let s go to brian looking very cold and very white there in massachusetts. how s it going there? we are getting pelted right now with ice or going in and out of white out conditions as they are going about an hour south of boston in the south shore. look at the waves we are seeing. the ocean is filled with chunks of ice. we are estimating the waves or the swells to be about three feet high and further out into the ocean about 13 feet high. that s what they are reporting and the problem here that officials have been telling us, the super moon everyone has been admiring this week is causing the high tide to be higher than expected. this is going to cause flooding, particularly for this area. people who live along the coastline, some reports of minor flooding at this point too. as we move the camera over, you guys can get a good idea of how strong the winds are other than looking at me.
watching and waiting for moved in last night. heavy rain, 3-5 inches in the mountains caused run offproblems. nothing major. minor flooding expected: going to shift further south and northern california. not going quite make to it the areas where we had the fire. san francisco, the finger is santa rosa. may get a tiny rain. also the cascades here in oregon. again, it s a start. at least we ll get a little bit of moisture in the fire zone. beginning of the rainy season. does look like more storms after this. as far as the eastern two-thirds of the country goes, these are the days you just have to get out and enjoy. it s unseasonably warm from texas to the northern plains all the way through the east coast. notice it this morning especially in areas of the sea board. much warmer than it was the last two mornings. changing high. here s the storm system in the northwest. cold front is what will
ashore louisiana dodged a bullet. patti ann: new orleans was under curfew and the mayor lifted it but before it made landfall how is that parish holding up? we had a lot of brand-new levies under construction but all the levees because the storm moved so quickly that water did not stay up against the levees but any amount of time and the quick moving storm i believe we dodged a bullet and we didn t see the levees breached, minor flooding into both harbors but nothing real serious and like i said, we made it through this one okay. patti ann: we do have reports that in those low-lying areas there is some flooded streets and the storm surge warning and forecasters say it could go as high as 11 feet and there is that state of emergency but are these mandatory evacuation orders still in place and i know they were put into place not protected by the levees.
states ever. season doesn t start until june 1st. we got reports of nearly six inches of rain in myrtle beach. we had reports of 50 to 60 miles per hour wind gusts. the coast of north carolina ended up with two to four inches of rain. we did see minor flooding. the main concern was beach erosion. the surf is rough out in the atlantic. that s the concern here. we ll see some rain and isolated wind gusts. tomorrow it s going to be 90 in virginia beach. with more heading to the beach on a day like that they need to be weary of the water. rip currents are dangerous. they remain dangerous through the middle of the week. thomas? rip current nothing to mess with. thanks dylan. coming up on the heels of cold blooded killings of two mississippi police officers we ll look at how often police officers are kyleilled in the line of duty.
as we go up toward tennessee. as far as the forecast goes. heavy rain texas to tennessee. warm in st. louis. near 60 degrees. minneapolis 57 today. d.c. at 62. richard we re heading in the right direction but we re going to get the rain with it. minor flooding. thank you for that. a new push to make the skies safer comes after a stunning government accountability report found that air traffic control systems are vulnerable to cyber attacks. if they were able to that can systems, thousands of planes could be in the air unguided. sophisticated terrorists could even stare planes into one another. upgraded servers and software. while tens of thousands marched for equality. there was a larger march. they gathered in supports of rights for women and girls.