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Getting slammed right now by arthur. you can see the wind gusts really picked up here and the rain is just coming down. >> reporter: though arthur had more bark than bite, north carolina took the brunt of the storm with some damage and thousands left in the dark. >> emily blew a lot harder than this one. this one, we were really fortunate. we didn't have a lot of weather this time. >> reporter: by friday, the category 2 hurricane was downgraded, urn it had deep into the atlantic and nova scotia and feeling its effects. >> how's vacation going so far? >> pretty good until a few hours ig a. >> t...

Of course, deadly. >> alexandra field gets us caught up on the storm right now. >> reporter: from north carolina all the way up to the northeast, high winds, big waves, drenching rain and now powerful rip tides. arthur lost force while heading north, but it was enough to leave a mark. 100 mile-per-hour winds and 35-foot waves reported at the peak of the storm, when arthur made landfall thursday night over north carolina. >> we are just absolutely getting slammed right now by arthur. you can see the wind guchts real gusted really picked up and the rain is just coming down. >> reporter: though a...

Seaboard. if you're wondering what a rip current is, essentially it's going to be the water drawing you back in. so you'll struggle trying to get out of the water. we have to remember safety items, and that is to just to kind of follow the shoreline and eventually you'll make your way in, but it can be quite powerful, and very, very dangerous. all right. as we go into the forecast, you're probably wondering. can you salvage the weekend after arthur? a ridge of high pressure dominating the weather feature along the eastern seaboard, once we get rid of arthur. this morning, waking up to pretty g...

Today. >> alexandra field in jones beach. thank you. bring in meteorologist karen maginnis for the latest on tropical storm arthur. the beautiful blue skies we just saw alexandra standing under can be deceiving about the water. certainly looks like a beautiful day in new york? >> and gradually improving, even in boston. right now kind of overcast and dreary. a little windy. you will experience rip current there as well, but we saw north carolina's coast battered for over eight hours, but as it raced off, arthur as a hurricane, as it raced off towards the northeast, now it's such an elongated...

Island. are you actually seeing that concern? >> alison, i think actually jones beach, people are relieved to see the sun shining on this holiday weekend. a lot of people thought they wouldn't make it to the beach. water conditions out here are actually looking really good. pretty calm out there according to lifeguards we've spoken to. even if it looks nice at the peach were, the national weather service saying be mindful of the flags the lifeguards put out there. water conditions can be really rough, even in the wake of arthur. from north carolina up to the northeast, high winds, big waves, d...