created even though it made landfall as a 3 a record 2-foot storm surge. early this morning, a wave height reported in that northeastern quadrant was 83 feet staggering the imagination. so the wall of water is still underneath this storm. the surge is going to be the same. the threat for loss of life and loss of property does not change. so do not pay attention to these numbers. it never was about that. it was about where the storm has come from, how strong it is, the vulnerable coastline and the massive slowdown. that has not changed. so the rainfall rates are going to be staggering, a couple of inches an hour for several days. we could see over ten inches a day for a couple of days. that 35, 40 inch total is going to be met in many locations. so the threat for loss of life from flooding, from storm surge is still with us. now, it carries down through south carolina, starts to pick up speed but our concern now is
scenario coming true. the rainfall rates we keep talking about the impacts here. the rainfall in some case historical very dangerous situation. not just on the coast. but look i object land inland, d north carolina and maryland and delaware. by the way the forecast air, some of this could shift back and forth. if you are on the edge thinking you are okay this can shift. you have to pay attention. definitely historical rainfall and terrain see pretty bad flash flooding. shepard: because it feels like a levity wolf is on cnn it s me here on the fox. i get it but it s all good. he probably would have the same question. that is if you are inland say in raleigh, it looks like you are going to get if your models are right, a lot of rain is coming. if you are in raleigh or somewhere inland like that, should you be taking extra precautions. definitely shep, we will get that right this time. you have to. the rainfall rates we are talking about are going to be the tropical rainfall rates a
meteorologist ginger zee with the forecast for the weekend. hey, ginger. reporter: unfortunately, not looking great, tom. lancaster, pennsylvania, for example now going to have their wettest august on record. that s what you get when you have rainfall rates in the two inch per hour category. flash flood warnings in delaware and in southeastern pennsylvania. it s all laying along the stationary front, stationary meaning not moving much. so that is not good news when you re talking about heavy rain. flash flood watch in wisconsin. close to 15 inches this week, and they ll get another 1 to 3. 3 to 5 in southeastern florida, where the tropical wave in the caribbean will move westward. shouldn t become a storm. florence will, but it should however stay out to sea. ginger, thank you. also tonight, dramatic new images of the explosive takedown of a serial bomb suspect in austin, texas. the video just released today disturbing. the video there showing
the second floor. rainfall rates are approaching two to four inches per water. switch water rescue teams are being deployed to the area under a flash flood watch. a woman trapped inside of a local business shot this video from the outside of the window. she tells cnn, there are about 30 people stranded, including children and he hadderly people. she says everyone is safe and relatively calm. tom joins me now in the weather center. you ve been tracking this flooding. what can you tell us about this situation? reporter: it is eerily similar to what happened july threeth two years ago. continuing area well working in the washington, d.c. area. this is howard county. we have an emergency for a flood warning and 911 calls are streaming in. we ve been stuck in a pattern. you can see where alberto is.
preparation. abby: meteorologist rick reichmuth is here tracking the storm. rick, another one? rick: yeah, we are still in hurricane season. really active season. we ll kind of expected to see a little bit more. by the way the season doesn t end until the end of november. not saying this will be the last one either. in satellite representation looking fairly organized. that s a bad thing. one thing we have going for us here is that it is moving very, very fast, it doesn t have a lot of time over water to continue that strengthening. that said, it does have some time. so we ll likely see it strengthen a little bit. exactly how strong still remains to be seen. category 1 hurricane. officially the forecast keeps it as a category 1. i will tell you the rainfall rates because it s moving so fast are going to be kept down just a little bit. where it comes on shore. once we get in mountainous terrain up across the central appalachians expect to see more water run out of this system. because o