Americans along the gulf coast to expect extreme, life threatening and historic flooding in the next 24 hours. As Hurricane Sally turns just sowings of alabama, forecasters say the storm could dump several feet of rain when it roars ashore near mobile bay tomorrow morning trapping people under sixfoot storm surge. As we come on the air, the outer bands of sally are lashing the coast and could spin off tornadoes later tonight. Sally is proving to be a challenge to predict, changing her speed and intensity several times over the past 24 hours, and tonight, forecasters are warning she could have more theres a lot of new reporting and the latest forecast to get to tonight. Weve got our team of correspondents standing by. Cbs David Begnaud is going to lead off our coverage in Pensacola Beach, florida. Good evening, david. Reporter good evening, norah. Storm surge from the gulf of mexico is pushing the coast into Pensacola Beach where the flooding has already begun. The storm is 500 miles wi
Mississippi, alabama now facing a direct hit. Hurricane warnings stretch from morgan city, louisiana, eastward all the way into florida. Sally could bring catastrophic storm surges, flooding, and days of torrential rain. As it gains power, the storm is also slowing down that creeping approach meaning sally will stay powerful longer. Residents in the hurricanes path are bracing themselves right now. Wat waters already rising in parts of mississippi. A new update just in from the National Hurricane center. Chad myers joining us. What is the latest at this hour . Latest is the Hurricane Center brought this down to an 85 mile per hour storm. Doesnt mean let your guard down. The storm is using up some of the warm water. Its sitting over the same warm water using it up. There was a flareup overnight. 85 miles an hour off the coast. Part of the problem is that it isnt moving and thats going to pile up the rainfall totals. 10 to 20 inches of rainfall likely, not just possible, likely in many a
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Even those on the stage sat side by side and there is one person who is socially distanced in the room. Only one. The president himself. So it begs the question who is being protected here . One Single Person only. The president himself. Clearly he knows the risks, his aides know, whoever set up the chairs knows. The science knows about the coronavirus and Climate Change despite what the president is saying about it. Lets begin with the threat of Hurricane Sally along the gulf coast. What does it say, chad . Slightly down. A couple of things have been going on here. Even though this storm is sitting in the same spot and cooling off the water just a little bit, we are beginning to see the closest thing to an eye that we have seen the entire time. Rain is now all the way along the gulf coast especially the Florida Panhandle. Into mobile, very heavy rainfall. Any time one of the storms rolls on shore, you can get a waterspout or a small tornado. We have seen some on the area here with the