal. these winds are fierce.