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>>> LIVE
>>> LIVE FROM ATLANTA, 11ALIVE AT 6 STARTS NOW.
>> HURRICANE DORIAN CONTINUES
TO GET STRONGER AS IT TAKES AIM
AT FLORIDA'S ATLANTIC COAST.
IT WAS UPGRADED TO A CATEGORY
THREE LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
>>> THE TRACK IS MOVING FURTHER
SOUTH AND HERE IS THE LIVE LOOK
AT RIVIERA BEACH, WHICH IS
EXPECTED TO TAKE A DIRECTIVE
FROM DORIAN, LOOK HOW GORGEOUS
THAT WATER AND SKY 4@AND CLOUDS
BUT MAN, IT IS CHANGING AND
COULD MAKE LANDFALL AS A
CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE, THAT
IS TERRIFIC.
IS TERRIFIC. FOR THE LATEST VERY LATEST
UPDATE WE INCREASE THE THREAT
FOR GEORGIA AS WELL.
12 SOUTH JORDAN COAST NOW UNDER
FOR GEORGIA AS WELL. 12 SOUTH JORDAN COAST NOW UNDER@
A STATE OF EMERGENCY THAT FREES
UP THE FEDERAL MONEY FOR
PREPARATION AND RESPONSE AND
RECOVERY AS WELL.
HERE IS WHERE WE STAND RIGHT
NOW.
NOW.
NOW. WE
NOW. WE ARE STILL SEVERAL DAYS OUT
FROM THE STORM.
HOLIDAY IS UPON US.
AND IT BE MAKING LANDFALL AND
THE ESTIMATION, MAYBE MORE THAN
A GUESS, IS THAT IT WILL COME
ON MONDAY.
ON MONDAY. SO THINGS CAN CERTAINLY CHANGE
IT.
IT.
IT. >>
IT. >> ABSOLUTELY IN ADVANCE OF THE
STORM WE LEARNED ORLANDO'S
AIRPORT IS GOING TO CLOSE ON
MONDAY LEAVING SOME TRAVELERS
STRANDED ON SUCH A BUSY HOLIDAY
WEEKEND.
WEEKEND.
WEEKEND. SOMETHING ELSE TO BE AWARE OF
IT.
IT.
IT. >>
IT. >> TO
IT. >> TO GET TO SAMANTHA MOHR FOR
MORE ON THE STORMTRACK AND I'LL
BE INTERESTING TO FOLLOW THE
TIMING.
TIMING.
TIMING. >> THE TIMING, IT IS GOING TO
BE 4@4@EXCRUCIATINGLY SLOW.
IT'S GOO4@D BECAUSE IT GETS
PEOPLE TIME TO GET OUT AND GET
TO A SAFE PLACE BUT, IT IS
MOVING 4@SO SLOWLY.
AND EXPECTED TO SLOW DOWN EVEN
MORE.
MORE.
MORE. WHAT AN IMPRESSIVE LOOKING EYE
THERE. 4@4@
THERE. 4@4@ IN FACT, I NEEDED TO GET AWAY
FROM THAT, LOOK AT THIS EYE IT
IS JUST SO SYMMETRICAL.
THE STORM ITSELF IS NOT HUGE.
THE TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS
GOING OUT, ONLY 30 MILES, IS
NOT A HUGE STORM, BUT IT'S VERY
WELL-FORMED, AND OV4@ER AN AREA
THAT IS REALLY RIGHT TO
INTENSIFY THIS HURRICANE EVEN
MORE.
MORE.
MORE. WE'VE HURRICANE WARNINGS IN
PLACE FOR THE NORTHERN BAHAMAS.
HURRICANE WATCH AND PLACE HERE,
FOR THE SOUTHERN BAHAMAS, THE
NORTHERN BAHAMAS LIKELY FEELING
THE IMPACT THE TROPICAL STORM
FORCE BY SATURDAY NIGHT AND
SUNDAY.
SUNDAY.
SUNDAY. HURRICAN4@E FORCED FORCE WINDS.
YOU CAN SEE THE CONE OF
UNCERTAINTY.
UNCERTAINTY. I DEVELOPED THE WHOLE STATE OF
FLORIDA.
FLORIDA.
FLORIDA. SO, IT IS VERY LIKELY THAT IT
IS GOING TO HIT 4@THE COASTLINE
SOMETIME AS WE HEAD INTO LABOR
DAY ITSELF, LATE IN THE DAY AS
A CATEGORY FOUR STORM AND THE
MODELS REALLY COMING INTO
AGRE4@EMENT THAT IT IS GOING TO
BE T4@AKING THAT NORTHERLY TURN
WITH HIGH PRESSURE TO OUR NORTH
DOUBLE HELP DIRECT THAT RIGHT
UP THE COAST.
AND THAT WILL TAKE IT ALONG OUR
COASTLINE, MOST 4@LIKELY BY
MIDDLE OR LATE WEEK.
4@
MIDDLE OR LATE WEEK. IT'S GOING TO BE A SLOW MOVER
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HUGE STORM
SURGE AND SOME 20 INCHES OF
RAIN THE BAHAMAS, EVEN 18
INCHES POSSIBLY ALONG THE COAST
OF FLORIDA.
OF FLORIDA. COMING UP WILL TALK MORE ABOUT
THOSE IMPACTS FOR THEM AS WELL
AS FOR US.
>>> EMERGENCY RESPONDERS AROUND
ATLANTA ARE GETTING READY FOR
DORIAN.
DORIAN.
DORIAN. THE RED CROSS IS SENDING
SUPPLIES TO SOUTH GEORGIA.
FEMA HAS A COMMAND CENTER SET
UP IN DeKALB COUNTY.
ILL TURN INTO A VERY BUSY
HOLIDAY WEEKEND FOR EVERYBODY
THERE I IMAGINE?
>> WELL, THE FOLKS HERE IN THIS
ROOM ARE USING THE WORD PRE-
POSITION TO DESCRIBE WHAT IS
4@GOING ON AT THIS PARTICULAR
STAGE OF DISASTER, 4@OF
PREPARATION.
PREPARATION. THEY ARE PRE-POSITIONING
SUPPLIES, THEY ARE PRE-
POSITIONING PERSONNEL FOR THE
STORM, REALIZING, OF COURSE, 4@
THAT THE STORM IS STILL THREE
OR SO DAYS AWAY FROM ACTUALLY
HITTING LAND.
HITTING LAND. >> RIGHT NOW WITH THE PATH OF
DORIAN WERE HAVING TO4@ MAKE SU
THAT WE DON'T JUST PRE-POSITION
FORCES AND SUPPLIES TO FOCUS ON
FLORIDA WE GOT A LOOK 4@AT
GEORGIA AS A CAROLINA, ALABAMA
AND POSSIBLY MISSISSIPPI.
>> THE 80 PEOPLE IN THE FEMA
COMMAND CENTER ARE FROM THE
U.S. FOR SERVICE.
>> Reporter: REPRESENT AN
ALPHABET TUBE OF 18 FEDERAL
AGENCIES.
AGENCIES.
AGENCIES. THERE ARE PREPOSITIONING
SUPPLIES, AND WORKERS NEEDED TO
CLEAR ROADS, HELP EVACUEES AND4
STORM VICTIMS.
STORM VICTIMS. WITH THREE DAYS OF UNCERTAINTY
BEFORE THE 4@STORM HITS.
>> WE WANT THEM TO STAY SHARP
AND FOCUSED AND THE ONLY WAY TO
DO THAT IS TO MAKE SURE WE PACE
OURSELVES AND ATTACK THE CRISIS
AT HAND.
AT HAND.
AT HAND. BUT, BE THIN4@KING 2-3 DAYS DOW
AT HAND. BUT, BE THIN4@KING 2-3 DAYS DOW@
THE LINE AND WHAT OTHER CRISIS
MIGHT PRESENT ITSELF.
>> ACROSS TOWN THE RED CROSS
WAS 4@LOADING SUPPLIES ONTO
TRUCKS TO STOCK EMERGENCY
SHELTERS.
SHELTERS.
SHELTERS. SUPPLIES FOR PEOPLE DRIVEN FROM
THEIR HOMES BY A DAMAGING
STORM.
STORM.
STORM. >>
STORM. >> JUST KIND OF STANDING BY,
BEING READY, NO SHELTERS OPEN
AT THE TIME BUT THAT DOESN'T
MEAN I WON'T HAPPEN IN THE
FUTURE.
FUTURE.
FUTURE. >> Reporter: THESE TRUCKS YOU
WILL PREPOSITION UNTIL DORIAN
HIT LAND.
HIT LAND.
HIT LAND. >> THE RED CROSS IS EXPE4@CTING
TO AT LEAST SET UP OR PLAN FOR
SHELTERING OPERATIONS OF FOR
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.
>> Reporter: THEY DON'T KNOW
YET WHERE, OR WHEN.
THEY WILL PREPOSITION PEOPLE 4@
AND SUPPLIES.
AND SUPPLIES. STAGE THEM ALSO IS ANOTHER WORD
THAT THEY USED TO.
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