Tonight, the state of emergency as hurricane errand storms towards the east coast, winds already

topping 100 miles an hour, lightning flashing through the eye of the storm as the season's first

major hurricane gets closer, rough waves slamming down with dangerous surf conditions threatening

nearly the entire east coast up to New York City.

Evacuations extended in the outer banks. Will homes like these survive? Plus, the White House

preparing for a possible meeting between Putin and Zelensky as President Trump declares

he won't send American ground troops to Ukraine. The latest on the urgent push for peace, plus our exclusive interview with French President

Macron and his warning about Putin.

Debris shooting into the air after a major explosion in North Carolina.

Multiple firefighters injured after authorities say a driver plowed into a gas line and sped away.

New technology debuting today, helping flyers race through nearly every part of security at the

airport. We'll show you how it works and the airport's rolling it out. Wild moments caught on camera,

a car crashing into a restaurant sending two food bloggers flying.

The new COVID vaccine guidance for toddlers from the nation's leading pediatricians at odds

with the health secretary. And when a car factory worker lost his wallet in an SUV, he helped

build a decade ago, he never thought it would come back to him 151,000 miles later.

Nightly News starts right now.

This is NBC Nightly News with Tom Yamas.

And good evening. Hurricane Aaron is churning over the Atlantic, growing in size as it makes its way north.

At this hour, the Category 2 storm is still hundreds of miles away, but its power is already being felt up and down the east coast.

Early storm surge, you see it here, causing coastal flooding in North Carolina as intense waves and life-threatening

rip currents shut down beaches up and down the East Coast. The size of the storm is comparable to that

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