Driving Winds News Today

hello. live in atlanta, 3:00 a.m. in florida. we continue to follow the path of hurricane ian. now, weaker, but still a major worry. that hurricane has finally been downgraded to a category-1 storm, but its still moving menacingly right above the state of florida and heading northeast winds, approximately 75 miles or 125 kilometers per hour, still lashing large sections of the state.just 12 hours after it crashed in southwest florida as an almost category-5 hurricane. as you can imagin...

strong winds and heavy rain are battering the orlando area as the storm moves its way toward the atlantic ocean. the storm created catastrophic flooding that left entire communities under several feet of water and sent cars and debris floating down streets. take a look at these images. the water was just relentless. crews are still carrying out emergency rescues on land, air and sea. in bonita springs, a group of good samaritans rescued an elderly man stranded in his car in surging flo...

Partying as the waves are crashing over the top, thinking its funny. we get a lot of that, folks here who have never lived through a hurricane. maybe it doesnt seem that bad, but they can ride it out with a hurricane party or not. i would say, thats the exception and not the rule. those exceptions are what our first responders have to respond to windows folks realize they are in over their heads. we had a lot of accidents today in the country with first responders. >> this is the expression come...

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I anticipate that is something that will happen in the coming weeks, at least in the near future. we know he is wittling his choices >> a gustnado on friday. for a weak short-lived tornado like a vortex. it is a tornado light if you will. the storm accompanied by driving winds and hail. to give you a live look at wichita, kansas where more storms are affected. in wisconsin, a tornado touched down, downing trees and power lines there. a state of emergency remains in effect in st. paul, mississipp...

Thats what these people are doing in british columbia. an avalanche down boulder mountain over the weekend killing two men from alberta. 30 others were hurt. about 200 people were watching a snowmobile competition when the avalanche happened. police believe theyve accounted for everyone. its not snow but rain and wind causing headaches for so many people in the northeast, right, rob? yeah, well, the snow from this past winter didnt help either because you had a tremendous snowpack. some of tha...

As far as the rainfall, youre going to see it all the way from d.c. up through new york, back through boston so an area of low pressure is back up through here and were seeing not only rains but some winds across parts of boston. i think we have a live shot. take a look. another nasty day for you. a lot of rain on the lens there. our affiliate out that way showing an incomplement day. temperatures not all that mild but we have winds coming in off the ocean so its not a real, real cold event now....

Like you see here in connecticut. those trees going down easily because the ground is already so soaked from a record snow this winter. the trees also vulnerable from wind gust that is reached hurricane speed. power lines went down leaving half a million homes in the dark yesterday. tens of thousands of people still waiting to get their power back. our i-reporter andrew sommerfed. a large tree crushing a car. thankfully nobody was inside. that same tree from another a angle, you can actually t...

At the bottom of the hour, a look at the health care debate through the eyes of a grieving w widow. she asks, does the system work for those facing life and death struggles? shell describe her investigation. >> reporter: peop people in the northeast may feel coursed. first, record snow and now a wicked weekend rainstorm. more than six inches of rain leading to floods and crazy drivers. >> people just driving in the water. i have no idea why hed go through something like that. it happens all th...

Northeast thanks to driving winds and heavy rains. all that now blamed for at least seven deaths. look at what the winter severe storms have done to parts of the massachusetts coastline. people are being warned about the risks now. >> we have told them to get anything valuable, to move that out. you know, just be diligent and, you know, watching the weather. if they feel unsafe, you know, get out. >> more flooding in the northeast today, right, rob? >> yeah. the storm doesnt want to go away. it ...