Rain Squalls News Today

from the national hurricane center, but first live in tampa, nicole valdez. hey, nicole. >> ainsley, brian, steve, good morning. florida attorney general saying this is the storm we all have feared. she called the chance of us seeing anywhere from 5 to 15 feet of storm surge, detrimental for the tampa bay area. and unfortunately we are seeing the impacts of hurricane ian across florida. brand-new video from the florida keys, you are already seeing flooding beginning in portions of monr...

Worst-case scenario with the florida west coast with storm surge. this isnt a huge hurricane, but even for a tropical storm, its going to have significant impact. we just got the new information in from the national hurricane center. with very tropical storm warnings that go all the way from the west coast to the florida keyes, naples, sarasota, tampa bay area, all the way toward cedar key, and the newest information, they have 60-mile-an-hour winds. thats the maximum sustained. you notice that ...

See all the heavy stuff is off the coast. look at florida. barely any rainfall at all. even areas of georgia, barely any rain, but once the storm gets close enough to south carolina and eastern north carolina, thats where we could get the 5 to 7, isolated up to 10 inches of rain. that would cause some flooding problems in localized areas. tonight and into tomorrow, the wind forecast and the coast and the beaches, 50 to 60-mile-per-hour winds. its going to get people attention. especially when th...

>> we will not respond after hits of 50 miles per hour. we evaluate it at the time but generally 50 is the limit for us as far experienced flooding during matthew or irma in the last few years, they really should the governor has asked. and most everybody else who welcome back to "vels stays in town ought to hunker down and baton down the hatches and be ready. "velshi & ruhle." >> joining us from jensen beach, nasa has been tracking dorians florida, which is starting to path. as the category 2...

Spot -- this is a six-hour loop, but i could have it for 18 hours. its shrinking and the storm is finally weakening, but 185 miles an hour winds down to 120 in 36 hours over great abaco and grand bahama. they dont have a whole lot left. so well see that. we havent seen a lot of pictures from freeport yet because the storm has been too close to it. well hopefully see that later on today. heres the latest, 120 miles an hour winds, still a category 3 and still a major hurricane. might as well circl...

>> reporter: ali, you know, these rain squalls, these outer bands, they come and go very quickly. and they are very fierce and strong when they start to pour down on us. i think were about to get another one right now. that wind is picking up. were seeing palms falling off of trees here. just a reminder there is a category 2 hurricane still out there. i mane, thethere. on the other hand, residents here are still breathing a sigh of relief as they remain vigilant. the tropical storm warning is st...

Coastal areas like where youre at. as of now roughly 14 hupp hundred people in shelters in martin county. what are the reports about what were hearing about some of the shelters closing later today mat more do we know about that? >> reporter: hi there, craig. first of all, you can see that choppy surf behind me much like youve been experiencing today. were starting to see some of those rain squalls. were just getting a little bit of rain here, kind of sustained winds throughout the morning. but ...

35 inches of rain. caused about $5 billion in damage. this will be a storm that has widespread flooding all across the houston area, again, unfortunately, a lot of floods we have seen the last couple years have been training thunderstorms have been going across the area and caused localized flooding in couple neighborhoods. this is going to be a widespread flooding event eventually towards houston as well. todd: lets bring in griff jenkins like we said live from houston. griff, it does look like...

craft bobbing in the water there. not going anywhere today. most of the entire central and north part of the state is right now under a tornado watch, not a warning but a watch. a good indication of just the breadth of this storm, tropical storm debby and how far its reach. from tornadoes to water spouts to flooding in the tampa area, to the one death in venus, florida, reported so far. heavy rainfall. maybe up to 20 or 25 inches before all is said and done. were going to continue to g...

Come on shore here or a little farther north. around midnight tonight. but before that, certainly dinner time and thereafter, very strong wind gusts over 40, 50 miles per hour with the rain squalls, wrapping into a very drought-stricken area. in fact the worst drought in the country is across northern florida, georgia has the worst drought of any state. so well take the rain. there may be some localized flooding there may be some sporadic power outages but we dont expect beryl to strengthen any ...