deadly storm responsible for five deaths. the eye of the storm is now headed south toward north myrtle beach and that is where our nick watt is. nick, the winds have been off and on, kind of coming and going, picking up even just compared to the few minutes ago. what are you seeing right now? well, the wind has just gone a whole lot worst, and it s also coming from a different, more dangerous direction. as this storm is turning, as it s moving slowly through the carolinas, we are now getting winds coming on shore. now, if we get on shore winds, coupled with a high tide in the middle of the night, that could cause some problems in terms of storm surge here in north myrtle beach. we have not seen the worst of this yet. all day, we have had winds, we ve had gusts in the 70s, gusts so high that first responders couldn t go out to respond to 911 calls. that has died down. we thought the worst may even have passed and that this started about a half hour or an hour ago. i was just texting w
the storm was moving northward, so the offshore winds were was pushing this water out into the bay. this is a phenomenon that actually happens in the great lakes. it does happen. it s not completely out of the ordinary. but because we had such strong winds, it was pushing it. and i don t like the word sucking. that is not appropriate when it comes to meteorological terms. i know a lot of people were like it s the low pressure that was sucking out the winds. that is not the case it is just an easy explanation of the offshore winds pushing that water out in to the gulf of mexico. now that you have got on shore winds, it is pushing it back. that s the most dangerous. steve: it s a reverse surge will. janice: absolutely. brian: not a suck a surge. janice: i apologize that s not meteorologically correct. brian: more sports oriented especially when you think about the giants last night. steve: thank you, janice. ainsley: used to be all water now nothing there. steve: pushed out to sea.
and the carolinas. we re going to watch the vulnerable beach areas across georgia and south carolina for the potential of thighs on shore winds bringing up the storm surge. not done yet. category 1 storm still hurricane, 75 mile-per-hour sustained winds. it is over land it is weakening. but we are still going to see the potential for the storm surge for the heavy rainfall upwards of 4 to 6 inches. and the potential of tornadoes. and this storm is going into georgia for the first time in history, atlanta, georgia has a tropical storm warning. we will be dealing with this well into the midweek. back to you. brian: i saw the mayor of atlanta saying yesterday look we are kind of surprised we re going to get 60 mile-per-hour winds and rain. janice: peoplevel evacuated. brian: dense area. place where there is always traffic. hopefully they are doing that smartly. 12 minutes after the hour. ainsley: so jillian started our coverage. you probably saw at the end of last week down in south florid
tens of thousands of people in this area without power right now. one of the utility companies in the tampa bay area said they had to halt their services to restore power overnight because it was too dangerous for those guys to be out. same thing with fire and police. they say once the winds hit 40 miles per hour which we hit that yesterday, they can t send their officers into the streets to rescue people because it s just too dangerous. one of the hardest and most difficult thing for him is to tell his guys you can t go out and do the job you are trained to do because it s just too dangerous. for people who did not heed the evacuation warnings, the mayor and fire and police warning to you stay inside, even though the sun is coming up, don t step outside right now. this is some of the strongest winds we have seen since we have been here. janice was mentioning on shore winds. that s what we are seeing right though here in saint pete. back to you in new york. steve: all right. matt, than
coast. they got the brunt of it on that side. i knew people in palm beach county a couple we know went to kentucky. ainsley: friends went to nashville. best friend who lives there going to elevated higher ground. then i called her at 4:00 in the morning on saturday and i said have you got to get out. she took all of her boxes, all of her pictures. she was in tears. she put them in a hotel room and then she got in a car with her three kids and they headed to south carolina. steve: the point of my story was she went to kentucky. the storm is going to kentucky and tennessee. so, it is a big storm. ainsley: it s huge. steve: big storm and not done yet. brian: atlanta today. 60 mile-per-hour winds in atlanta. ainsley: janice, says expecting a lot of rain in those areas. america s mayor rudy giuliani, mike huckabee and counselor to the president kellyanne conway are going to join us live. oh, you brought butch. yeah! (butch growls at man) he s looking at me right now, isn t he? yup.