and we ll show you the pictures of eastern carolina. the jersey shore, the delaware shore. the intensity won t change that much. at this point it begins to translate into an extra tropical storm, like a big nor easter type of storm with strong gusts of wind but it will be a different beast when it gets up there. thomas, my computer just updated the forecast rainfall totals. this is what people are nervous about. here s the entire storm, we re talking about the maroon color. six inches of rain. purple is up to ten inches of rain. so all our major cities on i-the 5 from new york to philadelphia i-95, six to ten inches open rain and that makes people nervous with basements and rivers, too, a lot of flooding. and storm surge, where do you think it will be the worst? there s a couple of favors
continuing coverage of hurricane irene and president obama arriving back at the white house after landing at andrews air force base and he s being ferried by helicopter back to the white house cutting vacation short with his family by a day at martha s vineyard as hurricane irene makes its way up the eastern seaboard. it s a category 2 storm and as you know, 65 million people are within the path of this storm. 2 million people have already been evacuated along the eastern seaboard. 1 million people in new jersey, 550,000 in new york. 315 house, in maryland. 300,000 in north carolina. 200,000 in virginia. and 100,000 people in delaware. the landfall is expected to hit roughly around 9:00 a.m. eastern
miles an hour. let s take you a little further up the coast. this is the new jersey coastline, delaware and maryland coastal areas. if you live in those areas, this information is for you. your main impact, while they ll start as we go through the night to be. the peak will be tomorrow afternoon until about 4:00 a.m. sunday morning. i ll give you the all clear in the jersey shore by about 4:00 sunday afternoon. once again, some storm surge. not devastating. the rainfall could be crazy. four to eight with max 15 inches of rain. those are areas that have gotten a lot of rain this august already. max winds, 70 to 90. the last zone, these will be the last people to feel the effects, coastal connecticut, rhode island, massachusetts, long isle and new york city. your impact will begin as we go throughout your saturday afternoon. the initial rain, some of those wind squalls. the peak of the storm for southern new england coastal areas will be 4:00 a.m. sunday to 2:00 p.m. sunday. i think i ll
and a half of rain with max winds of 80 to 100 miles per hour. up the coast, the new jersey coastline and delaware and maryland coastal areas. if you live i in those areas this information is for you. your main impact it will start as we go throughout the night tonight but the peak is tomorrow afternoon until 4:00 a.m. sunday morning. i ll give you the all-clear on the jersey shore by about 4:00 sunday afternoon. once again, some storm surge, not devastate. the rainfall is going to be crazy. four to eight widespread with max being 12 to 15 inches of rain. this area has already gotten a lot of rain. max winds 70 to 90. and the last zone, coastal connecticut, rhode island, massachusetts, long island and new york city. your impact as you go throughout your saturday afternoon, the initial rain and wind squalls but the peak of the storm for southern new england coastal areas will be 4:00 a.m. sunday to 2:00 p.m. on sunday.
up the coast, the new jersey coastline and delaware and maryland coastal areas. if you live in those areas this information is for you. your main impact it will start as we go throughout the night tonight but the peak is tomorrow afternoon until 4:00 a.m. sunday morning. i ll give you the all-clear on the jersey shore by about 4:00 sunday afternoon. once again, some storm surge, not devastate. the rainfall is going to be crazy. four to eight widespread with max being 12 to 15 inches of rain. this area has already gotten a lot of rain. max winds 70 to 90. and the last zone, coastal connecticut, rhode island, massachusetts, long island and new york city. your impact as you go throughout your saturday afternoon, the initial rain and wind squalls but the peak of the storm for southern new england coastal areas will be 4:00 a.m. sunday to 2:00 p.m. on sunday. you should get the all-clear on sunday by about 6:00 p.m.