as we go through the weekend, once again, as i said, a very quiet weekend. temperatures in the southern half of the weekend, very enjoyable. but we will add a few showers down there, san antonio and new orleans. let s get to the interesting stuff. the election day forecast. we are looking for a chance of a storm to be developing through the southern southeastern portion of the country. and that should move up the coast. so rain possibly in areas of georgia, south carolina, north florida, maybe virginia, very late in the day. and then as we go into wednesday, that s when things get a little more interesting. we have the potential for this to be a little mini-nor easter. it s not a lot of cold air. i don t expect snow to be a problem, but i do have concerns if this storm moves as expected for battering waves, loose tree limbs and the progress being delayed to restore power. so again, wednesday of next week, we could have to deal with some effects from what would typically be a minor st
reporter: jeff, were there moments that you felt in danger? caller: yes, i did. i felt extreme danger, especially by cape may, atlantic city. cape may was nothing left of it. absolutely super scary. the waves were so large. i tell you, the waves were so large, there was just a roar, like a roar from the ocean, a huge battering waves, over 35, at times, maybe 40-foot high, crashing on the coast, eating the coast away and it was growr devoured with the wash. it was very scary down at cape may. jeff, i know there was a situation, was it the joplin tornado where you were in fear for your life? you think this is definitely worse? caller: well, it s a total different situation. that was a very. you know, a couple-mile area of extreme damage. but this covers thousands of
it s not really completely a tropical storm. it s going to be transitioning to what we kind of consider a nor easter. we are accustomed to nor easters. that kind of a event. moisture associated with a tropical storm. tropical storm holds a lot more water in the atmosphere as it transitions. that water is still going to be there radar picture showing the rain is following across parts of the carolinas. the rain is going to be heavy all day. battering waves, a lot of wind. beach erosion and that sort of thing here. go forward on the track of this storm. continues to move northeast. takes this unprecedented left-hand hook. that s where we ve begin to go through a transition to a different type of a storm. people are used to hurricanes strengthening when there is warm water. this isn t going to be strengthening for those purpose purposes. snran way a nor easter
winter of record surf and big swell is coming in from hawaii. it didn t originally look that huge, but they actually were so thick and powerful they were some of biggest waves we had seen. the waves were powerful enough to give the most experienced surfers second thoughts, but a few decide they couldn t miss this opportunity. as grant films, one of mavericks best known surfers who goes by the name flea, goes for a wave. he doesn t make it. when he came up to get his breath, the next wave landed on him. huge wave. beat him down into the deep. he held his breath, made it out of that. he got pushed into the rocks and got stuck there. the leash attaches the surfboard to his leg is wrapped around one of the jagged rocks in an area so dangerous, surfers call it the bone yard. the battering waves give flea no
tribute to the fallen on this memorial day. we remember the sacrifices of our troops and their families. newsroom begins right now. good morning to you. i m carol costello. it s going to be a wet and soggy memorial day across parts of the north florida and southeast georgia. tropical storm beryl is to blame. you re looking at a live picture from jekyll island, georgia. the storm moves up the coast. we learned a short time ago beryl caused major damage at the jacksonville airport after making landfall and canceling 12 outgoing flights and forced jacksonville officials to cancel holiday activities and thousands are without power this morning. meteorologist rob marciano is tracking beryl. oh, darn! bad timing. but good news to this and get to that in a second. the damage in jacksonville is where it made landfall last night shortly after midnight and came on shore with near hurricane force winds. it was almost classified a hurricane and some folks may argue that. 73-mile-an