per hour hurricane. as we head into monday, tuesday, overnight tuesday making landfall. i don t want you to pay attention to the center of the storm because we re going to feel tropical storm force winds 300 miles from the center of the storm. it s going to bat ter the coastline and some of the computer models slow this storm down for days. not only are we going to see battering winds, waves and rain, it s going to last, going to be relentless. we could have power outages, millions without power for days, maybe even weeks. that s the bad news unfortunately. we were just discussing with geraldo, geraldo was saying how do you vote? if you re a candidate, how do you get out the vote? all everyone is going to be talking about is their own protection, their own safety. we re going to for the first time in a year and a half not be talking about the general election days before the general election. right now there s early voting in a number of states. if the storm becomes
hurricane. results are going to be the same as they were a couple of years ago, even until last night. the storm will bring incredible storm surges was heavy rains up to 20 inches. battering winds for hours. i m not talking about 12 hours or 24 hours. but 36 hours possible of battering winds and storm surge and flooding for this area that is very vulnerable to all of those things. as we mentioned, we do have a tornado warning. this counterclockwise motion on land. a tornado warning north and east of new orleans around the platteville area. they are not long-lasting large tornadoes, but could cause damage. a tornado watch in effect. pointing to the timeline here, we are dealing with a hurricane for 12 or even 24 hours. just battering this coastline. not only thein the storm
three days to stay in washington for what could a final democratic push toward an overhaul next week. more blasts have rocked the pakistani city of lahore just hours after twin suicide bombers killed 43 people and wounded hundreds others. a series of small explosionings hit a different neighborhood wounding several people there. and the first lady heading south of the border without her husband. michelle obama will travel to mexico next month in the first solo trip since her husband became president. the white house says in the three-day visit, the first lady will speak to officials and citizens and including some young people. battering winds, flooding rains, oh, yes, reynolds wolf is working this one. he can tell you what you can expect about the lovely maybe, maybe not lovely weather this weekend.
north carolina is getting a break. please hear my message. we cannot underestimate this storm. wind speeds may have dropped some from yesterday, but we ve traded that for a larger wind field that expands 200 miles with tropical storm force winds. and our greatest concern about this storm remains the same. storm surge and massive flooding. both are going to be extreme. catastrophic effects. catastrophic effects will be felt outside the center of the storm due to storm surge as high as 9 to 13 feet. that s the second story of a house. battering winds and relentless rain that will last for days. make no mistake. whether the eye of the storm
winds. going back to 2004, 2005 we saw storms that were higher category. i think the untold story and the think i m frankly am not sure about and the thing we re going to have to wait and see is just the story of the water and what happens in terms of the storm surge and this pounding rain that continues hour after hour after hour. yeah, and if you get 30 inches of rain in that short amount of time then that is problematic. anderson, thank you very much. i want you to stand by. we ll get back to anderson in just moments. also in wilmington, north carolina, i want to get to my call league martin savidge. he joins us now. martin, what are you experiencing now? don, we re on the outskirts of wilmington, and where you are in relation to this storm can give you a very different experience. here it s a combination of both the battering winds the winds