power in south carolina. the storm is soaking the southeast coast today and forced the cancellation of the last day of school for hundreds of kids. i don't think they mind. joining he with the latest forecast is kelly. i see the activity behind the radar. >> you said it. it's racing toward the northeast. check out the speed of this thing moving at 28 miles per hour. that's good news. it's not going to sit and linger. the winds have gone down to 45 miles per hour. still the national hurricane center saying it will lose those characteristics. we have a tornado watch in effect from the eastern sections of north carolina. sometimes when the systems interact with land you can get some quick tornado spin ups. we're conditicerned about flash flooding. that's where the thunderstorms are going on. you can see the rain pushing through new york city and up into new england as well.