and sarah has the weather. good morning to you. lots to talk about in terms of the weather. snow and ice warnings as well as strong winds and potential flooding around the east coast. a full forecast in 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story: the army is on standby to help evacuate communities along the east coast, where a tidal surge is expected to hit. the environment agency has issued seven severe flood warnings, meaning there is a danger to life. andy moore reports. all along the east coast, floodgates have been closed in preparation for the storm surge. gale force winds are combining with high tides to threaten coastal defences. in jaywick, in essex, there is a severe flood warning, meaning a risk to life. the emergency services have arrived in force. the residents are being urged to leave. evacuation centres a re being urged to leave. evacuation centres are on standby. we ve got exceptionally strong winds, between 40 exceptionally strong winds, between a0 and 5
Michigan and rain in wisconsin. as we go through the afternoon, the storms form just ahead of this cold front. scattered storms in indiana and ohio. as we go through 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00 the storm raise from buffalo to rochester to syracuse to pittsburgh to state college and they ll be another line of storms that looks out ahead of it that will develop in the appalachians. so not everyone s going to get rained out on their friday night but a few areas getting an isolated strong storm or two. today s forecast, we re nice in the southeast, very wet and stormy this morning especially in areas right around dallas and the weekend outlook, we re watching rain, unfortunately, tennessee does not look great on saturday right through west virginia, virginia, even d.c. does not look great and we go from 92 degrees in new york city to 65 and cloudy with drizzly on sunday. so we re going up and down like this. i was just saying i feel like this has been the most extreme