horizon from us now. she s definitely a big storm and people in her way better banted down the hatches. slamming down into the east coast. i can t stress this highly enough. if you re in the projected path of this hurricane, you have to take precautions now. 65 million people in danger. to all the people in eastern north carolina, good luck and our prayers are with you. mandatory evacuations, time to get out right now. you have to get out. we ve never done a mandatory evacuation before and we wouldn t be doing it now if we didn t think this storm had the potential to be very serious. we re tracking this monster minute by minute and going live into the storm zone. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening, we re covering every angle of hurricane irene tonight from north carolina, with landfalls expected in a matter of hours to new york city where unprecedented mandatory evacuations are under way. thousands of flights are cancelled on the east coast. jfk is clo
hurricane winds and then for another six, eight hours on the back side of the storm we ll get this tropical storm force winds and the continuation of the rainfall. so, a long time yet to go before we see any clear skies here. anderson? i cannot stress this highly enough. if you are in the projected path of this hurricane, you have to take precautions now. 65 million people at risk, the government possibly picking up the pieces after this massive mandatory evacuations, time to get out right now. you have to get out. we ve never done a mandatory evacuation before and we wouldn t be doing it now if we didn t think this storm had the potential to be very serious. we re tracking this monster minute by minute and going live into the storm zone. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening, we re covering every angle of hurricane irene tonight from north carolina, with landfalls expected in a matter of hours to new york city where unprecedented mandatory evacuations are unde
severe weather a threat for later on in the day today. you see the pink and white there, that s snow again across areas of minnesota and u.p. of michigan and this is the biggest storm moving across parts of california and this is a blockbuster of a storm and major ramifications like mudslides and very significant flooding here. so, anybody in missouri certainly needs to watch out. if you want some snow and want some winter, take a look at this. winter storm warnings in effect all the way across the mountains of southern california and very heavy snow, two to three feet in some cases, four to five across the highest elevations and temp-wise looking like this for your day today. there is your warm temperatures across parts of the plains and cooler to the north and one last maybe hour or so, and take a look at the picture of the super moon. incredible. this is in washington as it was rising last night. absolutely beautiful and you ve got about an hour before your sun is gone if you ha
conditions across the airports, and also much colder so it just felt absolutely bitter across the northeast and very cold this morning, and from areas of the west, bigger storm moving. winter storm warnings, higher elevations, utah and colorado and this storm is now pulling in across areas of the northern planes and blizzard warnings in effect across south dakota, minnesota and a little spot up there, north dakota and winds around 40 miles per hour, we ll probably see six to 12 inches of snow and this is all day today and tonight and then to the southern end of it, a little bit of iciness as well and very rough conditions on the roads and winter storm warnings in effect across the area, through wisconsin, through michigan. and then we have winter weather advisories across parts of the northeast, remember the 60 s we had a couple of days ago and now dealing with some snow overnight tonight and some likely making its way across the coast and see maybe up to about an inch or so. here is t
boundary. and a lot of times it can move in line with a strong jet stream can give you strong storms and quick movers. the people in arkansas yesterday that had their homes flattened in cincinnati. one of the problems they had is very little warning. and when the storm struck at 6:00 in the morning, it was still dark locally, and they were moving along around 40 to 50 miles per hour. if you re behind the wheel of a car going 40 miles per hour to 50 miles per hour. if you step outside your house and see a storm moving in your direction at 40 miles per hour to 50 miles per hour, it s pretty quick. doesn t give you type to take shelter. people in alabama, hopefully they have the word out that we have storms moving through. georgia, alabama, mississippi, louisiana, we ve got a tornado watch in effect until 10:00 local time. some strong showers and storms have gone through. and then when you head back into central alabama, just the far northwestern corner of let s see thad be chilton coun