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Water. four to seven feet of storm surge from cape fear to cape lookout. on the other side here of the outer banks, we'll be watching storm surge and some pushes to the chesapeake. a lot of rain coming with this. that extends through north carolina, to parts of virginia. we'll see some spots, 10, 12 inches of rain. a flooding issue, the wind issue and a storm surge issue throughout the afternoon. >> shepard: rick, you'll be back. more today and tonight and tomorrow and tomorrow night and by saturday, heavy, high winds from long island up to new england. incredible. with a hurricane and high ti...

Taking us to the warnings. tropical storm watch. mostly because of the winds. we've had a wind gust up to 63 on the coast. not enough to cause any damage. it is not a wind issue. it will be a rain issue. storm surge, we've heard reports of two to three feet on the coast. i mentioned the one-foot storm surge in mississippi and new orleans. they still have the storm surge warnings out. let's get to the problem. this is going to be the issue as we go through out the day today and tomorrow. we have flash flood watches all the way now. the entire state of mississippi. mobil has gotten drenched, the...

The issues as well. >> you really look at this system here. we look at all the impacts. it has every impact associated with typical hurricanes. one of them is the winds. let's talk about that. so you think about still a tropical storm in georgia and continuing as a tropical storm across the carolinas. you will have a wind issue. heavy rain plus the wind and we're very concerned about this storm surge as well. so the rain fall, 6 to 10 inches. look at this storm surge. we have been talking about this for the last few days. a vulnerable part of the gulf of mexico where the water just gets trappe...

So right now, beaumont, 140,000 people, martha, spotty power, no drinkable water. our hospitals, our businesses can't operate, there's only one restaurant i am told is open. the river just crusted, so there -- it is still a very, very significant event, including rescuing people today. if you go to the front end of the storm to rockport, that was a wind issue, we are trying to get those cities back up and running, but it will be a long time. and then of course houston, with two and a half million people, another 2 million people, we think we have -- and i had sadly predicted this, that we had ...

We still have the great fears as we go throughout this afternoon and this evening here along the coastal areas. again, just because it hasn't been historic and catastrophic effects that we thought were possible for west palm beach, ft. pierce, melbourne, doesn't mean those to the north won't have it. >> extreme wind issue for cape canaveral florida. let's go back to kerry sanders. the man on the move is in satellite beach, florida. kerry, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we're sitting in the car here on a1a on satellite beach. there's a police officer coming here so he's checking up on...