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Water. four to seven feet of storm surge from cape fear to cape lookout. on the other side here of the outer banks, well be watching storm surge and some pushes to the chesapeake. a lot of rain coming with this. that extends through north carolina, to parts of virginia. well see some spots, 10, 12 inches of rain. a flooding issue, the wind issue and a storm surge issue throughout the afternoon. >> shepard: rick, youll be back. more today and tonight and tomorrow and tomorrow night and by saturda...

Taking us to the warnings. tropical storm watch. mostly because of the winds. weve had a wind gust up to 63 on the coast. not enough to cause any damage. it is not a wind issue. it will be a rain issue. storm surge, weve heard reports of two to three feet on the coast. i mentioned the one-foot storm surge in mississippi and new orleans. they still have the storm surge warnings out. lets get to the problem. this is going to be the issue as we go through out the day today and tomorrow. we have fla...

The issues as well. >> you really look at this system here. we look at all the impacts. it has every impact associated with typical hurricanes. one of them is the winds. lets talk about that. so you think about still a tropical storm in georgia and continuing as a tropical storm across the carolinas. you will have a wind issue. heavy rain plus the wind and were very concerned about this storm surge as well. so the rain fall, 6 to 10 inches. look at this storm surge. we have been talking about th...

So right now, beaumont, 140,000 people, martha, spotty power, no drinkable water. our hospitals, our businesses cant operate, theres only one restaurant i am told is open. the river just crusted, so there -- it is still a very, very significant event, including rescuing people today. if you go to the front end of the storm to rockport, that was a wind issue, we are trying to get those cities back up and running, but it will be a long time. and then of course houston, with two and a half million ...

We still have the great fears as we go throughout this afternoon and this evening here along the coastal areas. again, just because it hasnt been historic and catastrophic effects that we thought were possible for west palm beach, ft. pierce, melbourne, doesnt mean those to the north wont have it. >> extreme wind issue for cape canaveral florida. lets go back to kerry sanders. the man on the move is in satellite beach, florida. kerry, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. were sitting in the ...

Families, their grief and the love we feel for them and they surely do appreciate all the support that theyve received. thank you. >> obviously a much less political president obama there when it comes to the issue, much different tone of course of taking which is not surprising. nothing is wrong with your tv, by the way. clearly a huge ind iwind issue there. apologize for that. its the travel press pool. the best they can do sometimes in an open air environment. coming up, the north carolina co...

Welcome back to "jansing & co." im meteorologist mike seidel. we have dangerous weather going on right now. tornadoes touching down in parts of louisiana and mississippi, potentially in alabama. five twisters. we had damage around laurel, mississippi. some minor injuries. take a look at the situation as we follow the storms. these are where the tornado warnings continue, off to the south and west of montgomery. everything is moving off to the northeast at 40 miles an hour. this is a solid line. ...

Today and the red box is tornado watches meaning that the conditions are favorable for tornados to develop here and so far nada, nothing, and that is good news. we are starting to see showers ahead of the line which is good news actually to get some cloud cover and prevent the heating and that will sup pres thing prn a few of these areas, but that is what we are watching here in the back area. what we have been dealing with in the past few hours are flash flooding. rain a few inches at a time wi...

Thunderstorm cloud, you have a lot of ice crystals and raindrops bumping up against each other creating an electric charge and similarly, you have a lot of junk here bumping up against each other, ash, big boulders, smoke, youve got it, water vapor and that creates the same electric charge, static electric charge like rubbing your feet across the carpet. >> when you put it that way it makes perfect sense. >> it looks so cool. i mean, come on! >> behind you its not necessarily cool and we have a ...

Gust, that is a threat of bind and torrents. that concern is now dies as the system moves in. lets met give you the new forecast. the storm made landfall and i think there is a chance that we could get more damage from this storm and power out ans in the northeast of new england. so for the rest of today, this is not a wind issue. it will be a rainmaker, and then a tornado threat. and now right over the top of boston. so against. the winds will not be a huge issue, but remember the trees in the ...