showing outer bands of the system rolling through jacksonville, florida, today. the northeast, as i mentioned, now bracing for the storm, too, and the potential for hurricane-force winds from philadelphia to new york. so, we have the latest track for you tonight, agin with abc s eva pilgrim in myrtle beach, leading us off. reporter: tonight, outer bands of isaias closing in on the carolinas and threatening the entire east coast with powerful winds and life-threatening storm surge. it s moving quickly enough that it won t really have a chance to weaken. reporter: in new york city, they re putting up mile-long barriers in low-lying areas to keep the water out. coronavirus cases and deaths on the rise in several of the states in isaias path. florida avoiding a direct hit, but forced to close some outdoor testing sites because of isaias winds. the carolinas might not be as lucky. shelters will screen people for coronavirus symptoms. shelters will have ppe and will honor social di
can see the center of the storm coming very close to beaufort and atlantic and cedar point. we will see if this is technically a landfall in the next few minutes. we will keep you updated but landfall is just a technical point, the lowest pressure point comes on land. the effects are widespread from the storm up and down the north and south carolina coast up towards virginia and we are still dealing with the storm towards the area of new england this weekend. along with storm surge and outer bands bringing upwards of a foot of rainfall and hurricane force windss we ve had dozens of reports of tornadoes from yesterday. this is one of the biggest hurricanes to produce this amount of tornadoes across these areas so that is a concern throughout the day today as these outer bands move on shore and we are ready have that
young, who s in north carolina where one of these tornadoes hit. ryan, how much damage have you seen? reporter: we ve seen a tremendous amount of damage in a short period of time. but i want to show you something right now, jake. this has really stepped up in the last five minutes or so, the rain. the outer bands have picked up. you can see the signs here as they start to get ready for this. florence was really a big impact here. in fact, this entire street here was covered in water. in fact, that s what residents are worried about. but we have to show you what happened in emerald isle about 30 miles from here. look at this video. this is an area that was hit by a tornado earlier this morning around 9:30. this was hit with such ferocity that people who wee on the inside of the home who stayed actually were very scared skbr actually regretting the decision they made to stay behind. coming back here now, you can see the rain is hitting pretty hard. our iphones started going off with to
more than that as the outer bands come. folly island, as you know, ainsley a barrier island. a lot of vacation homes for the people down here in charleston. we are in the parking lot of the pier here trying to get a sense. you know aishah talking about storm surge. they are expecting upwards of 5 to 8 feet already with the amount of rain that s coming. 6 to 12 inches. we are seeing the streets are taking on water. not more than a few inches but it is coming. the power has been going on and off. we are watching that ocean over there when you have these high winds with the storm surge, and, of course, the flooding that s expected in theist these low lying areas, particularly a low lying barrier island like folly, it s going to be a long, long day. the tide is low. it s going to come in to high. where i m standing, we re told is about 80 miles from the center of the eye of the storm. remember 150 miles out from the eye of the storm is tropical storm winds. hurricane winds come at about 60
this area is so prone to flash flooding. so i m concerned we saw a report of three inches in just an hour in the charleston area. also with these land falling hurricane are hurricanes that come close to shore and outer bands these are tornadoes warnings. threat for weak tornadoes for north and south carolina as these outer bands come on shore and can you seat strikes of lightning. so, in addition to all of the effects we are seeing from this offshore hurricane, we are going to see the potential for severe storms. there is where we come, i would say this time tomorrow. we come to the closest landfall across the outer banks of north carolina. but, remember, landfall is just the lowest pressure point, the center that comes on land, it s just a point. you are still going to feel the effects of a major hurricane for hundreds of miles along the shore. steve: indeed. speaking of that, janice, thank you very much. the navy has ordered the ships out of norfolk head tout sea for safety and at