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Louisiana. and i want to talk about a couple specifics. this is the forecast radar imagery. this is a slow moving tropical system. whether or not it is a hurricane or tropical storm, it doesnt matter because this threat is really about the storm surge and the flooding that will come to this area most likely. because of the excessive amount of rainfall that we have in this forecast. you can see the flood threat there, we have about 5 million americans under a flash flood watch as we speak. and wh...

Into charleston. savanna 5.7 feet higher than average. charleston, 4.7 feet above high tide values. that is a significant concern, life threatening concern for that area. that is something to be something that people need to take seriously as we go forward in time. look at the amount of rainfall being produced from this storm. our computer models doing a great job depicting that dark shading of purple and shades of white thats approaching the upper echelon of our scale. 20 inches of rain availab...

Strong cat 3 winds. we get updates every three hours or so. this is the 2:00 a.m. update. it has dropped in strength by 10 miles per hour bringing to it a strong category 3. 120 miles per hour winds right around the center of circulation which by the way is becoming more defined. so this storm hasnt really lost its ability to strengthen just yet. er with, that eye wall is still over the warm ocean waters across this region which lgbt like jet fuel to help intensify and strengthen the storm. you ...

Buildings. it was lifting up. probably wasnt the best place to be. >> in iowa look at those ominous storm clouds. wow! in clinton, iowa, a twister downed trees and power lines and scattered debris. officials say no injuries reported. >> meteorologist derek van dam joins us with the latest. looking at that video of the truck flipping over because of the wind shows you the power of the storm. >> terrifying and extraordinary at the same time. we need three ingredients to get this severe weather out...

Place. so if we consider the fact that thunderstorms towering to 53,000 feet, the airplane requested to get to 38,000 feet, it didnt clear these thunderstorms. so it clearly made its way through some of the most turbulent parts of the thunderstorms that were present at that moment in time. what we have here is a satellite image taken at roughly the last point of contact with airasia flight and you can see weve highlighted with this green circle the convective or thunderstorm activity that was pr...

To 270 kilometres per hour. its expected to make landful later today. our own eric van dam is standing by with the details. derek, this storm is packing quite a punch. >> we are starting to peace together all the facemasks. this is the latest information i can pass along to you. and theres few important components i want you to realize in that this storm is now moving due west and its also slowed down. this is a concern for flooding. because as it finally makes its way inland across the central ...

The stage in the region. you can see windchill temperatures in boston 20 this morning in new york city. in new york city by midnight tonight you are going to be seeing the snow coming down heavily at times across portions of new jersey. the snow will be heavy for parts of the cape, maine, that is where we are looking at accumulations up to a foot of snow strong winds with the storm system dark shading shows wind gusts possible along the coastal areas. we have blizzard watches are the

Virginia. that snowfall has already begun falling out here we are talking about 2-3 feet of snow out here. interesting impact further off toward the west well inland away from sandy. shy of 400 miles southeast of the area. we have rain bands moving along shore across parts of delaware. the area in red has very heavy rain. we could see flooding very shortly. 10 inches of rain will be possible across portions of the mid atlantic. flooding a big concern. the wind is also starting to pick up across ...

Basically start weeks ago with the drought conditions across the southwest and we are between severe to extreme drought along many of the states, colorado, new mexico and parts of utah and nevada and, unfortunately, now were looking at hot temperatures, dry conditions, and also, some very strong winds, because of all of that we have a number of red flag warnings in effect this weekend across parts of nevada, utah, colorado and parts of the plains, like western portions of nebraska and also south...