now the winds are storm force at jensen beach and hurricane-force winds are just 30 to 40 miles off theby 7:00, 8:00 i expect hurricane-force conditions here at jensen beach making its way northward toward melbourne and eventually possibly the most intense winds gusting to 120, 130, 140 up toward the kennedy space center toward midnight. that's where i expect the worst of the damage to occur. >> clearly, by the hour, the weather is worsening, right? >> absolutely. absolutely. it's gotten -- winds are sustained now at 40, gusts to probably 60 here on the coast, outer barrier islands at jensen beach. this will be the beginning of the worst damage. but as you go north up the coast toward the kennedy space center in jacksonville, vero beach up to the north, damage will be worse as we go north because that's where the hurricane will become its closest to the each coast. that's going to be happening anywhere from 9:00 p.m. through noon tomorrow. that will be the worst on the east coast. >> and those elderly people in those mobile homes which are right on that barrier island, very, very danger

are saying cooler temperatures can mean unwanted guests and a couple of snakes were poled out in jensen beach. speak of which we temperatures in our forecast. >> i don't like the sound of that at all but we do have cooler temperaturesm we are in the upper 60s and 71 in tampa right now. and that cooler air is filtering in from north to south and temperatures are in the mid60s mid50 has to north of citrus county and if you are waking up first thing, but by 10 o'clock we will be up to 67 degrees and topping out around 76 tomorrow. so if you want to do something fall festive like. head over to the little monster pumpkin's patch. between o'clock. and up to 3 thousand pumpkins given away. and more about what is ahead for the weekend. coming up in the 7 day forecast. >> thank you, south florida residence are more careful when they step out sides after a bear was wandering this neighborhood. they check the fatage when they noticed their garbage can was open. >> and a hacker gang claiming responsibility for a cyber attack that shut down twitter, netflix and pay pal on the coast. and over loading them

number of coming up from jensen beach coming north., palm tree limbs down and power lines, closer to 20 in the last 80 miles between jensen beach and cape canaveral but good thing is hurricane center adjusted the track slightly east from earlier forecast. these hurricanes approach the coast can wobble and eye wall opened up and getting absorbed in broader, increasing the storm. hurricane is trying to weaken a little bit, shifting right a little bit. may be really good news for the east coast of florida, may not be as much wind damage as we earlier thought today even through late this afternoon because it has to do with the eye. looks like it's going to stay offshore so going to literally come down to five to eight miles meaning the difference of heavy damage or none at all. that's the gradient. that's what we're seeing on the raid or. melbourne and miami, all afternoon. it's going to be a close call. >> we report that with a bit of a caveat because don't want people to get false sense of hope or security because the track could change

jensen beach reported a wind gus of 71 miles per hour right along the coastal area. stuart, florida reported gusts of 51 miles per hour. not hurricane force yet but it's just a matter of time. let's take a look at the current position of the storm. it still 50 miles east southeast of the beach. we're watching for the storm track to have the potential for rain, storm surge and flooding. we mentioned the 7 to 11 feed, it's right through this region here through coastal georgia and in through south carolina. part of reason is because of the bend that we naturally have and the angle at which the storm is working its way toward that area. eventually it will turn we hope sooner than later because as it does, it pushes that water up in this direction. that's why this area is going to be looking at a large storm surge potentially from hurricane matthew. the storm continues to pummel the islands of the bahamas. that's something we've been watching. it going to bring unfortunately a lot of wind and rain to the area. you do see that loop that's occurring down through potentiall

that is where we are getting 71 mile per hour wind gust there and the coastal areas of jensen beach.e are starting to see some of those stronger wind gust come through. we mentioned the one at stewart 55 miles per hour. >> when you look at this eye, obviously even since your shift started since we have been here, it is getting demonstrably closer to the coastline. fort pierce getting some good winds and all our friends in melbourne are about to see what this storm can do. what story does the eye tell you? >> it tells me something very important. the potential is that the storm might be weakening, and that is because i believe this storm went three what we call an eye wall replacement cycle. an ice skater when they want to go faster, they pull their arms in tight. when you see the eye wall that is smaller, when the arms are out or wider, perhaps we are seeing some weakening. let's take a closer look at the eye wall. one of the reasons we see that it has occurred. you can start to see a merger here between the two bands of rain right here. that shows that perhaps we are seeing that. an

i did have minor damage back at jensen beach a few miles ago. branches falling down.uple power flashes as the hurricane force winds are close to the coast line inlet here and hurricane force winds will be moving onshore within the hour or two hours 10 to 11:00. you will see power outages and transformers blow. it's continuing to deteriorate rapidly as the eye is approaching from the southeast about 80 miles out in the ocean at this time. >> how does this compare to the other storms that you have driven into? because they are saying we haven't seen a storm like this in at least 10 years and well beyond, potentially. >> well, the tough part about this one, no two hurricanes are alike. this one is going to create its own problems and damage. the interesting thing is if we can get the -- if the eye wall gets close ter shore and makes landfall up near the cape or possibly north of daytona and up ward jacksonville area, if the eye comes ashore, then all bets are off. that's when you will get the core wind of 120, maybe 130. that's where you will have more significant damage

you are looking live at the scene in jensen beach, florida this morning. more than 360- thousand are without power right now. people have been evacuating the area by the thousands, and those refusing to leave are now finding themselves cut off, as the potentially catastrophic hurricane prepares to make landfall. "it's here - its absolutely here. its not very far off the coast of palm beach... we are starting to see the impacts and it's a monster." along with the power outages, water and sewer service has been cut off for people living in saint johns county, to protect the water supply. right now, the storm is packing 120 mile an to 140 miles an hour, which could lead to a potentially deadly storm surge. "the winds are incredibly high and the rain" "you're talking about 8 to 12 inches and getting higher numbers past that." "storm surge - think about this 11 feet - possible...storm surge." "so in your house, if you're close - you could have storm surge and waves over your roof." in haiti, the hardest hit area, more than 260 people lost their lives. authoriti

he's in jensen beach florida. this is what you do is chase the storms. what are conditions like right now as you are driving around? and i'll make the point we don't see anyone else on the road. looks like a lot of people have gotten out. >> only people on the road over here is me and law enforcement. and they are out in full force. a number of county sheriffs as well. the state highway patrol is here in full force on the outer barrier island. a few elderly people staying in some mobile homes out here. very concerned about those people. i'll tell you. we're having some light damage. some telephone polls. tree limbs that kind of stuff off the big trees out here. and that's about the extent right now. hurricane forced wins are only 20 miles off the coast from my location at the coast of palm beach and just to the east of jensen. and by the way. freeport grand bahama, they were in the northeast eye wall for about the last four hours and they have taken a major hit. the damage will be extensive and possibly catastrophic at freeport. the eye wall is passing t

on the phone line from jensen beach on hutchinson island, welcome john. can you hear me? morning, stuart. how are you? >> i want how the storm hit you. you're on an island, urnihunker down, what was it like. >> 1:30 this morning it was getting pretty crazy and you could hear the wind and rain hitting the building. stuart: which kind of structure are you in? in your house? >> i'm in a condo, a 31 unit condo. stuart: any damage? >> just a couple of gutters, then the, you know, the palm fronds all around the yard. stuart: has the worst hit you yet or the worst still to come? >> the worst has hit us. no worries about storm surge or anything. we do have electricity and the water was turned on by the county this morning. stuart: do you think yourself lucky, john? are you glad you toughed it out. >> very fortunate, very fortunate. i believe the hurricane track turned slightly east again there and i think that's the part that saved us. >> just out of interest, john. why did you stay? >> i partly stayed because i have family close here and they all wanted to hunker down and so tha