five miles an hour, still a category one. there has been absolutely no change in the watches or the warnings, so if you were under those evacuation orders, you are still under those vakz orders with a hurricane warning basically for the entire mid-atlantic right up into the cape. still at this point. what we re noting here, at least on the satellite loop is this storm s is it center is on the outer bairpgs. it still looks like it s going to hold up here for a category one storm. weighs see this push out near the delmarva peninsula later on tonight. the other thing worth noting, well, the bottom edge is pretty weak at this points as well. we rement going see too much rainfall on the back side of this now that it has made landfall, but still a very powerful storm as it will be moving up the coast. sit tight. we re going to come to you, jefr, in a second. we ll go to mark potter in nags head, north carolina. we have him for a second. how is it looking? it looks worse than it did last ho
good morning to you all. i m t.j. holmes. welcome to our viewers watching us in the u.s. and around the world, as we continue to follow a category 1 storm, hurricane irene, that is threatening about 20% of the u.s. population. some 65 million people in its path. it has been hammering north carolina with heavy rains and fierce winds for past several hours. it was just a couple of hours ago that it officially made landfall in north carolina. more than 200,000 people are without power as we speak, and the path of destruction is spreading as this storm continues to move north. major northeastern cities are in its sights, cities that aren t used to being tested for their hurricane preparedness. talking about washington, d.c., boston, new york city, as well. in fact, in some low-lying areas of new york, there has been an unprecedented mandatory evacuation in several places. that evacuation order is still in place, and some of those evacuations still underway. hospital patients, res
by slamming into the east coast. residents in the southern coastal areas of the u.s. are stocking up to stay safe. weather channel meteorologist mike seidel is live for us in west balm peach, florida. it looks gorgeous behind you right now, but obviously residents are paying close attention to what s coming their way. reporter: they are because this storm could be the first hurricane to make landfall in the u.s. in three years. and we have not had a major make landfall since wilma back in 2005. that tore through florida. that was a deadly hurricane. meanwhile, let s show you the first of satellite loop. a 100-mile-an-hour category 2 hurricane. once it gets to a faster speed, we expect it to switch to a category 3 by tomorrow. just recently, they upgraded the hurricane watch to a warning in the northwest bahamas. all the turks & caicos are now
state, thomas, is in the exceptional drought category which is the worst category in 92% of the state in extreme or exceptional and it has been extremely dry and hot. dallas today, 28 days above 100 in a row. many areas have had triple-digit heat and we d like some water. first, the satellite loop, and this is the system that for the main fact that most of the convection or rain is south of the center. we are expecting the center to make landfall this evening between here and south padre and between brownsville and corpus, and that means that most of the rain will avoid the corpus christi area, and sure scattered showers and thunderstorms, but the rainfall totals of two to three inches up to harlingen,
92% of the state in extreme or exceptional and it has been extremely dry and hot. dallas today, 28 days above 100 in a row. many areas have had triple-digit heat and we d like some water. first, the satellite loop, and this is the system that for the main fact that most of the convection or rain is south of the center. we are expecting the center to make landfall this evening between here and south padre and between brownsville and corpus, and that means that most of the rain will avoid the corpus christi area, and sure scattered showers and thunderstorms, but the rainfall totals of two to three inches up to harlingen, and brownsville, and most of the state will not get the rain they