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Inches of rainfall as we head into tuesday and wednesday for our sunshine state. watching this, tampa got record rainfall just a couple of weeks ago. in the pacific incredible category 3 or higher, we have hurricanes 1, 2, 3 of them. this is the most crucial. hurricane ignacio we think moving towards the west-northwest 8 miles per hour. category 3 ignacio. as we move closer to hawaii over the next several days we think most of the computer models say north of hawaii but we still got that cone of...

You said they intensify, they weaken, they intensify. this storm has been very, very difficult to pin down with an actual track as well as intensity. the models have been all over the place. one thing theyre agreeing on would be the rainfall. it is now heading over haiti and we are expecteding anywhere from 2-6 inches of rain in that area. however, we are going to see ice lated amounts, even higher. its a very mountainous terrain. so were going to see the possibility of flooding as well as lands...

And they would put out a forecast, but after that time, messaging became different and they included things in the message like this is a life threatening situation and people need to get in shelters immediately. and messaging for all of us as meteorologist is so hard. and people dont always listen to everything we say. and you look at the cone of uncertainty and in many ways, i am outside of it and i am find and they dont understand they can shift and focus on the center of it and it doesnt sta...

Are dead on his island. more than 20 people are unaccounted for at this time. the pictures are incredible. chad myers is tracking the storm from the cnn weather center in atlanta. chad? >> this thing could be a hurricane but the forecast is for it not to be one because its going to drive itself over so much land. the first land will be the dominican republic and haiti. the secondary ya is over parts of cuba and the third area will be over florida. at least thats the center of the cone of uncerta...

To a 65 mile area and that is for new orleans and that is on the right. >> this is giving a good indication of seeing how wide it is on the right. that is what it was. the five day cone of uncertainty and that is decreased around 40 percent. and the track of the forecasting is more accurate and past of what we are getting accurate at three days, we are getting accurate at five days. >> it is it important and so dangerous for forecasters to err on either side. if you sound the a were larm bells a...

Who watch our weather reports ahead of these big hurricanes is that weve gotten better at predicting not only the strength but the path of these particular storms. noaa said models are in the process of improving 50% since katrina made land fall. i want to show you something. this is quite fe nm nphenomenal. we are talking about kmucation ability of our super computers that forecast the paths of the particular storms. and here is a great example. in 2005 when katrina made land fall looked like. ...

Beijing. he was able to walk it off after he did a back roll there. he was okay. those are headlines. back to you steve. >> man oh man. he needs those legs. thank you very much. meanwhile, fox news alert. this is something a lot in the country are looking at now. tropical storm erika leaving a path of destruction as it barrels towards the united states. apparently its out in the caribbean. [ screaming ] >> a church swallowed by raging flood waters. four dead, 20 others missing so far. the stor...

Hard time understanding where this will go until it gets on the north side of dominican republic. 50 mile per hour winds. here is the forecast track. dont look at these center icons, look at the cone itself. so if the storm continues on this track the forecast, national hurricane center has, it will most likely run up the spine of florida around the florida keys, miami about a 45 to 50 mile per hour tropical storm. it could strengthen over the waters of the bahamas and become a hurricane. if it ...

After a storm triggered mudslides. that number is expected to rise. the main airport was damaged along with several bridges, roadways, homes and vehicles. right now, the center of erika is approaching the dominican republic, as several island countries brace for heavy rains, and florida is keeping an eye on erika as the cone of uncertainty grows. lets get right to bill karins. bill, where is the storm headed? >> its headed for florida. that much we do know. what is going to be left by the time i...

State of emergency today as tropical storm erika inches closer and closer to the sunshine state, and for good reason. take a look at this, havoc, absolute havoc it is wreaking in the caribbean. this river raging uncontrollable. torrential rain there killing 12 people in dominica, more than 20 are missing. cnn meteorologist chad myers live for us in the severe "weather center" with more. what is it looking like? is it going to hit florida directly? >> well, thats the center of the cone. you know,...