Good morning to you all. Welcome to cnn this morning. Im amara walker. And im victor black well. So good to be with you. Tropical Storm Warnings are in effect this morning as lee is downgraded from a hurricane to a post Tropical Cyclone. New england starting to feel the impact of the massive storm. Boston logan is experiencing a spike in Flight Cancellations. So far, 25 of flights leaving boston have been cancelled. Thats according to flight awe ware. Lee is not expected to make landfall, but coastal cities can can expect powerful 50 to 60 mile per hour winds from outer bands of the massive storm. Heavy rain and storm surge could cause flooding along the n nebraska coast. Authorities are telling people to prepare to hunker down as the storm pushes north through the day. Lee is also expected to cause dangerous rip currents along the Atlantic Coast with many states warning people to stay out of the ocean this weekend because of those dangerous surf conditions. We are cover canning all pa
if you re going to be anywhere from the outer banks north up to massachusetts up to maine, one of the big concerns are going to be rip currents. that is even after arthur has passed and what is a rip current? we always hear about these. let me sort of show you an animation here. as you look at the sand in this picture, you see what looks like a little valley of sand. that is where the water is coming in and rushing out. you re swimming there and trying to fight against what you can t see. a current of water is trying to take you out. even an olympic swimmer would be exhausted by trying to fight this. what you re supposed to do is swim parallel to the shore, get yourself out of that valley that is taking all of the water out, way out into the ocean, and then make your way to shore. it is so much easier said than done. there will be extra lifeguards in places up the east coast for this holiday weekend already any way. really a lot of good suggestions are if you re not sure, you re no a g