seething with anger and grief on both sides. murder is murder is murder, and the police will get to the bottom of this. when she first showed up, she stood out. conley told investigators she needed to go overseas to be trained in jihad, a disturbing hit and run caught on sglid when i turned around, there was a lady coming full speed. good morning and welcome back to new day. chris is off this morning. we re going to begin with breaking news. arthur now a hurricane. take a look at this ominous storm. it s gaining strength and now packing 15-mile-an-hour wind and heading straight towards north carolina s outer banks. a mandatory evacuation order has been put in place for hatteras island, and since it s a popular vacation spot especially right now, especially over the fourth of july holiday. local officials are ordering people to leave during the day before conditions deteriorate tonight. we ll be tracking the
most important step now is get red if you re in the evacuation zone, evacuate now. don t wait until 11:00 and see if the forecast is any better. you will run out of time. right. here s a challenge for you. as we mentioned, we talked about folks that live there very well familiar with all of the changes of living along the atlantic coast. you ve got a variable here you can t necessarily control. you got the fourth of july. all sorts of visitors from away saying, hey, we want to go spend the weekend at the coast, at the shore. they are not familiar necessarily with evacuation precautions and odds, et cetera. what is your message to them? are you wanting them to make alternative plans on higher ground inland? well, again, if you re in the outer banks, those officials are the best place to get that information. in an area with an evacuation order, obviously won t go there today. depending upon the impacts, not that bad, maybe you can salvage the weekend but it s much better to wait and
accuweather.com s steph davis. steph, good morning. good morning. arthur is north/northeast of jacksonville, florida, and will continue to push north. we expect it to reach myrtle beach, south carolina, thursday night bringing with it rain, 1 to 3 inches with wind gusts between 40 to 60 miles per hour. the worst conditions are expected thursday into friday for the outer bank, rain between 3 and 5 inches, and wind gusts between 60 to 80 miles per hour. these are prompting some advisories, tropical storm warnings for myrtle beach and virginia beach. a hurricane warning in for the outer banks. now, for people heading to the beaches on the fourth of july holiday, rough surf and strong rip currents are the biggest threat. the bulk of the rain and the winds will be offshore. reena, tahman, back to you. so it s not expected to make landfall but it s expected to come to the new england area by friday. and they have actually canceled the boston fourth of july
and arthur won t stop there, heading up the east coast. the storm is looming over some of the biggest independence day fireworks display. ocean city maryland postponing their fourth of july fireworks while bostonians will enjoy their festivities a day early. it s not optimal. we wish it were, but we ve got to deal with in. and in d.c. the electric company says it s closely monitoring arthur which could produce strong damaging wind gusts, large hail and frequent lightning, possibly delaying the iconic national mall fireworks to saturday. but on wednesday the sun was still shining in north carolina and the beaches were full of vacationers who say their patriotic partying on the shore will go on. we ll ride it out and see what happens. reporter: looks like hurricane warnings are already in effect from looks like surf city all the way down through dock. hatteras island had mandatory evacuations starting at 5:00 this morning. what is expected? some heavy rainfall? 3 to 5 inches of
three of new york city s airports wednesday afternoon. i m much happier to be traveling today as opposed to tomorrow. tomorrow is going to be insane. it s the same storm system that wreaked havoc across the midwest, grounding planes and knocking out power lines. in chicago on tuesday traffic into and out of o hair international airport brought to a near stand still, actually not standing, some passengers got out and walked to the airport to make their flights. i ve been walk begun 20 minutes. aaa predicts it will be one of the busiest travel weekend in the past seven year, all this as hurricane arthur continues to push up the east coast. heavy rain expected to remain mostly offshore, encouraging news to mists. aaa expects 41 million to drive 50 miles or more this weekend, up nearly 2%, the last fourth of july and almost 14% more than this year s memorial day weekend. probably 80% of those traveling out on the road, pack