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Transcript for Hurricane Dorian churns just 100 miles off the coast of Florida
Tonight, hovering dangerously close to Florida. At this hour, it is churning just 100 miles off the coast. A major category 4 hurricane. Winds of 145 miles an hour, as we come on the air. Dorian already landing a devastating blow in the Bahamas, hammering the islands rerentlessly for more than 24 hours, a category 5 hurricane there. It was merciless. The images coming in of the horrific destruction in its wake. The flood waters surging in. Tens of thousands of homes damaged or destroyed tonight. At least five people are died. That toll growing. Tonight, where does this monster hurricane go next? And the models at this hour that show it coming very close to the coast. And how just a small shift in the coming hours could be devastating. Chief meteorologist ginger zee is live in Jupiter beach, Florida, tonight, with the newest track and the timing for us. Ginger? Reporter: David, it is so hard to imagine that that beast that is about 100 miles to my east-southeast has been stationary for the last two hours. It has only moved 16 miles since 7:00 A.M. This morning. But it will start its path north-northwest tonight. It will start tonight, go through tomorrow and that’s what that track shows. So, it remains offshore. Remember, a hurricane is not a point. It is a wider thing than that. 45 miles outside of the center. You can feel hurricane-force so, all the way up through Georgia, South Carolina, north Carolina, we’re going to be talking about this through the end of this week. Let’s talk about why, though. A lot of people are asking, how and when it is going to move? Because it hasn’t. Well, you’ve been blocked by this ridge of high pressure and another one, actually, over the but you see on this water vapor imagery, that trough is going to help kick it to the north and it will work kind of like a gear and it starts to slide it up the coast and away from the U.S. So, that’s what we’re looking for. It eventually makes its way up to cab that day. In the meantime, you don’t have it have to hit you to have wind gusts up to near 70 miles per hour like we will here tomorrow look at the northern part. Daytona at 50. The hurricane watches go all the way up to South Carolina. You can also see four to seven feet of storm surge, David. And just to reiterate, ginger, this is not about landfall. You will feel the affects of this along the east coat. Reporter: You will, absolutely will. Rainfall, especially up in south Carolina and North Carolina, too. We’ll track it all week with you, ginger, thank you.
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