Page 12 - Gusting Winds News Today

Dish is blowing in the wind. thats why well lose live shots every once in a while. the eye of the outer band is definitely on cape canaveral at this hour without a doubt. the winds there are over 100 miles per hour. melbourne proper, 62 miles per hour. but the closer you get to that eye, the higher the winds are. like chris was talking about, every time a band comes through, the winds pick up. the rain actually transports the wind from aloft and pushes it to the ground. and if its not raining, y...

To our viewers in the u.s. and around the world. youre watching "new day." im chris cuomo in jacksonville, florida. getting the most concentrated hit from hurricane matthew but not for many hours for right now. right now battering the eastern coast. ali alisyn is live as the bands of system are coming through. you ha you lose your shot and we have somebody. heres our latest information. maintaining category 3 force. sustained winds of 120 miles per hour at its core. here on shore, weve been feel...

Doesnt look good and you have that x-factor of lightning there striking the ground. that could, also, cause unintended consequences. as we have been saying to all the local authorities, sir, as you get information that you want to get out, come to us. well keep people informed, okay. be well. >> thank you. >> all right. alisyn back to you in new york. on the right side of our screen were looking at where the storm is hitting with real verosi verosi v, you can see intense winds there and occasi...

You think, my gosh, it cant get any worse. it cant get any windier but then it does. and, in fact, we were just seeing there daytona beach which is really get the thrust of all of this right now and the wind looks incredible. so, where were seeing all the palm trees being battered around. how long is this going to last in these areas, chad? >> a snails pace of 10 to 12 miles per hour keeps these winds on all of our reporters for the next 10 to 12 hours. now, jennifer will get better, i would say...

Acceleration of winds and, in fact, she was asking for chad myers for some information from chad myers just about how intense those wind gusts are and how long shell be experiencing them. well get that for you. well pull up chad for you, jennifer. but at the moment, what are you seeing? >> thank you, alisyn. yeah, we have definitely felt the winds pick up here. it is very intense. i wanted to ask chad about the proximity of the eyewall to us because when i looked at the radar before, it looked l...

>> yeah, chris, right now were in a lull. the winds have slowed down since the last time we got a chance to talk to you. still very, very nasty out. weve seen several power flashes, as you mentioned. the lights have been on but flickering on and off down the street. when i had a chance to look down there a few moments ago. the palm trees swinging in the wind. bending pretty far at one point and a ton of debris all over the street and one of the most interesting things is banging all over the pla...

Before midnight. and then we will go to what, saturday? >> yeah. and then they wont be able to agree on that and they will pass a 2 or 3 month bill. i dont think this big monstrosity is going to make it through. >> i have to show up here every night to do my job. i dont get that you show up to do your job. you show up to do your job. i dont get this business where you keep postponing it out into the future. if its too hard maybe you shouldnt be in the job. >> i think a lot of republicans would s...

A fast-moving brushfire is threatening homes. flames broke out at noon in a heavily fortified camping area near pine top. grew from 100 acres to more than 2,000 acres in hours. thats more than three square miles. crews on the ground and in the air are being hampered by gusting winds. well stay on top of this throughout the morning. a natural gas line erupted in southeastern texas sending a fireball nearly 100 feet in the air. emergency crews managed to shut off the gas line. they allowed the f...

Is threatening homes. flames broke out at noon in a heavily fortified camping area near pine top. it grew from 100 acres to more than 2,000 acres in just a matter of hours. thats more than three square miles. crews on the ground and in the air are being hampered by gusting winds. well stay on top of this throughout the morning. a natural gas line erupted in southeastern texas sending a fireball nearly 100 feet in the air. emergency crews managed to shut off the gas line. they allowed the flame...

Those are some of our top stories this thursday, may 15th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now" with john muller and diana perez. >> good thursday morning, everyone. we begin this half hour with breaking news from southern california. wildfires scorching san diego county fuelled by hot, dry, gusting winds. >> fire crews are stretched to the limit frantically working to get the upper hand trying to keep the surging flames away from homes. heres abcs devin dwyer. >> reporter: acro...