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Of that wind already since before the hurricane has even made landfall. ed lavandera is off the coast. ed, where you are will be the first location to feel the real hurricane force winds. the storm surge there could hit, what, 12 feet? i mean, what are you looking at right now? >> reporter: well, its odd because right now were in the middle of like this dry and calm space between these bands that have been coming on shore here through much of the afternoon so its a little deceiving given the sit...

What did you see? >> well, weve been working all up and down the eastern seaboard today and somewhat east of the storm helping forecast -- helping the forecasters to figure out how quickly the system is going to move ashore. compared to our last several flights, were definitely seeing the storm expand in size and even despite the weakening of winds we expect a significant surge and heavy rains inland. >> as you mentioned, the storm has gotten bigger in size but also know that its strengthening s...

And from den pasar. but just not from australia. and that is all thanks to the steering winds in the upper levels of the atmosphere. here is the science behind why jet engines and volcanic ash dont mix. when we get the plume of steam and volucanic ash get sucked in the jet engine, the ash cloud melts inside of the jet engine and eventually it can refreeze and harden on the turbines, causing them to seize and ultimately having a jet engine failure. not something you want when youre flying 30, 35,...

Storm, paul? these ginormous storms like irma, this is moving just about 6 miles an hour. is it a slower move, the larger the storm, does that have anything to do with it? >> not necessarily. more so governed by basically the strength of the steering winds. these are the upper level winds, the general circulation that are basically steering where exactly these hurricanes are ending up. it just happens to be that over the past couple of weeks we have seen some weakness a bit, overall steering win...

Way. our models are in agreement how it works across the islands, running north of puerto rico and north of cuba. this goes until friday evening and some models showing saturday morning. we have a long time until it gets off the florida coast. right here is where its interesting. all of a sudden its difficult to forecast. you can see the motion and how it runs into the gulf of mexico. that is not what were seeing and its all because of steering winds. we have a big high pressure system that has ...

The rain field will still continue to be intense through the nebs couple days. here are the rainfall totals still projections of 40 inches of rain. i was talking to the weather producer. hes saying through next saturday we maybe dealing with this storm system. so again, its not all at once. its evolving situation that well be talking about the impact from the storm probably weeks to come from the devastation. >> at what point do we know do you think here, that the cone that potential path that h...

The story becomes rain and ice layed tornado. were walking you through the whole storm until is ends. probably sometime next week. >> some parts measuring in feet. depends on the isolated areas. 40 inches potentially an average here. steve, also in that latest advisory in the last hour or so, is harvey still doing that loop which means corpus christi will get another one, two punch. >> the storm system will do a loop. this storm is wobbling right now. cut off from the steering winds. usually ste...

Side of this particular mountain. unfortunately there were about 500 people left stranded across northern india as rocks, trees and mud slid across a highway, disrupting the livelihoods and the major cleanup effort under way. this is all part of the southwest monsoon. we get these areas of low pressure developing across the bay of bengal. they do not move very quickly. there is just not a lot of steering winds across this part of the world. you can see the excessive rainfall we are expecting to ...

Steering winds. because theyll guide bill well to the north, well have heat index between 100 and 110 in the southeast. back to you. >> wow all right, paul. thank you so much. well that dangerous heat he was just mentioning there in the southeast is taking its toll in the carolinas, so oppressive, cooling centers are open. its not even officially summer can you believe that? some workers have modified schedules keeping them out of the heat. free fans being distributed to those who cant afford ...

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...