just two problems at this point. one of them is a downed pole. that one on waiverly woods. we also have a downed tree in glen arm road because of that. there s a live look outside at ocean city. it is raining out there you can see from adam s live shot there is look at the topside of the beltway. no problems. remember wjz13 is always on for traffic information for any time you always log on. back over to you guys. back to our complete coverage of hurricane earl, marty is in the first warning center first we go to bernadette woods. take a look at earl as it makes its way up the east coast. the center is still offshore but the affects are being felt. here is how it looks right now, the outer bands starting to make their way into southern parts of the eastern shore. that s going to spread west ward. it doesn t go that far to the west it encountered some really dry air. as we see these brighter colors that are just offshore starting to make their way that s when the winds are
rescues at all. and for some, it became almost like a tourist attraction. drawing folks to the beach, so they could see waves like this that they have never seen before in their lifetime. the waves are absolutely beautiful. the mayor says hurricane earl could have damaged beach front businesses. if not for a million dollars spent every year on beach frunt front products. there were a lot ofch properties on the ocean front that were really very are, very vuln vulnerable. and now they have a buffer. and it makes a difference. for now, it was tourists, not water, flooding back to the boardwalk. unfortunately for the furrists right now, no one is allowed in the water at all not i m even wading to your knees. they are expecting a quarter of a million people still to come to ocean city here over the labor day weekend. and for those people, they re going to want to pay attention to the lifeguards because it s unclear when the waters will reopen to swimmers. by the looks of
it has been downgraded to a strong category 2. or weak category 3 now. it s heading off to the north around 18 miles an hour. and in that track will eventually turn into a category 2. or weeker. late tonight into tomorrow afternoon, it starts moving rapidly. you can see the storm as it approaches our region from the south and southwest. it s a category 2. that means that we definitely expect some, perhaps tropical storm force winds in ocean city area. and that s why they have hurricane watches in effect. for our region, we have a coastal flood advisory. 1 to 3 foot above normal tides tonight into early tomorrow morning continues to about 6:00 a.m. friday. this storm is definitely going to zoom on by us. but passing by close to 150 miles offshore. winds are still a factor here. let s talk about them. southerly winds, as the storm starts to approach the mouth of the bay. the counter clockwise rotation will push as far up into northern baltimore county. the storm is going to g