Storms Churning News Today

Depression is approaching the country. meanwhile there are also multiple storms churning in the caribbean and gulf of mexico right now. haiti is bracing for heavy rain from grace while fred heads toward the florida panhandle. pedram javaheri is tracking it all for us. >> good morning, rosemary. this is a story a lot of people looking at carefully and you notice across portions of the gulf into the western atlantic, areas around bermuda, a trio of tropical systems to tell you about. grace in pa...

Kathy park reports from scorching new york city. >> reporter: tonight more storms churning in the gulf of mexico threatening parts of texas and louisiana. trying to dry out after an historic week dam failed friday forcing hundreds to evacuate as emergency responders moved in. the wet weather also filling streets and homes with water in central arkansas. the damage piling up each day. >> you are fighting a losing battle. no matter what you do, water is unforgiving. they call it the most destructi...

The russian spy is accused of offering sex to republicans. moments from now, she will be in court. will this hurt her case or their case against her? we begin with hurricane florence barrelling towards the east coast. just strengthening to a dangerous category four hurricane. carolina bracing for impact. mandatory evacuations for parts of the north carolina coast. the storm could stall after making landfall, bringing hurricane harvey-like flooding to the coast. this comes at the peak of hurrican...

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This is cnn. the most trusted name in news. we are keeping a close watch on atlantic has another hurricane heading to a region devastated by the last one. now we are watching hurricane maria following the destructive path. quickly maria is gaining strength and one of three main storms churning in the atlantic. maria taking direct aim at puerto rico. lets go straight to san juan our correspondent there is standing by live. leyla, whats happening there? >> reporter: well, a lot of people are get...

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Julie martin joins us now. maria wiis one of three storms churning. >> plenty of action in the tropics. we have maria, our tropical storm here which will likely become a hurricane possibly as early as 5:00. jose our category 1 hurricane and lee, a tropical depression, which is really nothing to worry about, sort of falling apart. 65-mile-per-hour storm right now is maria. the hurricane hunters are in there and they have picked up on higher wind speeds that would be a category 1 hurricane strengt...

. breaking news out of the atlantic ocean, tropical storm maria has now become hurricane maria. meteorologists are now keeping a close eye on three storms churning in the atlantic. you see lee there, far in the east, making matters worse, maria in the center appears ready to follow irmas path. meteorologist julie martin joins us from the cnn weather center in atlanta. julie bring us up to date on all the storms. >> two of the three storms are hurricanes, maria becoming the newest member as of ...

We are following several stories developing right now. flood warnings are issued throughout florida as remnants of tropical storm erika battle much of the states and the carolinas. in the meantime, hurricane fred is gaining strength in the atlantic. out west there are nearly three storms churning in the pacific ocean. people in the northeast are bracing for a heat wave this week. the big threat today is heavy rain expected in florida. sara joins me in florida. sara, some schools are already canc...