atlantic beach had 22 inches of rain already. 185,000 people without power in north carolina. 6,500 people without power in south carolina. those numbers could rise and could rise by quite a bit. the cause of biggest concern at this moment from hurricane florence is the storm surge. again, 80 miles from where i am in new bern on the neuse river, the storm surge has led to severe flooding. flooding and surge of ten feet. we spoke to an operations manager there with 100 calls coming in for rescues still pending. we understand people have moved to the roofs in cases to try to say stay safe. zodiac boats are out doing what they can. first responders are out despite the dangers. however, some areas will be impassabl
finally giving folks along this area a chance to clean up a little bit. what does it look like in reality? here is the spinning motion. you see the shower stretching across, this is our future radar, pay attention to the time-stamp in the corner. the heaviest rain does appear to be right over this area and portions of extreme eastern texas, houston right on that boundary, taking you into tuesday evening. that rain still coming. that is all day tomorrow. i do think you maybe get a few more breaks on wednesday before finding down on thursday. completely clear for folks on friday. again, we have seen so much rain already. 20, 30 inches, in some cases 40 inches. we are going to add to that even more so. i think fairly widespread. i wouldn t be surprised you see 8-12 inches, you do see some areas where those numbers get higher, after a 15 inches in several locations. this is stretching into portions of louisiana, lake charles getting another 6 inches. it s very close. it s all about where t
to its billing. pittsburgh, philadelphia, baltimore, everywhere in between, flooding will start later on tonight and be in earnest as we go through the day on saturday. saturday will be a washout for much of the mid-atlantic region. light rain moving up the coast, but heavy stuff will be tomorrow. how much rain? 3 to 5 inches of rainfall from d.c. up through philly into the new york and southern new england. the storm will not completely exit until we get to sunday or monday. so friday s forecast. rain already, d.c. later on this afternoon, it heads for new york. later on tonight it moves into southern new england. heavy rain this morning and lasting through today into florida and unsettled weather in florida. the flog has to go throughout the weekend in the mid-atlantic. you re watching morning joe, brewed by mika s visuals and starbucks.