Rainfall Situation News Today

Tourists are in the path. the deadly threat is the storm surge. we are speaking to the deputy director of the bahamas. >> it will start to stall, and sit down to 180 miles from the forward speed and we expect it to reduce as it is pushing farther to the west. the problem is that it is going to dump the heavy rains over the islands which has been receiving rain from the tropics for the past week or so, so that the grounds are saturated from the rains. dorian will only add and exacerbate the rainf...

Getting closer. >> caller: we anticipate it will stall and has already started to. its now down to 8 miles per hour in terms of its speed, and we expect that to reduce further as it continues to push towards the west. and the problem with that is that it will continue to dump heavy rains over these islands, which have been receiving rainfalls from a trough that has been over the bahamas now for the past week or so. so the grounds already saturated from these rains. and dorian will only add and e...

10 and 15 inches of rainfall over the trek of -- through the extreme northwest bahamas. as you rightly said we anticipate it will stall and has already started to. its now down to eight miles per hour in terms of its forward speed and we expect that to reduce further as it continues to push toward the west. and the problem with that is that it will continue to dump heavy rains over these islands which have been receiving rainfall over the past week or so. so the dwrounds are already satura satur...

Sunday. the rain, obviously, has been the big story and will continue to be so. this is our radar-estimated rainfall situation, anywhere from 20-30 inches of total rain, and we do have the a report of 30.5 inches in one spot. really all along the coast. thats where we saw these really big numbers. this is a state record for a system to move on through, 30 in. s, just a lot of rain. nowhere for it to go. you get that much rain, and you do begin to see flooding in rivers. that doesnt necessarily h...

Out, mud slides, life-threatening rainfall situation there for central portions of the mountainous range in mexico. the worst is over in colorado. just historic, end ex, once in a thousand-year flood. something well never see again. >> thanks so much. a couple of stories leading the news and "the washington post" former nsa and cia director says terrorists love using g-mail speaking at a washington, d.c. church, michael hayden said i dont think youll see that in a google commercial. its free and...

Surges. >> new york city, philadelphia, washington, d.c. and boston already shut down. we have live team coverage for you this morning. peter doocy is live in delaware todd barns in new york city. what can you tell us? >> the center of sandy is located 280 miles to the ooets of north carolina. we are seen with tropical storm like conditions in southeastern virginia and even across the state of maryland. we are talking about rainfall situation that could receive 10 inches. now again the outer rai...