want to point out still remaining pretty intact. we have a tropical storm that will be impacting areas hard hit by florence. so not only a florida problem by a georgia and carolina hit as well. the model very well agreement, they re on top of each other. landfall will happen tomorrow. major hurricane possibly strengthening as it makes landfall which is even more dangerous and then, of course, it will move north and east. if there is any good news it will be a quick mover. it won t stall and picked up by a cold front. a major hurricane hitting this area of the florida panhandle could be potentially cat catastrophic. storm surge of 12 feet. catastrophic, life threatening,
them. unfortunately these pets, the hunting dogs, were left in this the back of this pickup truck. rescuers found them yesterday. they are all safe and sound. so the rescuers you the there rescuing pets too. so today s story is hurricane nicole. now a category 2 storm. that s going to be headed toward bermuda about 24 hours from now. so we wish them the best. putting hurricane shutters up. tomorrow they ll deal with likely a category 2 landfall. it will be close. almost right over the top of them. as mentioned water levels in the areas of north carolina. to give you an example, here s today. the river at 29 feet. these rivers are moving so slowly only going down three feet in five days. it s going to be a while before these people can get back in their homes. today s forecast travel trouble spot chicago to st. louis. beautiful weather from florida through areas hard hit by matthew and after a cold start, a nice day for everyone in the mid-atlantic and in the northeast. new england look
later on this afternoon and this evening. certainly hail very damaging winds, isolated tornadoes not out of the question. just taking a look at your watches and warnings we had a couple of severe thunderstorm warnings starting to light up the screen as we move up to pennsylvania. that will be ongoing but the good news is shannon, texas, oklahoma all of those areas hard hit will start to dry out this week. back to you. they decembersperately need that. you ve heard of the brady bunch, get ready to meet the brainy bunch, how one family became the talk of the town by raising a full house of academic all-stars. well, a mortgage shouldn t be a problem your credit is in pretty good shape. pretty good? i know i have a 798 fico score thanks to the tools and help on experian.com. kaboom. well, i just have a few other questions. chuck, the only other question you need to ask is, what else can you do for me? i ll just take a water. get your credit swagger on. become a member of experian c
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u.s., storm clouds gathered again in moore, oklahoma, where battered residents are still cleaning up from last week s deadly monster tornado. i think it s coming our way. hopefully, we have a few hours before it gets here. reporter: just a few hours of a refuge from the storm to listen to country music star blake shelton headlining a benefit for victims of the moore, oklahoma tornado tragedy. the healing in the heartland concert just one of two wednesday night in oklahoma to help put a financial band-aid on those who lost everything. lana zach, abc news, los angeles. this powerful storm system is caused by a collision of cool and warm air in areas of the country. those areas hard hit by storms could get hit once again. accuweather meteorologist jim dickey is tracking all of it for us. good morning, jim. we continue to track thunderstorms through these early morning hours. again, a number of tornadoes