Harsh Rain News Today

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An outer eye wall and you are in the third one right now. you are having the wind come at you from the north and the northwest and just had a wind gust from the national weather service in melbourne to the north of you at a usair force tower of 102 miles per hour. thats not the same gust that was on cape canaveral about an hour ago. you at least saw 80 miles per hour where you were as this area of intense rain comes in. and, alisyn, this is what is going to happen. it is going to happen to chris...

Screen. we will be showing you daytona beach. the focus of impact right now. the big, gusting winds and heavy rain and even lightning which is an x-factor. that is where we have boris sanchez trying to wait it out for us. you had to move. how are you doing now, my friend. >> chris, we just had to move, again, because the wind keeps getting stronger. we just got another band of harsh, harsh rain. you can see right over my shoulder over there, the amount of debris that is in the street right now. ...

Strong winds that are being felt to the south of. people decided to stay in their homes and to hunker down and try to wait this thing out. the beach is right behind our hotel. fortunately were protected from that right now. i saw the waves touching the very edge of our hotel and its likely as the storm gets closer and the rain starts coming down heavier and heavier we will see some flooding here. for folks that have decided to stay home, theyre really putting their lives on the line when you con...

And the wind passes or the rain passes and people want to come out and check out their neighborhood, i know that you have a big warning for them because just because they dont have power doesnt mean that the lines arent still hot. what do you waurnt pent people ? >> bottom line is, if you see a line down, do not go near it. it could be energized. if you see flooded waters, stay away from it. there could be a power line down. again, weve invested $2 billion since the past decade, but this is a fo...

Huge concern as we go forward with this storm and that goes without saying, of course, the wind. but as well as the rain. like weve been saying, a lot of times it was the water. the water that takes lives in these storms, not necessarily the very strong winds, chris. >> you know, jennifer, its just the question of time and how it changes in this situation. yesterday my biggest concern about the st. john river was the mullet run and now today its almost at its cresting point right now. we still h...

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...

With that eyewall just to our northwest. were starting to get on the south end. hopefully in the next hour or so, well finally start to feel conditions taper off and start to be on that back side. because, as you know, you have that uphill slope. you have the very strong winds and then you is it ilhave the back side of that eyewall and thats where just as intense winds are as on the front end. this storm is just off shore. i couldnt imagine if the eyewall was a little bit closer to where we are....