here s a view of our radar loop. heavy rain throughout this area. this is going to be a water problem. we are talking about the wind problem. this becomes more and more of a water problem. beginning with yes, storm surges and high tide. there it is, right near port lavaca. high water. of course it s nightfall. we will see the damages until tomorrow. it s piling up right in the ine inlets. just from ground level, low-lying areas. 12 feet of water. bring more impressive numbers. this one tells a lot. yes, unfortunately, it is not going to be going anywhere. pretty quickly, your friday night and tear saturday,
starts next month. we want to update multiple typhoons. pedram javaheri is with us. three typhoons in east asia. the immediate danger around the guangdong province one of the main areas that will see tremendous rainfall over the next couple days. we ll show you video coming out of the region as the storm is sitting offshore and you see the beaches taking on water damage across the board. and the harbors taking a tremendous pounding from the waves offshore with a storm system that had wave heights up to 7 meters. it s weakening and paralleling the coastline. show you hong kong. officials know all too well about the tropical features. the clouds are coming into the area. we don t suspect much of a wind problem but it s a rain issue with this storm system. it is going to weaken rapidly.
delayed. take a look at this live picture. the orion space capsule. wind and other issues have pushed things back in today s large launch window is about to close. nbc s jay barbury has covered the space program from the grinning and joins us from cape canaveral. pleasure to see you. thank you it s nice to be here with you. we may get this off yet today. they got until 44 minutes past hour. a little more than 30 minutes to get it off. this latest problem they have with valves that released the pressure on the fuels. and they re going to make sure everything is working okay. i think the wind problem has more or less gone away. if this all comes together finally this morning, then we can get into space before the end of the 9:44 window. now, once up there, everyone
who may be in need of damage control after irene? plus graphic new evidence of brutality by moammar gadhafi and his inner circle. this just as we re hearing his wife and several children have now escaped libya. the pressure now growing to make sure gadhafi himself doesn t get away. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. raging water in the northeast so powerful it can sweep away cars and swallow up homes. right now vermont is devastated by the worst flooding in decades. cnn s amber lyon joins us from brattleboro in vermont. set the scene a little bit, amber, for what s going on. what are you seeing? what are you hearing? reporter: well, out here, wolf, had i been standing out here earlier yesterday, i would be completely under water. i want to come here and show you this brook right here, this is pretty much representative of what s across this state. this is wet stone brook, flowing more like a river now. it s about four feet wider than usual and look over her
this is from harden county, kentucky. this was on the. i don t believe any tornado is on the ground right now, tornadoes are being indicated by spin on the doppler radar. if the spin gets a little bit bigger then the tornado can go down. this is going to be a listening night for all of us across the southeast. huntsville, you re about to see a squall line, there will be probably a tornado warning, but you re going to see a lot of wind and the problem today may be more of a wind problem than a tornado problem, tornadoes tushed dotush when the trees fall, they can fall on houses, not a tornado in sight, but the wind killed a lot of people.