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hurricane florence is a category 4, likely to make landfall along the coast of the carolinas friday morning between 6:00 a.m. and noon. this all could change, of course, and just look at this tonight. the eye clearly visible right there. a very strong storm. and one of the things they re also worried about is once it slams into the u.s., another system might just hold it in place, dumping several feet of rain. and at this hour, 10 million people in its path, this image says it all. both sides of the highway there in south carolina going in the same direction tonight to help people get out. millions across several states will be effected by this. north carolina s governor tonight warning this could be deadly. tonight, the newest track, when it hits and abc s steve osunsami leading us off. reporter: from charleston to columbia tonight, and from myrtle beach into north carolina and virginia, more than a million and a half people are heading one way away from danger. enough clot ....
thank you. president trump also advising people to heed those warnings and evacuate. in a statement from the oval office they haven t seen anything like what s coming at us in 25, 30 years, maybe ever. it s tremendously big and tremendously wet. tremendous amounts of water. it could very well be similar to texas in the sense that it s tremendous amounts of water. texas was the one that had, i would say, on this point probably brought more water than we ve seen in a storm or hurricane. and it went out for seconds and thirds. the president drew criticism for another statement he made. he praised his administration s response to hurricane maria in puerto rico where the death toll was just revised upwards from 64 to nearly 3,000. kaitlan collins with more from the white house now. reporter: president trump raising several eyebrows when he cited his administration s response to hurricane maria in ....
It means in the hours in between, there s going to be soul searching, there s going to be people looking at the track of the storm. and they believe all previous storms weakened before coming ashore. if this is a cat three, many people say, hey, i can take that. if it s a cat four, that makes them want to go. it is part math and part mysticism. but whatever it is, people on these islands are going to have to make as we to make their decisions today, otherwise they are here and could be trapped for a longtime without electricity and without any chaps of rescue. they re without any chance of rescue. they re preparing for power outages for some time. president trump advising people to heed warnings and evacuate. in a statement from the oval office they haven t seen anything like what s coming at us in 25, 30 years. ....
Even if you ve ridden out storms before, this one is different. don t bet your life on riding out a monster. this has the opportunity of being a very devastating storm. the power will be off for weeks. president trump: they haven t seen anything like what s coming at us in 25, 30 years, maybe ever. it s tremendously big and tremendously wet. we ve never had this on the east coast. i think we re very well prepared. bill: team fox coverage leads our hour. jonathan serrie in north carolina. first to meteorologist janice dean for the latest on the track and numbers and what you re seeing. a lot different than yesterday. we definitely know what will happen in the next 48 hours and past that all eyes will be on the storm and getting into a now casting situation. here is what we know. a very strong storm category 4. the last few frames of the ....
Success. here s abc s senior white house correspondent cecilia vega tonight. reporter: president trump today sounding the alarm and promising his administration is ready for hurricane florence. we are totally prepared, we re ready. we re as ready as anybody has ever been. they haven t seen anything like what s coming at us in 25, 30 years. maybe ever. it s tremendously big and tremendously wet. tremendous amounts of water. reporter: but even as he prepares for the coming storm, the president is raising eyebrows by praising his team s response to the last one puerto rico s devastating hurricane maria. i actually think it was one been de. reporter:he pside ignoring the fact that maria was the deadliest hurricane in modern american history. i think puerto rico was incredibly successful. puerto rico was an incredible unsung success. reporter: his response criticized from the beginning. ....