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it has weakened to a tropical depression and a lot of that has to do with the elevated and mountainous terrain across the region. a rise on the island of hispaniola. that is higher than mountains across 37 u.s. states. so it speaks to how rugged this particular landscape is. and that is often great news for weakening tropical systems. unfortunately, coming in on the heels of a quake, it is the last thing you want to see so it is all happening at the expense of this particular island as rainfall amounts could exceed four to six inches. some isolated pockets could get up to eight to ten inches. we know a tremendous amount of deforestation that has taken place. more than 80%. some put it that 80% has been deforested. so the water becomes instant runoff and leads to additional flash flooding down stream. and that s what we re watching for later this afternoon and this evening. really, it will be a 24-hour event for folks across haiti as
depression is approaching the country. meanwhile there are also multiple storms churning in the caribbean and gulf of mexico right now. haiti is bracing for heavy rain from grace while fred heads toward the florida panhandle. pedram javaheri is tracking it all for us. good morning, rosemary. this is a story a lot of people looking at carefully and you notice across portions of the gulf into the western atlantic, areas around bermuda, a trio of tropical systems to tell you about. grace in particular, one that we re watching because of course impacts across haiti and the island of hispaniola, this is a system that had begun breaking apart a little bit, down to a tropical depression, and a lot of it has to do with interaction across a very rugged terrain in this region. mountains here rise to as high as 10,100 feet, higher than 37 u.s. states.
multiple tropical systems to pinpoint, and of course grace really the one everyone talking about across this region as we ve got a tropical depression. it s weakened in the last couple of hours. this is a very mountainous terrain when it comes up to the island of hispaniola, higher than mountains found on 37 u.s. states. it speaks to the rugged nature of this landscape, and that really allows tropical systems to break apart, weaken. unfortunately that is happening at the expense of tremendous rainfall across portions of areas around dominican republic. we think within the next 24 or so hours, within parts of haiti here as the system skirts off toward the west. statistically speaking, every single summer we have at least two tropical systems work their way across haiti. the timing as challenging as it gets here with a tremendous amount of rainfall in store over the next couple of days. notice on the western half there of the island, could see as much as four to six inches. some models s
this area near the epicenter. a lack of authoritative stance from the government trying to help people get control of this situation. unfortunately this is the reality on the ground at this moment. matt rivers, cnn, in les cayes, haiti. now, as we mentioned, haiti is bracing for a storm in the coming hours. meteorologist pedram javaheri joins me now. what are you seeing in terms of when it s going to hit? michael, we re very close here. we re approaching peak hurricane season in the next several weeks, and this is the last thing you want to see. we ve got a tropical system by the name of grace. we have of course fred approaching the southeastern united states, another system well out there across the western atlantic near bermuda. i want to show you what s happening with grace because at this point, the storm that was a tropical storm has weakened to a tropical depression. you can thank the tremendous amount of mountain coverage across this region from africa on into the island of hi
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