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And looking at this radar, i was floored by just how broad this rain shield is. extending all the way towards san antonio and austin, edging toward dallas, extending toward galveston into louisiana. a huge broad deep tropical moisture laden area. the ground is saturated. the more the rain comes in, and there will be plenty more associated with this, and the ground is saturated, the bayous are filling up, we have looked at some of these reports and we may even blow away by feet what some of these by by yours have do by by yours have done. but there is no play for tce fo water to go. there are currently three tornado warnings in effect ....
Made landfall around 10:00 p.m. local time. north of the airport in corpus christi, the corpus christi airport is closed. the victoria airport is closed. still has a clearly defined eye. still a broad shield of rainfall. but it s just not going to be moving very far or very fast. and i have made this point before, can t emphasize it enough. we go from laredo to san antonio to austin. pretty much that rain shield is going to be to the east of that interstate. not exclusively. but this is where we re looking at the greatest impact. now, this made landfall during the nighttime hours. and there were lots of reports on the internet as to what happened when this made landfall. we re still waiting for the official reports to come out. because somebody might look at something, maybe some a roof torn off. or maybe some bricks falling off. and you think that s major damage. well, there are different assessments as to what that is. but even though we have a ....
Hanging in the tree there, blew from two houses over. reporter: in beach city, texas, a lightning strike set these crude oil tanks on fire. more than 100 families nearby had to be forced from their homes. thousands lost power in raleigh when high winds blew trees thursday night. unbelievable that either one was not here, is a miracle. reporter: this powerful storm system is now moving east. and at a minimum, could bring heavy rains. steve, thank you. let s get right to rob marciano, tracking it all for us. hey, rob. reporter: we can already see the northern fringe of the storm, the clouds in new york lowering. as the rain shield advances north. it s already in the midatlantic, and the severe storms in new orleans to tallahassee. a rough evening ahead. the rain will be rough in d.c. tomorrow morning. already raining in new york. in chesapeake bay, you ll see flooding. tomorrow, coming down in new york and hartford. ....
Mississippi river still has to crest this upcoming weekend. this is from valley park, missouri. and i think there was something like 70 to almost 80 highways closed in the state ever missoun of missouri alone. and the same system produced a tornado in garden city, georgia. did significant damage there. and still a tornado threat with us this morning in eastern north carolina. numerous tornado warnings have already happened. no confirmed tornadoes. but if you re in the wilmington area, washington, greenville, plymouth, elizabeth city, that area has a chance of an isolated very strong storm and weak tornado this morning. the rest of the northeast mid-atlantic, soaking rain from d.c. to state college to pittsburgh. everywhere from cleveland to new york, now getting into the rain shield. it would be heavy at times. here is the lunchtime. heaviest right over the top of philadelphia and new york, d.c. starting to clear out. boston it looks like you have to wait until the evening rush hour fo ....
Action? i m doing what i m supposed to be doing and that s getting ready. reporter: united has promised to release the results of an internal review and the actions it will take by the end of this weekend. david? linsey, thank you. next to the weather tonight. rivers flooding in the carolinas. heavy rain moving into washington, d.c., new york city, and boston. drone images of raleigh underwater. water still rising there. this woman escaping through a driver s side window. rushing water destroying this bridge in virginia. rob marciano, what do you got? reporter: david, the rain and wind has picked up in new york city. but the center of this storm is all the way down in virginia still. the huge rain shield, and the lines indicating the strong onshore winds are cranking in. d.c., philly, rain will end tonight. but by tomorrow morning, still raining in new york and rain in new england all day. ....