Is a time for heightened alertness and extreme caution. If you are home, stay home. If you are at work or school, shelter in place for now. Some of our subways are flooded and its extremely difficult to move around the city. John a warning from eric adams as heavy rain continues to pound the city and surrounding region creating dangerous, even lifethreatening flooding. John roberts in washington, Stock Brokers were seen walking two by two to a big wooden boat. Sandra it is a mess out there, john. This is america reports. New york Governor Hochul has declared a State Of Emergency over the ongoing storm. It is still coming down outside as we speak. This after a months worth of rainfall over part of the big apple in just a threehour time span, more intense rainfall expected for the rest of the day. John precipitation of biblical proportions. National Weather Service warning all new yorkers to stay home, subways are badly flooded and drivers stranded on the roads in brooklyn. Sandra it is
This has been going on for a while. Unfortunately its not unique to just this one drug. There are more than 300 drugs on the fdas shortages list right now, the highest number in almost a decade. This affects all kinds of medicines that are crucial to peoples health. Its not something were seeing getting solved immediately. Thank you so much for that. Hello again, everybody. We begin on storm watch as Tropical Storm ophelia brings Torrential Rain and fierce winds up and down the east coast. Coastal flooding is among the biggest concerns as Rain Bands Stretch Hundreds of miles north from the Storms Center which made landfall in North Carolina this morning. The sights and sounds of power lines exploding there in North Carolina. Allison chinchar is Tracking Ophelia from the cnn Weather Center for us. Polo sandoval is on the new jersey coast and brian todd is in alexandria, virginia. The big concern here is just how widespread the storm is in terms of impacts. When you look at it, the main
Im fredricka whitfield. And we begin this hour with Tropical Storm ophelia. Just hours after making land fall in north carolina, heavy rain, coastal flooding, and high winds, are hitting much of the Eastern Seaboard today. North carolina, maryland, and var are all under a State Of Emergency right now. And the storm is already knocked out power to more than 50,000 homes. And businesses. With those outages expected to grow. Allison chinchar is Tracking Ophelia from the cnn Weather Center and Polo Sandoval is in pelican island, new jersey, watching the impact and feeling it there. Lets begin with you, allison. The National Hurricane center issued a new advisory moments ago. The biggest change that we noted is the sustained winds have calmed down ever so slightly, dropping down now to 50 miles an hour. Still gusting up to 65. Look at the scope of this storm. You have so many of these Outer Rain Bands far away from that center point. And the center is still over north carolina, and you have
Hello again. A State Of Emergency is in effect for maryland and virginia as Tropical Storm ophelia moves up the east coast. Power lines exploding in North Carolina where Ophelia Made Landfall this morning. Allison chinchar is tracking the storm from the cnn weather center. And brian todd is in alexandria, virginia. What is ophelia doing . Its still kind of chugging along, making its way akpcross North Carolina. Weve got outer bands stretching up to pennsylvania, new york, even massachusetts. The same winds right now are 50 miles an hour guesting to 65. The heaviest rain is really focused over virginia and North Carolina at the moment. Youve still got some pretty heavy bands, although the bulk is starting to push inland and away from the coastal areas. You have Flood Watches and Flash Flood Warnings in raleigh and off to the east. Theyve already picked up 23 inches of rain. Now youre going to get an additional 12 on top of that. It begins in the evening to spread more into the mid atlan
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