in miami. the max wind we could find was about 40 miles per hour. there was a buoy out in the ocean, slightly elevate, 20, 30 feet above the ocean at 46 miles per hour. but there s miami, there was the spin right there. it s not an eye, just kind of a spin. so i think now it s just exiting the western side of dade county, and it will eventually get across the everglades and back into the water. back into the waters of the gulf of mexico. very warm, very potentially dangerous waters for any storm that could move in here. we re talking temperatures 85, 90 degrees. so let s just remind our viewers, that makes it a more powerful storm, and if it s slow, it heats up. those are the two things that you don t want, right? so katrina was slow, and it was a hot gulf. had a lot of time to gather its strength. and it didn t have this. i know it s hard to see. but just focus in on this. right here. this is a spin. looks like it could be a hurricane. without clouds. right. this is an upper l
this hour s top stories begin with the second named storm of the atlantic hurricane season. meet tropical storm bonnie. what it lacks in size and strength, it more than makes up for in location. it s come ashore just south of miami but it s on a path that may take it across south florida, then into the gulf of mexico, very near the site of the bp oil leak. it is expected to make a final landfall somewhere on the northern gulf coast. flooding in central china is being called the worst in a decade. the xinhua news agency says at least 300 people are dead. more than 300,000 homes washed away. more rain and more floods are expect through the weekend. and new advice for once and future moms. one c-section doesn t rule out vaginal deliveries in the future. for decades, doctors have feared complications not to mention malpractice suits.
major services in the county. they wanted to wait to see what this storm did, and, in fact, this morning, what we had was, we had wind, we had rain. but this time of wind, people in south florida can deal with. but what we didave here is we did have people at least preparing. it seems at least i got the sense out there today that people here in south florida are well-aware, cognizant of the fact that this will be a busy storm season, and bonnie came in and at least they were ready for it. that s not a bad deal. if you get a dry run nobody gets hurt in, not a lot of damage, that s a good deal. rosh, good to see you. rosh lowe from our affiliate, wsvn on miami beach in miami, florida. it might be scary to think about investing in stocks these days, but everybody should have some strategy for their investments. we re going to tell you why and how to choose mutual funds right now, whether it s time to buy them or sell them or just hold on. when we come back. for $159. should i try pr
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let me bring you upto date on some stories we re following on cnn, and following closely. tropical storm bonnie has made landfall in the miami area with top winds around 40 miles per hour, not too serious. it s still on track, however, to move into the gulf of mexico very soon. the government s point man on the oil disaster says key vessels will likely have to evacuate for two days. bp has already suspended work on its relief well, but that well is capped, so oil is not leaking at the moment. more weather problems in milwaukee. the airport there is closed because of flooded runways. forecasters say flash flooding dumped nearly 8 inches of rain in some areas in just two hours and caused a huge sink hole that swallowed an suv. the driver was rescued. north korea is vowing a physical response to joint military drills planned this weekend between the u.s. and south korea. u.s. says the drills are a response to the sinking of a south korean warship in march that killed 46 sailors.