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Developments, but we begin at the Weather Map with al roker. As if the threat of this potentially historic Storm Isnt enough, were already seeing tornadoes. Thats right. And this was kind of the worst case scenario, chris, because we were talking about this for the last two days. We were going to see these tornadoes, especially as it approached, and sure enough thats what happened. Lets show you what weve got going on right now. As far as our map is concerned, we are looking at a category 4 storm. 150 miles now southwest of tampa. Its got 130 miles per hour winds. Its moving northeast at 16 miles per hour. Now, as we look, you can see we have Tornado Watches now from Daytona Beach all the way down to key west. Weve had reports of 50 tornadoes so far in the last couple of h ....
Record 30inches of rainfall. More than 32,000 people are still without power at this hour. Retired u. S. Army lieutenant general Russell Honore is joining us. Let me get your assessment as someone who knows what an operation like this looks like. The damage youre sering right now. What do you make of the damage were seeing across the south . Well i think you clarified that it was a storm that attacked florida, and made its way through georgia, tennessee to new mexico. It dropped an awful lot of water. Not measured in inches but foot. It overmatched the terrain and when you drop water in those mountains, ayman as we all know it started going to the valleys. The community had not seen or experienced that and overtime, development happened in the deeper part of those valleys. And what we have seen is and with condolences to all those who have lost their lives that Flash Flooding ....
We start this hour with some breaking news. The death toll from hurricane helene has now risen to 89. 30 of those deaths were in north carolina which has seen a record 30inches of rainfall. Nearly 2 million people are without power. And joining general honore. Good to have you on the show. Let me get your assessment from someone like you who knows the damage you re seeing right now. What do you make of the damage we re seeing across the south. Well i think you clarified the point. This was amongst the storm that attacked florida. Made its way through georgia and into north carolina and tennessee. And even parts of virginia. It s a massive storm. I dropped enormous amount of water. Not measured in inches but by a foot in some places 2foot of water dropped. It overdropped the terrain. And when you do that it s going go into the valleys. A lot of commune tips had not experienced that. And what we have seen, with condolences to everyone who lost their lives the impact of the flash flooding ....
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