now. it s not poking along, like it was. moving at about 14 miles per hour. b but now, it s racing to the northeast at 25 miles an hour. it s position right now puts in a del mar peninsula so as it continues to move, now we are looking at areas from around philadelphia to new york city. eventually, towards boston and into down-east maine. and that s where we have got the highest risk of severe weather. . we could see two to four inches of rainfall, some isolated amounts, up to six inches of rainfall. some gusty winds. generally speaking if you re viewing us from new york city, you re looking at 25 to 35, possibly 40-mile-an-hour winds. visibility is going to be reduced. a lot of people trying to get out of the city, headed someplace for the weekend. but it s going to be fairly soggy, fairly windy. late in the day thursday or into friday, you ll start to see it clear out. the good news is it s moving very quickly now, so we re
under a tornado watch. but just outside wilmington we have a tornado warning and south of kingston we have a tornado warning as well. charleston, we saw a 55-mile-per-hour wind in the is going to be starting to continue to ramp up. right now this is the latest from the national hurricane center. 50 miles east/southeast of charleston, south carolina. 110-mile-per-hour winds. moving north/northeast at 8 miles per hour. now here s what we look at. here s wherewe we we were talki about the tornadoes. national severe prediction center issuing an enhanced risk for severe weather cape hatteras, moorhead city, wilmington and a little further to the north. we ve got a slight risk, this is where we could see severe tornadoes. nantucket is under a tropical storm watch. we have tropical storm watches up into the del mar peninsula,
further to the east. 150 miles an hour, last advisory was 145. there s that slowdown we were talking about. down to 80 miles an hour. could slow to a walking pace as we get to the eastern coast of the u.s. the track is very important. right now category 4 storm moving over the northwestern bahamas as a category 4 storm. we ll see very strong winds, very high wind gusts, damaging winds, so pay attention if you re in the northernmost part of the bahamas. it is moving off to the east. that is a second trend where we re seeing an eastern shift. that is good for the coast of florida, but now we re looking at the bahamas and del mar peninsula in delaware with some leftover rains. you ll keep us updated, thank you very much. coming up, corruption is it is na the name of the game. we ll tell you all about it
places. storm surge where the most damage and most deaths occur. we re talking six to nine feet. we re talking extreme damage to buildings, marinas and roadways. and then the flooding. with all this rain upwards of 25 inches. high flooding, river flooding, mudslides because, of course, we ve got those mountains in the north and those are going to force that water down and into the urban areas and the rivers. right now we do still have hurricane warnings for puerto rico, the northern shore of the dominican republic and all of the turks and caicos. we put together these models. we call them the spaghetti. you can see most of them keep it offshore but there are a few outlyers who bring it into the del mar peninsula, into parts of new england. we still have to watch this. we re talking about that tuesday or maybe wednesday. over the weekend we get a little bit of a breather, but those folks down in the caribbean are really going to be suffering. this is going to be a long-term
they will get storm surge in the bay and that water will funnel out of there on the back side of the storm. you can see the houses on pylons, but they are about to get a whalop. and going back to the maps, still gusting at 71 miles per hour. and you have gusted for six or eight hours now. morehead city on the back side. it is gusting at cent miles per hour. and pushing hurricane strength. going north now and the ranges of 40s and 50s to virginia and parts of the chesapeake bay. big problems because of the amount of rainfall in a large amount of area. areas of 12-15 inches of rain indudding the del mar peninsula . the del bear bay. 8 foot storm surge in the del