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>>> HURRICANE MICHAEL WAS AND IS NO JOKE.
FEMA IS SAYING THIS IS THE
WORST STORM SYSTEM TO HIT THE
STATE OF FLORIDA SINCE
HURRICANE ANDREW BACK IN 1992.
>> THIS IS WHERE MICHAEL IS
RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW. THE MASSIVE STORM IS PROMPTED
PRESIDENT TRUMP TO DECLARE A
STATE OF EMERGENCY IN FLORIDA.
>> THEY ARE GOING TO NEED ALL
THAT EXTRA HELP FROM THE
GOVERNMENT WHEN THE STORM HAS
FINISHED ITS WRATH.
>> HERE IS HOW MICHAEL WENT
FROM A LOW-LEVEL STORM TO A CAT
4 TO A MONSTER IN LESS THAN ONE
DAY.
DAY.
>>>IT
>>>IT IS
>>>IT IS NOW A CATEGORY 4 STORM.
STORM.
STORM. ALTHOUGH MOVING CLOSE TO 5.
THE MOST POWERFUL STORM ON
RECORD EVER TO HIT THIS PART OF
THE GULF COAST.
>> >> HURRICANE
MICHAEL PUTTING ON A SHOWCASE
OF NATURAL POWER.
>> THERE IT GOES.
>> HITTING THE PANHANDLE AT
SUSTAINED WINDS AT 155 MILES AN
HOUR.
HOUR.
HOUR. CATEGORY 4.
CATEGORY 4. JUST 2 MILES FOR HOUR SHORT OF
THE CATEGORY 5.
WHICH CAN STAKE OUT STRUCTURES.
>> IN FACT, SOME OF THE
REPORTERS THAT YOU SEE OUT
THERE ARE HIT WITH WINDS THE
SAME OR HARDER THAN WHAT IT
WOULD FEEL LIKE SKYDIVING AT
TERMINAL VELOCITY.
TERMINAL VELOCITY. >> I CAN NOT STRESS ENOUGH HOW
DANGEROUS THIS STORM SURGE CAN
BE.
BE.
BE. >>
BE. >> COASTAL RESIDENTS HAD
WARNINGS TO EVACUATE.
AS NASA EXPLAINS WE CAN PREDICT
THE HIT OF A HURRICANE PRETTY
WELL.
WELL.
WELL. PREDICTING STRENGTH, IT IS
DIFFICULT.
DIFFICULT. LAST YEAR HURRICANES JOSE,
HARVEY, IRMA, MARIA PICKED
UPINCE TENSITY BEFORE LANDFALL.
HOW IT WENT FROM A CATEGORY 1
TO A CATEGORY 5 IN LESS THAN 18
HOURS.
HOURS.
HOURS. MICHAEL FOLLOWED SUIT TODAY.
GOING FROM A CATEGORY 1 TO A 4.
IN JUST A DAY.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT SCIENTISTS
CALL RAPID INTENSIFYING.
IT IS COMBINATION OF WARM
WATER, 80 DEGREES.
WIND, SLICING INTO A STORM AND
KILL ITS STRENGTH.
OVERALL.
OVERALL.
OVERALL. STORM SURGE.
STORM SURGE. WIND SPEED MADE IT THE MOST
POWERFUL STORM TO HIT THAT SIDE
OF FLORIDA.
OF FLORIDA. AND GO WE ARE JUST LOOKING AT
THE PRESSURE.
THE PRESSURE. IT IS THE THIRD STRONGEST
HURRICANE EVER RECORDED IN THE
U.S. >> THAT THREAT
FAR FROM OVER AS MICHAEL
CONTINUES EAST.
CONTINUES EAST. YOU JOIN US TO TALK ABOUT WHAT
IS NEXT FOR HURRICANE MICHAEL
THAT IS MY BROTHER'S NAME, BY
THE WAY.
THE WAY.
THE WAY. I GOT HIM ON THAT.
>> BOTTOM LINE, THE HURRICANE
JUST MOVE INTO GEORGIA.
IT WAS STILL A CATEGORY 3 AN
HOUR AGO.
HOUR AGO.
HOUR AGO. NOW IT IS A CATEGORY 2.
WE WILL TALK ABOUT THIS.
IMPRESSIVE STORM.
IMPRESSIVE STORM. YOU CAN SEE THE STATS ON THE
TOP.
TOP.
TOP. 100
TOP. 100 MILE-AN-HOUR WINDS THAT ARE
OUT AROUND 40 MILES FROM THE
EYE.
EYE.
EYE. IT
EYE. IT IS MOVING NORTH/NORTHEAST AT
13.
13.
13. THAT
13. THAT IS THE GOOD NEWS.
IT MOVED QUICKLY.
SO, THAT RESIDUAL RAIN THAT
HAPPENED WITH A NUMBER OF OTHER
STORMS INCLUDING HARVEY AND
FLORENCE, NOT HAPPENING.
BUT, THE PROBLEM IS, THIS THING
IS GOING TO MOVE OVER ATLANTA
TONIGHT WITH A STRONG STORM.
THE WINDS WILL PROBABLY BE
AROUND 70 MILES AN HOUR.
THEN IT MOVES OVER RALEIGH AND
IN NORTH CAROLINA WHERE
FLORENCE WAS JUST LET'S THAN --
LESS THAN A MONTH AGO.
>> A LOT OF DESTRUCTION WITH
HARVEY AND MARIA ARE THEY GOING
TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH
WATER JUST DUMPING ON THEM FOR
A LONG PERIOD OF TIME OR FAST
MOVEMENT IT WILL BE IN AND OUT?
>> IT WILL NOT HAVE A PROBLEM
-- WE AREN'T GOING TO HAVE THAT
PROBLEM.
PROBLEM.
PROBLEM. THE MOST RAIN THAT FELL IN THE
LAST FEW HOURS AND THE STORM IS
MOVING QUICKLY WAS ONLY ABOUT 5
INCHES.
INCHES.
INCHES. >> THAT IS GOOD.
>> THAT IS REALLY GOOD NEWS.
SO, SOME OF THE STORMS THAT
CAUSE THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS,
SANDY WAS NOT EVEN A HURRICANE
WHEN IT CAME TO THE CATEGORY
BUT IT CAME AND IT JUST HIT THE
COAST FOR DAYS, HARVEY WAS OVER
HOUSTON FOR 3-1/2 DAYS, 50
INCHES OF RAIN FELL.
FLORENCE, 36 INCHES OF RAIN
FELL IN PARTS OF NORTH
CAROLINA.
CAROLINA.
CAROLINA. SO THAT IS BECAUSE IT SAT AND
SUCKED IN THE MOISTURE.
THAT ONE IS GONE.
GOOD NEWS.
GOOD NEWS. >> DOES IT RETAIN THE POWER?
IT IS FUELED BY THE OCEAN AND
THE HEAT COMING OFF OF THE
OCEAN, BUT IS IT STILL A STRONG
STORM FOR ONLAND?
>> REALLY STRONG.
IT WAS STILL CATEGORY 3 MOVING
INTO GEORGIA.
INTO GEORGIA. THAT IS REMARKABLE.
COMPARING FLORENCE, HARVEY AND
SANDY AND THEY WERE CATEGORY 4,
CATEGORY 1 AND NOT EVEN A
HURRICANE.
HURRICANE. THE FACTORS ARE POPULATION,
ELEVATION, GEOGRAPHY AND THEN
THE ATMOSPHERE AND THE OCEAN
AND HOW THINGS ARE LINING UP
ACROSS THE REGION.
OF COURSE, AS YOU MENTIONED,
THE STORM SURGE.
THAT WAS A BIG PROBLEM IN
FLORIDA.
FLORIDA.
FLORIDA. STORM SURGE 13-15 FEET.
ALONG WITH THAT THE WINDS THAT
WERE 155 MILES FOR HOUR.
>> THAT WAS UNBELIEVABLE VIDEO.
IF YOU WERE WATCHING LESTER
HOLT AND HE SAW AND PEEKED OUT
THE WINDOW AND IT LOOKED LIKE A
CAR WASH.
CAR WASH.
CAR WASH. A WOMAN SAW THE HOUSE TIP OVER.
I CAN NOT IMAGINE WHAT THAT
LOOKS LIKE.
LOOKS LIKE. >> THEY SAID A LOT OF PEOPLE IN
THAT AREA JUST DID NOT HAVE THE
MONETARY CAPACITY TO LEAVE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE HAD TO STAY.
SO, HOPEFULLY WE WILL FIND OUT
WHAT