watches in place. listen to your officials. throughout time here, here is radar, looking at heavy rain. the yellow, that s the heavy rain there. and we have those outer feeder bands now touching florida. so we could see some severe thunderstorm warnings, wouldn t be impossible to see an isolated tornado along the coast in florida. and we are looking at heavy rain. we are looking at gusty winds along the coast of florida today, especially tonight and especially on tuesday. storm forecast, we are looking at anywhere from 4 to 7 2 to 4 feet and this is the most dangerous part of a hurricane. it is a push of water. it is a wall of water that comes quickly on shore and inundates so you want to be out of the way of it. water is very powerful and 49% of all deaths from atlantic tropical systems occur because of storm surge. now let s look at the potential here, we are looking at 6 feet inundation and we re going to watch this closely next several days along the coast, including georgia into
rebels claimed responsibility. congo s presidency says the border is open again with rwanda hours after its neighbor close to the passage over the deadly ebola outbreak. the closure occurred as the first case of direct transmission of the virus was confirmed. in the congo city of more than 2 million people on that border. british police have ordered the evacuation of the town of 6500 residents over fears a dam could collapse. residents were told to leave their homes over a significant threat to life. the 19th century reservoir has been damaged by days of heavy rain there. some of the other stories beyond our borders tonight, we ll be right back. what is happening? what is all of this?
worse time. more than 80% of travelers will be driving for the holiday. more than 41 million people hitting the roads. and cecilia, we should tell you, today and sunday are going to be the worst days to get on the road. that s when you re going to see the most traffic. new york, boston, houston and seattle are going to see delays three times longer than normal. cecilia? okay, gio benitez leading us off. thank you. and on top of all those travel woes, a heat wave getting even hotter with triple digits. advisories in effect from florida to the carolinas. and along with that heat, the threat of summer storms from the plains to the east coast. this flash flooding outside chicago after a heavy rain there. abc s chief meteorologist ginger zee is tracking it all. hey, ginger. reporter: hey, cecilia. we re going to be talking about heat indices reaching close to 110 degrees. and severe thunderstorms. already tornado watches on the map and warnings, excuse me, in south dakota there. s
rain across north texas. and dry across south texas. that s not going to last long. another wave coming through tomorrow, tapping the gulf of mexico with more moisture, heavy rain there, and then sunday, a severe weather across georgia and the carolinas and here in the northeast a very wet mother s day. tom? rob, we will stay tracking that weather through the weekend. thank you. breaking developments out of washington. a top democrat issuing subpoenas for did the domestic s tax returns dating back six years. steve mnuchin and the irs commissioner told to deliver the document disnes by next friday. this as president trump raising tariffs on china. pulling the ig from tore raise tariffs. americans now caught in the middle. terry moran is at the white house.
shepard: a fox report now. headlines from the fox news deck. 47 people are dead after a dam broke and flooded two villages in kenya. police say it happened after weeks of heavy rain there. witnesses describe a sea of water that smashed through homes. police say they can still find more victims. the new prime minister of malaysia is now the world s oldest elected leader. dr. mohammed took the office today at the age of 92. he came out of retirement after serving as prime minister for decades. listen to this. the classic song whip it playing a as two men broke into a house in columbus. the music was so loud, the homeowner never heard them come in. police say the thieves stole a television. the moral of this, don t ever play this song again, ever.