st. george island mandatory evacuations are underway and fire chief says. >> we really want you off this island. >> these residents have chosen to stay. >> we've done everything we can to stay, it is too hard to pack >> they plan to ride out florida's hurricane in more than a decade. obviously that storm surge is something we really want to keep our eye on and news3 today will have a wrap. is. >> continuing the weather, is kevin janison, our weather authority. >> it's an enormous eye, collapsing really quickly once it landed. where the center of circulation actually make.landfall with the state of florida. they've had gusts to 67. on ground level they recorded antoinette feet above the surface at 90 miles per hour. these bands of yellow and orange, they are recording rain absolutely crazy. not only that, it will continue to move northeast at 15 miles per hour, so that's good news. you wouldn't have significant flooding as a result of the rain, but that storm surge is already, four inches of rain yesterday is now getting several more inches as these bands roll in and that's well away from

st. george island mandatory evacuations are under way. >> we really want you off this island. all these storms are serious because they're unpredictable, you know, and the scary part is when tornadoes spin off of them. >> reporter: despite the risks, rex and cindy whiteman have chosen to stay. >> we've done everything we can to prepare. and it's too hard to and this is home. >> reporter: prepared to ride out his first hurricane in more than a decade. gabe gutierrez, apalachicola, florida. >>> al roker joining us. when can we expect landfall? >> some time late tonight, savannah. but you can see the eye of the storm right now. this is strengthening. if there's any good news, it doesn't have a lot of time to strengthen much more. so that's good. we have tornado watches in effect in sfrl florida, and we're watching 85 miles south of apalachicola, 75 mile-an-hour winds. landfall late tonight in the panhandle. by early saturday afternoon it's off the carolina coast. the cone of uncertainty still includes boston, new york. it will continue to expand. we may be talking about this into

st. george island mandatory evacuations are under way. >> we really want you off this island. all these storms are serious because they're unpredictable, you know, and the scary part is when tornadoes spin off of them. >> reporter: despite the risks, rex and cindy whiteman have chosen to stay. >> we've done ev and it's too hard to pack up and leave. and this is home. >> reporter: prepared to ride out his first hurricane in more than a decade. gabe gutierrez, apalachicola, florida. >>> al roker joining us. when can we expect landfall? >> some time late tonight, savannah. but you can see the eye of the storm right now. this is strengthening. if there's any good news, it doesn't have a lot of time to strengthen much more. so that's good. sfrl florida, and we're watching hermine 85 miles south of apalachicola, 75 mile-an-hour winds. landfall late tonight in the panhandle. by early saturday afternoon it's off the carolina coast. the cone of uncertainty still includes boston, new york. it will continue to expand. we may be talking about this into early next week. we have tropical st

st. george's island but it's a matter of communicating with the community and making sure everyone knows what's going on. diane: if it strengthens to a hurricane it will be the first to make landfall in florida since 2005, more than a decade ago. >> i keep saying our time will run out and looks like it has. diane: there is good news. >> it looks like it will go fast once it hits land and we'll have a pretty nice weekend. doug: that was diane gallagher reporting. that looks about where the center will cross the coast after midnight and then accelerate by the northeast. by the time we get to t there will be effects on the coastal sections but we'll get a bit of an easy break and maybe showers and breezes but generally pretty good. this is the futurecast looking at this computer model, keeping the most intense precipitation to the southeast and be right at the edge of the steady rain. the winds, the strongest activity will be along the coastlines and then eventually ull out. when you get to the yellow that's a tropical depression with 30-mile-per-hour winds. there at 4:30, there's the wind

st. george island. i am hopeful that it will make nonetheless, this will cause flooding issues and be a big-time problem. we will see storm surge flooding and rainfall flooding, and then the question is, we're does this guy go as we head into the weekend? we have watches the georgia, carolinas, through to new jersey, so this could have issues for some time to come. around here, it is beautiful, wind at 21 miles per hour. we are on the u.s. bank building looking down at the new northwestern mutual building. not that much class left to go here. i'm sure they will get that done before it gets cold. it is gorgeous to see that in the background. 60 milwaukee. 67 water temperature lake michigan, so still warm. the dewpoint temperatures are very comfortable. that trend continues for a couple of days, but then we bring the stickiness back. the weekend forecast is looking humidity, back in the 80's next week. if you like it hot, enjoy it now, because as we move through september, the average high start in the mi

st. george island along the border. do we have that camera? we do not. well, we do know that that's storm. you can see, we are still seeing those rain bands moving along the coastline. and that red box, a reminder that we do have a tornado watch in effect for quite a few of our counties, through 11:00 tonight and there is some rotation and that's where we get those isolated tornado warnings. this last band, you won't see some condition starting to up a little bit. and, we get more breaks. and you will even see some tomorrow. but i think that we will see it letting off some in comparison to were have been. and, the one hurricane is making its way into the big bend area, a little bit later on tonight close to midnight. and, into the carolinas through the day. and it does look like at this winds deathly have a strong storm. and, it is heading into the carolinas. then we will continue to move offshore into the atlantic. and, as the cloud bands go to the storm that i into the panhandle overnight tonight, but there's a lot less on the southern side of the syst

st. george island, our main tourist area. but it's a matter of communicating with the community and making sure everyone knows what's going on."floridians haven't seen a hurricane hit the sunshine state in more than a decade. gov. rick scott/r florida : "it's life-threatening. we're going see a big storm surge. we're going to see a lot of rain. we're going see flooding. we're going to downed power lines. we're going to see, there's going to a be a lot of risk if we don't do our job everybody needs to be preparedbut forecasters say the landfall. in apalachicola, florida -- i'm chris welch. the packers kick-off the regulars season sunday september 11th in jacksonville. but there's still some business tonight to attend to, as they are gearing up for their 4th and final preseason game against the chiefs. tim van vooren is live in kansas city with a preview. the young guys need to shine tonight. "it's been exciting to watch these young guys play, we've got a lot of young guys who are making plays, impactful plays in games and that

st. george's island as well. they're still getting battered with it. and now the wind is coming from a different direction. and they're about to see the wind, the southern side of the eye wall move on shore. that also means it will push all that storm surge out of the area very quickly as well. so by the morning, we'll have a much better idea. i can tell you, cedar point saw its highest ever storm surge. when you think about the amount of storms that florida gets, tropical storms, the storm surge in cedar point which is around there, seeing its highest ever. are you surprised to get that kind of a level with a storm like this? >> i'm not very surprised because we've had a couple of tropical storms that have come in the last few years. and pushed a great deal of water and down at st. mark's. i honestly cannot remember the name of the tropical storm. but it gave a storm surge so high that it wiped out restaurants that were down there. in caravel we had a house. we have a house down there. chuck stubbs has a house. and they lost 25 feet of land because of

st. george island. madison stewart. a lot of roads close but interstate is now finally open. they are trying to clear highway but no major issues to suwannee sheriff a lot of down trees and no water damage that at this point. but everybody still doing assessments. hamilton sheriff reed, clearing roads and lot of special needs individuals in shelters. right now based on there assessment they don't have significant damage. and sheriff young and an emergency mkt director no major issues to report. lane county sheriff wood, same thing as i said before a lot of downed trees and power outages but they are working really hard. marion county sheriff, no major issues. he did tell me that one homeless a tree and passed away. earlier this morning florida national guard deployed recognizance teams. there are special forces doing search and rescue. we have six,000 national guards man who are stand ready to assist our state wildlife commission conducted search and missions with high water vehicles and multiple counties. heros across our state answered the call last night to help those in n

island boarding school. the investigator says st. george's in newport was a "private hell for some students." the report find as the least one out of every five female school's athletic screener in the 1970s. he was later fired and has since passed away. the report finds ten other school ploys have used 51, and police are unable to have charges in the case for a variety of reasons. paula? >>> abington police confirm tonight an 11-year-old boy shot another 11-year-old boy in the face. the question for investigators lynn wood street yesterday afternoon after the shooting. the boy was later medflighted to children's hospital in boston where he is doing well tonight. police say the gun was legally owned. the questions remain about its storage and how the children got their hands on it. >>> the u.s. postal service appears to be changing its message to the people of winchester. earlier in the week, we had the story about the stern letter that had been sent to homeowners saying that mail homes with improper front railings. just today a few days later, a homeowner sent us a copy of a new letter. they

island boarding school. among the findings, ten employees at st. george's school assaulted 51 students in the 19 50s and '80s. at least ten students were abused by fellow classmates. a school released a statement apologizing for the abuse, and encouraging any other victims to come forward. >>> one year after a new hampshire woman killed during her weekly walk, dozens of family and friends gathered last night for a vigil in her honor it was held in the manchester north end along the same route that 62-year-old denise robert was believed to be walking when killed in a drive-by shooting. the ceremony included many remembrance office dedicated saleswoman to worked for the union leader newspaper and also the oldest of 12 brothers and sisters. >> she possessed boundless that energy was infectious. >> everybody loved her, so i can't see anybody wanting to do harm to her. julie a $40,000 reward fund for any information about the murder. >>> boston school superintendent has concerns about charter school expansion. dr. tommy chang sat down with fox25 to discuss the u

island boarding school. among the findings, ten employees at st. george's school assaulted 51 students in the '70s and '80s. ten students were also abused by fellow classmates. the school released a statement apologizing for the abuse and encouraging any other victims to come forward. >>> 40 years ago a little boy disappeared from a lawrence not giving up on the search for andy felici. added a tool to the search, an anonymous text to tip line. police gathered with his family and friends at the pool where he was last seen. his family is overwhelmed by the number of people who are remembering him. >> and we hope and we play in there will be some closure some day. >> gene: there is a person of have in this case, but no one knows what happened to andy been arrested in connection to his disappearance. >>> a billerica woman is facing serious charges accused of stabbing a man she thought gave her daughter a lethal dose of heroin. police say that barbara tucker went to the restaurant where the man worked and stabbed him with an ice pick. tucker is charged with atte

island boarding school. that report says that ten employees at st. george's school sexually abused at least 51 students in the 1970s and '80s. it also found that one in five girls who attended that school at that time were attacked by an athletic trainer. ism friends and family of one of are preparing for a final farewell today. the two sisters were stabbed to death in their home last week. one sister was originally from stone hamp she was laid the rest on thursday. they both worked as nurse practitioners. neighbor has come forward saying he is responsible for their deaths. he reportedly lived in a metal shed right across the street from hem. he's being held without bail. >> christa: happening today, convicted rapist brock will be released from jail after serving three months. he's a former stanford university swimmer who sexually assaulted an unconscious woman behind a dumpster and was sentenced to six months in jail. public outcry at that sentence led to the judge's request to be removed from criminal cases. turner is being let out early on good behavior. n

st. marks and bed and breakfast was flooded down there and a lot of flooding yesterday. george island. madison sheriff stuart, roads closed but the interstate is now open. lafayette sheriff lamb, they're trying to clear the highway but no major issues. sheriff cameron, they're doing good but down trees. they have no water damage that the state -- at this point -- everybody is still doing assessment. sheriff reed, clearing roads and a lot of special-needs individuals in shelters. columbia sheriff hunter, they believe right now based on their ss have significant damage. gadsden sheriff young and their emergency director, no major issues to report. sheriff wood, same thing -- a lot of down treed, power outages, but they're working really hard. marion county sheriff gainey, no major issues. he did tell me that one homeless man in marion county was hit by a tree and passed away. florida national guard deployed reconnaissance teams beginning in crystal river and work up the coast. there are special forces doing search-and-rescue. we have 6,000 narc guardsmen ready to assist our state. florid