it s a this is a meandering storm bringing lots of wind and rain. there s a few cars around. some have been police cars. about a half hour ago to an hour ago the winds were a lot stronger. we saw the rain being pushed down this downtown area. you can see the buildings that have been boarded up, pretty much a ghost town here, thankfully. but first light has brought the rain tapering off. we are trying to get an assessment for how we still get some of these wind gusts now that make it kind of hard to keep rain out of your eye. again, this is in sinton texas, rockport one of the most hardest hit, more than 200,000 without power still as hurricane harvey made landfall as a category 4, now downgraded to a category 1.
members are on duty. crews in blackhawk helicopters leading statewide rescue efforts. sad because people have lost their businesses. they ve lost homes. and it affected everybody across the board. it does not discriminate. reporter: the devastation prompting president obama to declare south carolina a major disaster area. ordering federal aid. with the rain easing up, state and local government have a better sense of the damage here. early estimates put the cost of the cleanup in the hundreds of millions of dollars. chris? thank you very much for the report. let s get the latest from the government side. derrec becker, public nch coordinator. the rain has stopped, people, therefore, think it is over. what is your level of urgency? chris, that s very correct. that s what one of our main concerns is, the fact that people may be lulled into a false sense of hope. we certainly want to give people hope in that we are going to start to see rain tapering off
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nearly half a million people across the country are now completely in the dark after a deadly snow and ice storm knocked out their power over the weekend. it has left them stranded. that storm is moving east, threatening many travel plans. the forecast. violetta, where is it now? hey, yeah. this is the same system that produced all of that snow, the sleet, the freezing rain across the central u.s. still bringing rain into the deep south. rain tapering off in d.c. and baltimore. though still raining pretty good from philadelphia to new york city up into boston. travel delays being reported newark, also back into philadelphia. you can see this pink area. that s where we see the freezing rain. that cannot only cause issues for travelers there along the northern extent of the i-95, but that freezing rain can
it s been a crazy middle of march. and a strong march storm. this is the kind of stuff you get during the month of march. snow, hail, thunder, sometimes in all the same spot. these are all reports of severe weather across the eastern third of the country. a couple hundred of them. mostly wind and hail, five reports of tornadoes as well. here s where the storm is now, heading offshore, thankfully. the wind and rain tapering off. it will end in boston, massachusetts, here. temps behind this will be on the chilly side. have to see if it ended in snow. a dustingy central park. temperatures are going to be 10, 15 degrees below what you d expect for this time of year. another storm heading into the west coast, been very active out there. fire danger for folks dealing with that issue. 43 degrees the high temperature for new york city. the snow that did fall will try and melt at least today. a little bit calm weather.