>> i can actually walk faster than this storm is moving and that is very dangerous. there's nothing more dangerous or scary than a slow-moving, stalled-out tropical cyclone. you get such prolific rainfall rates in these rain bands. you can get 2 to 4 inches per hour easily. you can get tornado threats as well. the winds are gusting. downing trees already weakened from that hurricane. the floodwaters and the rising water table are weakening structures. so those trees are falling. there's nothing more dang russian for a situation like this. as these rivers begin to crest, it's going to create a more catastrophic situation from a different type of flooding and that's a slow-moving natural disaster portion of this storm. >> reed timer, appreciate you joining us as always, thank you. cnn's continuing coverage of tropical storm florence continues. we will be broadcasting live from myrtle beach, from north carolina, after this short break.
the u.s. gulf coast, though not nearly as strong as feared. that is the good news this hour. the category 1 storm made its second landfall of the night near biloxi, mississippi. its first landfall hours earlier and that happened in southeast louisiana. strong winds and drenching rains there knocked out power to more than 36,000 people in three different states in mississippi, alabama and in florida. >> the storm itself is moving on now, but still a concern regarding possible tornadoes and what remains of the storm surge. what you're looking at here, firefighters wading through high waters at a casino parking garage in biloxi, the waters are receding now in some areas. we have with us now a storm chas cha cha cha chaser, reed timer. officials are pretty optimistic. >> the water levels are starting to recede, that's the main issue with the storm, the storm surge.
we could be talking about an even bigger wind field impacting the entire peninsula of florida. >> this is home for you. so what are you expecting? what worries you the most, mike? >> well, it worries me what could possibly happen to my community that i love so much. this could be very devastating so it's a lot of mixed feelings right now. i just keep telling myself that the best thing i can do is what i've always done and that is document these things, take barometric pressure readings. now we're working on some wind readings. and just, you know, bunker down and hope for the best but i don't want to give a false sense to other people listening because i do highly recommend to leave because we're not leaving, we have studied where we're going to stay, we have a safe spot to stay. please, leave, everybody. all my friends and family in the florida key, you can still get out. this is really bad and please leave. >> let's hope they heed your advice. reed, you know, you've done this a lot.
you can read these storms and winds and the trajectory and all that. do you have any idea when do you think this storm will hit? >> it has sped up a little bit, it's maintaining a steady clip to the west. it looks like it could hit, we'll likely start experiencing impacts here on saturday. saturday night, early sunday. very likely that the eye wall will start to impact this region and could accelerate. could happen earlier, too. there are indications it could even happen saturday afternoon or evening. a lot of these questions will be answered tomorrow. tomorrow is going to be a very big day to keep a close eye on those models. right now it looks like it's headed straight to the keys and possibly right up the central spine of the florida peninsula which would absolutely be the worst-case scenario for this state. >> absolutely. reed timer, mike theiss, thank you very much. we'll check back in with both of you. when we come back, we're going to get a closer look at l the storm's path with tom sater. plus, we'll speak with fema about how officials are prepa preparing for this monster storm. oducts,
early. and there was some raised eyebrows when i said that. i said we need to evacuate now. and i think it was a right thing to do. roman is absolutely right, we are not going to put our first responders at risk because of stupidity and those people will be on their own. when this storm hits, if they have not evacuated, it's an irresponsible selfish position these people are taking. >> thank you, mayor neugent, monroe county. >> thank you, i love your snow. >> thank you very much. we love that you come on. i want to check in with storm chasers both in key largo, florida. mike joins us on the phone. reed, i'm going to start with you. this killer storm headed to florida. you joined us last night. how is it different? >> not much that different except people continue to stream out which is a good sign, especially a tendency of a
a week if we have to. we will be here several days. the whole area is going to be -- for a long time. >> reed timer, five days of flooding with the storm parked over texas. potentially, it bends over the golf. this could hit twice. thanks for being with us, please stay safe. hurricane harvey is headed to the coast of texas as we speak. we are getting new information, new developments on the strength of this storm. we'll bring you the latest, next. for your heart... your joints... or your digestion... so why wouldn't you take something for the most important part of you... your brain. with an ingredient originally found in jellyfish, prevagen is now the number one selling brain health supplement in drug stores nationwide. prevagen. the name to remember.
more compact similar to charlie but that came barrelling into florida, direct landfall and devastating wind gusts. i don't think will be that bad. if stays offshore may dodge a bullet here. >> reed timer, storm chaser, stay safe. senior meteorologist derek van dam in the weather center is this storm tracking the coast? when will it make landfall? >> latest track from the national hurricane center keeps the exact path of this powerful, powerful hurricane roughly 20 miles just offshore and that will keep the most devastating parts offshore as well. not to say won't feel major impacts from this but show you
early morning when the storm is supposed to really pick up. >> good advice, sarah we appreciate that. get back to you. turn now to reed timer, acuweather extreme meteorologist. >> i'm in coco beach, northeast of center of hurricane matthew. winds gusting periodically as spiral bands coming in and bunch of power flashes, observed four or five, hoping to capture a few for you. become more frequent as winds ramp up. in between bands, can see in the distance, just had transformer pop above me. but worst off to the southwest, early morning hours winds will amp up, especially if the inner
"hard" choices. >> an extreme weather alert. severe weather wreaking havoc on parts of the midwest. folks are on high alert because there's still the threat of more tornadoes. >> maria molina captured some of the amazing shots of tornadoes. good morning maria. >> hi, i am in des moines, iowa. yesterday there was a lot of severe weather. we had 13 reported tornadoes across iowa, wisconsin, missouri and kansas and over 100 reports when you consider winds and hail reports. knowing that i was able to meet up with reed timer and we intercepted a tornado west of des moines and west of the city called abudan. when the tornado hit our area we saw the wind take off and
have people who say they see mow more on fox than they used to see me on carson. let's go out to the streets of new york city. maria molina joins us live with a whole bunch on this wednesday. >> good morning. hello. i want to start off by showing you this incredible video out of nebraska. so about two days ago we had those twin tornadoes there. not too far from that area yesterday we had this massive tornado. this video is from reed timer. they got up close and personal to this tornado. the reason why they were so close is not only to gather this incredible video and notify people of the tornado, but also to deploy some scientific equipment into it and gather some data on these incredible storms. it will be very interesting to see what kind of data they've gathered from those tornadoes yesterday. today we do have the risk for more severe storms all along the center of the country. also into parts of the great lakes and the interior northeast. we are looking at the risk for large hail, damaging wind, and