partnering with nasa to fly a global hawk drone the same once used for the military for spy missions now captuing these images than traditional aircraft do and flies longer. we can stay on station over the storm a longer period of time. >> reporter: storm surge expected to be a major problem up florida's gulfcoast. right now, there are mandatory evacuations under way in franklin conti, the florida panhandle and several coastal communities starting to flood even before this storm makes landfall. >> thank you. al roker is here with us, a real busy time in a mess on your map there. >> we've been talking about this system two weeks and will be talking about it into next week. 45 miles an hour winds and stationary but you see the rain bands already pushing out. we look for landfall sometime in this florida panhandle late thursday evening and continues up the coast. look at the cone of uncertainty. this is the latest we've gotten from boston, new york, philly, providence, washington, all have to worry about this labor day weekend. we have hurricane watches from destin to the bay. look for hurricane wat

tonight, that newl released dramatic dash cam captuing a pileup in new york, leaving some drivers trapped in wreckage seconds earlier was their car. it happened in the city of binghamton and now the mayor there is thanking rescuers, many driver. miguel has the story. >> reporter: like an out of control missile shooting down route 17 in new york, a tractor-trailer slammed into traffic leaing a car engulfed in flames and a debris field a quarter mile long. >> there were cars scattered everywhere, pieces of cars all over the place. >> reporter: through the mangled mess of cars, ed spotted one vehicle on fire, smoke and flames pouring from the sedan and an inside. >> the doors wouldn't open, the windows wouldn't go down. she was screaming to help her get out. >> reporter: he ran to find a fire extinguisher and chris white jumped in to help. >> all the doors were shut due to impact from collision. >> reporter: soon others joined the road rescue. the car door was jammed, the inferno growing and using the flames. >> it must have been very scary for her to be in the car when interest was on fire

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