told to evacuate, you know, you have time to do that. but you ve got to do that now. and here is a bird s eye view of the hurricane from the international space station. nasa sharing this video of what s just clearly a sprawling storm. the cnn team tracking every angle. let s begin with chad myers at the cnn weather center. tell us, it s getting closer, getting bigger, more powerful, all those warm waters churning it up. what s the biggest risk right now? the biggest risk right now would be landfalling water spouts. also some pretty big gusts across the lower keys. but this is still about 200 miles west of key west proper and then along the southwest coast of florida some of those storms could actually make some small spins. this happens on the eastern side of any hurricane, you can always get a tornado spinup. likely not big ones, just these small ef 0s and 1s. but right now the winds are picking up.
thank you very much. new this morning, the national weather service says that yesterday s storm damage in ft. lauderdale caused by two tornadoes. one was downtown. one at ft. lauderdale airport. the twisters were small ef-0s, but enough to topple trees, bang up a small private plane, and cause other minor damage. the school board in broward county, florida, where a gunman killed 17 students and staff members at stoneman douglas high school, the school board has voted against arming teachers. instead, school officials say funding should be allocated to a program to hire more school resource officers. last month governor rick scott signed a controversial bill tightening gun control in several ways while also allowing some teachers to be armed. it was the first gun violence legislation enacted in the state after the parkland school massacre last february. people in south africa and around the world really remembering winnie mandela. a memorial service being held for her in soweto in
it s sugarland or cady or houston, no one knows. when you wake up tomorrow is where the real flood lg occur. this is what the radar looks like in about 15 or 20 minutes. then tonight it will continue to spin. see this feeder band right here. there could even be tornados in parts of louisiana tonight as some of these storms roll on shore. now, they re water spout type tornadoes, ef-0s, ef-1s, 105, 100 miles per hour. not like the tornadoes you see in oklahoma in the spring. these are storms that roll off the ocean. they re spinning already because the whole thing is spinning, they hit land and decide to put down a tornado. it happened today, it lot happen again tonight. now get real close to the tv set. focus on this. this is what scares me for tonight. this is what scares me for
martha: people in north carolina are cleaning up after a pair of tornadoes toward through willow spring on saturday night, just a few miles from raleigh. they were weak tornadoes as they go, ef-0s, but they packed 80 mile-an-hour wind but that was strong enough trees and tear love roofs in that area. they caused some people a few thousand dollars in damage. blowed a doubletree on top of a barn and tore the barn down. tore a playhouse up and tore the swing set up. it was really howling and they always say about how it sound. martha: so far no injuries thankfully reported. that s growing to go foul off to the right upstairs. a little tremor here in the ballpark. nothing, i m not sure if the folks felt it but we certainly felt it here in press box row.
lonestar state. it s expected to make landfall tomorrow. fortunately, forecasters don t expect the storm to strengthen into a hurricane, but the area should get some desperately needed rain, up to 1 or 2 inches. nbc meteorologist bill karins will have much more coming up shortly. some of the other news going on around america today, mother nature brought some rare unwelcome storms to upstate new york tuesday. officials have confirmed at least two tornadoes touched down leaving trees uprooted and downed power lines in their wake. the unusual twisters measured as ef-0s but they did produce strong enough winds to cause structural damage. there was a cause for concern in southern california after a train derailment led to the evacuation of over 250 homes. at least 21 cars derailed, some carrying hazardous materials which prompted the evacuation order. investigators checked every car and didn t discover any leaks or