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>> impressive, supertyphoon meranti. these are thousands of pounds of shipping containers blown over near taiwan. how about this, on your scooter, sheet metal. oh. the helmet saved him. pretty impressive stuff. back to the safety. tropical storm julia has moved off the southeast coastline thankfully, windows are at 40 miles per it's all off shore. that's great. the forecast path butts it off the florida coast. we will have large waves. >> that will be the worst of it out there. we are lucky to not have any impact from julia. here's a closer look at the day ahead. we're also going to watch some thunderstorms today possible, forth dock, south dakota, down through areas of iowa and nebraska. there is a chance for wind

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