update on the storm and then you will hear from craig fuigate. thank you, madom secretary. on the image here the satellite visible loop of irene the center of which is 50 miles to the west of cape hatteras and moving north, northeast at 15 miles per hour and the outer banks, and outer bank areas are impacted over the next several hours and next in line is the tight water of norfolk area and adverse conditions will be there. and talking to several relatives in the area and the rainfall is incredibly heavy and water levels are coming up now. i would like to report that a good story coming out of that. the information they have gotten in advance of the storm from the local officials of what to do and not do is outstanding. it fits in with what they should be doing. next picture, please.
features pulling it off to the north. we are expecting 5-10 inches of rain in the midatlantic and new york and metropolitan area. and western part of new england. all of these areas have had excessive rain in the past and ground is saturated and issues with flash flooding and river flooding before it is all over. craig, i am going to turn it to you. as we talked about the hazards, i want to key on couple of points. categories of hurricanes doesn t explain all of the rick. you deal with four principle risk with the hurricane. high winds, storm surge and they are tied to the center of circulation and bill talked about rainfall and tornados, they are not tied to the category storm. it may be a category one