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Couple storms in my coverage, 70 of these things, that defy the odds, they stop moving for a while. no guarantee. the bottom line is its moving slow, its lost its steering flow. the blocking ridge has go gone away. the impacts will be lasting. the surge on the coast, the battering waves, we had the mayor on earlier today, brian. he said they already lost a lot of sand and the core of engineers had just come in and pumped the beautiful beach behind me last winter. already day one ask theyve lost ...

Issue, its anything tidally connected, the tidal creeks, the waterways. thats why were so concerned that any of these low-lying areas where there are a lot of communities, that there could potentially be some storm surge into some of the structures. certainly, the oceanfront with the large battering waves. >> and thats before we get 2 feet to 3 feet of rain. so just imagine the effect that that will have. we see the storm approaching the coast right now. again, we have the radar imagery up. any ...

>> think so much. blake? >> what time of year when youve got to look toward the caribbean and the gulf. now we are watching tropical storm gordon which is bringing heavy rain and gusty winds to florida. that storm is heading for a northern gulf coast landfall tomorrow. possibly, a category one hurricane. warnings they are posted, meteorologist predicting battering waves, flash flooding, and a couple of isolated tornadoes and waterspouts could be a result as well. a hurricane watch has also been ...

45, a couple inches of rain. but the real impact -- and weve seen this for a couple of days along the entire eastern seaboard. battering waves, rip currents and beach erosion. well be dealing with this a couple days. now the forecast models indicate that jose will go out and come back. it may come back towards the east coast later this weekend or next week. and what that could do, and were hoping, is that it steers maria out to sea. so, maria is going to come towards the southeast as jose comes ...

Hit puerto rico in 85 years. so, this is a major hurricane. it could be catastrophic with land slides, flash flooding, 20 to 25 inches of rain in the mountains in puerto rico. not to say the u.s. virgin islands wont get hit hard. the islands that got hit barbuda, theyre going to be too far north. again, everything rushed to completion in puerto rico and the virgin islands tonight and tomorrow. >> and, mike, about whats behind you, how much of a wallop are portions of the east coast going to get ...

The real impact, battering waves, rip currents and beach ereegs. were going to be dealing with this for a couple more days. now the forecast models indicate it will go out and come back. it may come back towards the east coast later this weekend or next week. and what that could do and were hoping is that it steers maria out to sea. so maria is coming to come towards the southeast as jose comes back towards the west and theyre going to do this what we call dance. theyre going to go into orbit an...

Hurricane that weve ever seen. their records go way back, strongest hurricane weve ever seen in the atlantic basin. lets show you how impressive this storm is. this comes from our satellite that we launched into space back in november. and it grabs images every single minute. were sampling the storm constantly and look how impressive this storm is. hurricane force winds earlier this morning extended 45 miles outwide from the center. now they are 60 miles. the tropical storm force winds extend 16...

Part of sunday and the battering waves on the beaches, not so much here. let walk back through here. give you an idea of whats going on again. remember, the big difference with harvey versus any other hurricane weve seen maybe in memory, it could make two landfalls in texas. its got no steering flow. its going to slow down tonight and throw on its brakes. so for the next several days, at least, its going to meander in texas, maybe near the coast. maybe inland. that will impact the rain totals in...

For a hurricane to stay in the path, and that is why we are nervous, if the center stays offshore, this is going to be a prolonged event, battering waves, battering winds, storm surge, and feet of rainfall. >> leland: wamac, plus tornadoes we always worry about as well, janice dean, 55 minutes from now, well wait for that. thank you. >> shannon: breaking news on the white house, fox news learning from someone close to the situation the chief economic advisor gary cohn met with president trump, h...

Worst case scenario, storm surge inundation, thats how high the water will get above normally dry ground, could be over 8 feet, that is a lot of water. the storm surge is not just at the coast. the storm surge can extend miles inland. so it doesnt matter that you dont have a beach front home. you could be impacted by the storm surge well inland. you need to be aware of that. in addition, we expect significant damage to structures, battering waves and high tides. so the more vulnerable areas, hil...