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Rico. if you look at the path of irma, it stayed 50 miles off the coast of puerto rico and they lost power to a million people. with the direct landfall in a population of 3.4 million that's where thing with get hectic. the red dots are the higher population and we figured over half of the population in puerto rico is in the eastern third. whether you talk about some of the rainfall effects, there is a high spine in the mountains that reaches over 4,000 feet. you're looking at st. thomas 5 inches. and even san juan over 9. everything in purple is 10 inches plus and we think we could see up to ...

200 miles away. about a million lost power. we're looking at this high going through an eye wall replacement cycle. landfall around 8:00 or 9:00 in the morning. storm surge of eight or nine feet. is it comes up to ground in puerto rico, six to nine-foot insurgency they're going to take a direct hit. irma stayed off the coast of puerto rico by 55 mile, but devastated by the winds and surge and a million losing power. we're going to be able to to look at the population density, landfall, 8:00, or 9:00 in the morning. population density. most of the population, at least over half, is in the easte...

Bahama islands. in yellow was irma's track. we'll find this pass through st. juan. but i want to get in close to give you an yes, i did of the population. irma stayed 50 to 55 miles offshore, never made landfall, skirting across the coastline and still millions of people lost power and still without power. we calculated over half the population in puerto rico is in the eastern third. and that takes it exactly where this path is. and when we watch the system, remember san juan is in the worst position to be after the system makes landfall. again, it's only an 11 1/2 mile eye, but those conditio...

Raining across the eastern third of the country and u.s. january january did you it back to you, steve. just kidding. steve: tell us how severe some of these storms can be. >> we saw a dozen reports of tornadoes yesterday. and that system is moving across the mid-atlantic and the northeast. there are going to be delays and cab sell legs at the airports. call ahead, check ahead. there are the reports the tornadoes over 150 reports of hail and damaging winds. all of that is moving into the mid-atlantic. next system moving out out of the rockies. we are going to track it. the memorial day looking...

Where it is a busy day. but let's be honest, virtually every day of laguardia's busy. you have on average 63,000 people a day. they have a lot of arrivals, too. but today we're going to have more volume. greater volume because you've got so many americans that are trying to get a jump on the travel, not only in competition with other travelers, but also trying to avoid some of the rough weather. let's tackle the weather scenar scenario. what we're dealing with is this storm system, it's a two-headed monster going to make its way from the west to the east. and it's going to bring a chance of ra...