47 inches. meanwhile in miami, they're in an extreme drought. they have had over two feet less rainfall. they only the 21 inches of rain so far along the south florida coast. jose, back to you. >> mike seidel thank you. took some satellite hits there. apparently the weather to cause that problem for us. but appreciate mike's report. for the latest on all of this, plus the severe weather threat for more than 35 million americans in the northeast, we turn to bill karins. bill, what's going on? it seems like the whole country's got an issue with weather. >> that was all yesterday. now, this morning, we woke up to severe weather. rare overnight severe weather in new york city, and now passed off cape cod. let me show you pictures from one of my coworkers. he was up late last night and captured the video of the empire state building getting struck. by lightning. >> oh. >> there it is there. it actually happens more times than you would think in a year. probably about two to three times.