inches of rains and up to 12 inches in the joplin, missouri area and the ozarks and that runs off to the streams and bigger rivers. eventual eventually, we will have a major flooding condition around the mississippi river, in and around st. louis and cresting in the flood stage. you see this maroon color, flash flooding in the oklahoma city area, not exactly where mike tobin is, but south of the city, it is raining again. we have been having rain for much of the overnight hours, pushing 12 hours now a lot of heavy rain across the area and heavy rains across indiana and kentucky right now, still dealing across areas of missouri and tornado watch has expired. i ll get that off the map here. and still to the south and east of the city, still seeing very heavy rain. we will see more severe weather, moves a little farther to the
supercell we could see a tornado within that, strong rotation and you can see that hook echo, that meteorologists look at on radar to determine whether or not there is a tornado approach the area. that is precipitation and clouds wrapping around the center of circulation, just south of buchanan. and, again, you can see harrisburg, if you just go north and west that is where mike tobin is, and that cluster of thunderstorms that is slowly creeping eastward and north wards. they are not out of the woods yet and it s a good thing that they are hearing the sirens, because they ve got a lot of power out in that region, and i was afraid that perhaps that residents weren t going to hear the sirens going off and i hate to see cars on the road, megyn, i hate to see people out at all and i need mike tobin to take shelter he immediately meg as we hear the sirens it s an ominous sound that seems to suggest danger is approaching. can i ask you as a meteorologist you look at a sky like we re
that s where our own mike tobin is, mike. reporter: pompton lakes new jersey is an active rescue area. you have homes marooned by water and people are stuck on the upper floors. you have rescuers going from house to outside and plucking them out of the houses, that is coming up.
serious problems right now along with power outages. in north carolina irene unleashed a powerful storm surge. in virginia the storm spawned not only widespread flooding but also tornadoes there. and in vermont the governor calling it the worst flooding in a century. new jersey dealing with severe flooding and rivers that are continuing to rise. that s where we find our very own mike to be inch. what we see is incredible flooding right behind you, mike. reporter: it is incredible and you still have people trapped in the upper floors of their homes. there is so much water what came together with the three rivers that come together. there are people trapped and that s why you have fire crews going around with boats and four-wheel drives. we saw a blackhawk helicopter fly overhead. they are plucking people out of the upper floors of these homes and transporting them to dry land. power is still out, gas is still