also, westerly winds take hold. that s what is going to help push the storm back out to sea. the thing is, regardless of where it ends up going in the short term or where exactly it makes landfall, you have a lot of heavy rain expected for this area in the northeast. rip currents also going to be a concern from north carolina all the way up through massachusetts. we talk about the heavy rain and, yes, it ll be heavy along the coast. even inland, upstate new york, envir vermont, new hampshire could get several inches of rain. you have the moderate risk of flash flooding across several northeastern states. the ground is very saturated, not only from the rain they expect from this storm, but the remnants of fred earlier this week dumped a tremendous amount of rain in this area. so because that ground is saturated, it does not take very strong winds to bring down trees and power lines, but you are going to have strong winds. 60, 70, 80-mile-per-hour winds possible for several states, which
but storm surge being the potential threat, you ever wondered how these coastal cities actually protect themselves from it? check this out. this is incredible. stumbled across this yesterday. if you visited here, you ve probably seen it. this is the fox point hurricane barrier. it was built in 1966. it is designed to protect the city of providence, rhode island, from 20 feet of storm surge. that is like protecting the city from a 1 in 500 year storm surge event. the three gates lower in about 30 minuteminutes. they re over 50 tons. the waves get broken by the curved look and protect the city from the oncoming storm and push of water from storms like henri. back to you. derek van dam, take good care of yourself. thank you. listen, we re following new developments in the chaos and the desperation in afghanistan this morning. the pentagon is holding a news briefing on the situation. it s set to begin at 10:30 a.m. eastern. we re going to bring it to you live when it happens. a new sec
people have been preparing for the storm, taking boats out of the water. beaches have been closed in preparation for its arrival. there are a lot of vacationers here in new england because this is the high season for tourists. what are the immediate threats here? well, we have the potential for widespread power outages. widespread tree damage. allison was talking about that, there are coastal cities that line new england and they re used to nor easters in the winter. that s when there are no leaves on the trees. now, full foliage means the leaves will act as almost a sail to catch the wind and with the saturated soils that allison mentioned, it ll topple trees and power lines quite easily. there are benchmark storms here that people think of in providence. that would be hurricane bob back in 1985. rather, 91. gloria back in 91. of course, sandy. every storm is different. this will not be a sandy by any stretch of the means. it is about the quarter of the size. it is moving faster tha
tomorrow. this is a storm that could bring life-threatening storm sumrges, heavy rain, even a tornado. allison chinchar is live in the weather center tracking the path here. what are you hearing at this hour, allison? right. all eyes really are now on the not one, but two different hurricane hunter flights investigating the storm. this is where we get a lot of our good, realtime delay that. most measurements coming out, between the 70 to 75-mile-per-hour range, consistent with the current sustained winds of 70 miles per hour. we have started to see the pressure drop, meaning the storm is strengthening. it is expected to continue to do so for the remainder of the day today. then continuing its track off to the north. then we start to notice a very sharp turn to the right, which is interesting. a lot of people asking, why would it do such a sharp turn? at least in the short term, the steering is made up from the jet and this upper level low you see right here. basically, up until landf
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