already. it s moving up the coast and rain falling from georgia to canada. the next vulnerable area is the outer banks. reporter john camp is there. reporter: a fireworks display canceled and a warning from the coast guard issued to boaters. stay off the water. for many here who have seen other more serious storms roll through, the threat posed by andrea may not seem like much of a threat at all. we got hit where we had to evacuate the island then we were, you know, no power for several days, no hot water for two weeks. reporter: but while there s almost no chance of andrea being remembered like that, we are expecting it to pick up with the very real risk of flooding in mu of southeastern, north carolina. i m jon camp for abc news in wrightsville beach, north carolina. thank you, jon. the forecast from another member of the extreme weather team, accuweather s jim dickey? we continue to track andrea, made landfall in florida thursday evening. continues to spin it
gma. moving on now to other developing story, new information about another supersecret government surveillance program. monitoring activities online apparently going on for years and abc s devin dwyer joins us with the details. reporter: good morning. the whistle-blower who exposed the top secret program to the new york post says it was a massive violation of privacy. the government can watch your ideas form as you type. it s for electronic information, top secret documents leaked to the washington post revealed for the first time that the national security agency can tap directly into the servers of nine major internet companies. able to see everything from google e-mails to facebook photos to apple ichats. it is sweeping, it is not what i would expect out of the united states. reporter: the classified program code named prism began in 2007 during the bush administration and has been repeatedly renewed by congress. officials say it does not target anyone ins
and this very early number one on the program is going to be remembered for those tornadoes that have been through florida, but also for the driving rain for the entire east coast. there are flood watches or warnings out from florida, all the way to maine in coastal areas. look at the path and notice the rain that s expected. it hits the entire coast over the next two days. and we re looking at probably two to four, four to six in the yellow areas of rain. so this is a storm that will be remembered by a lot of towns. a wet few days ahead. thanks so much, sam champion. now we turn to a huge argument tonight about privacy and safety in america. we ve learned that the obama administration quietly accessed the phone records of millions and millions of americans. saying it was necessary to guard against terror attacks. abc s chief investigative correspondent, brian ross, is here to break down whether your phone records were among those handed over. what was so surprising, ev
involvement for the east coast with tropical storm andrea. tropical storm andrea, this first named storm of the atlantic hurricane season, brought 60-mile-an-hour winds and driving rain. and andrea s squall lines are spawning multiple tornadoes. that s expected to continue throughout the night. utility workers peeled debris from power lines in sun city center, florida, after a unconfirmed tornado touched down. one of at least 12 tornadoes reported so far. near palm beach, a reported twister left nabelgds in pieces. ripping patios off houses, flipping over boats, and shorting out transformers. in a minute s time, everything s gone. it s terrible. the biggest problem we have right now is the risk of tornadoes. everybody s got to follow the tornado warnings and watches. the water s high! reporter: andrea is bringing three to five feet of storm surge to florida. in treasure island, these piers just barely above the rising water. and with drenching downpours, flooding and
champion leads us off right now from cedar key, florida. sam? reporter: good evening, diane. this tropical storm spent all day working up the gulf coast of florida and burst in strength, passed by us and turned inland, at 5:40 this evening, making landfall east coast time, in the big bend area of florida. that s day one of a three-day involvement for the east coast with tropical storm andrea. tropical storm andrea, this first named storm of the atlantic hurricane season, brought 65 mile an hour winds and driving rains. and andrea s squall lines are spawning multiple tornadoes. that s expected to continue throughout the night. utility workers peeled debris from power lines in sun city center, florida, after a unconfirmed tornado touched down. one of at least 12 tornadoes reported so far. near palm beach, a reported twister left neighborhoods in pieces. ripping patios off houses, flipping over boats, and shorting out transformers. in a minute s time, everything s gone. it s