when rip currents are at play out here at jones beach, the lifeguards say they will do on average 17-20 water rescues in a day. rip currents certainly the biggest factor contributing to water rescues out here. jones beach and at a lot of beaches. so allison, victor, it s dentally something people should think about, the storm has just cleared out here and we know that hurricanes can often leave those rip currents in their wake. 17 to 20 water rescues a day. it looks beautiful today. let s bring in meteorologist karen mcginnis with the latest on arthur. as we take a look at what s happening with arthur, it is post-tropical arthur. had been at one time a category 2 hurricane. when it slammed onshore, the central coast of north carolina. but now it s raced very rapidly up the northeastern coast and this morning we ve been affected by the storm system.
by an african-american woman in times square, he rereleased a series of tweets calling the woman an animal and talked about violence in the black community. his tweets were deleted overnight but he promised to address the story online. number five, hurricane arthur weakened overnight. now a post tropical cyclone. about 40,000 people in north carolina lost power. communities all up and down the east coast saw the winds whipping and lashing rains and flooded streets. let s go to meteorologist karen mcginnis with more now. just a post tropical cyclone, what s that mean and who does it mean anything for? there are no leftover characteristics of a hurricane or tropical storm. but now we re looking at just kind of a broad area of low pressure that s going to get caught up in another weather system that s sweeping through. the rainfall has been the heaviest right across maine with some gusty winds. but the effect for the rest of the afternoon and indeed the weekend will be across nova
into the midwestern united states, interstate 235, running across iowa and into nebraska, strong thunderstorms in some areas, we ve seen three and four inches already. karen mcginnis, thank you so much. you ve got to see this recording if you haven t seen it already a driver in california captures a beating that is shocking to a lot of people on tape. look, the police officer holds the woman down on the ground and just pummels her face over and over again. but the california highway patrol says this tape does not tell the whole story. plus a joan rivers may be a comedienne, but she s not laughing now, hear what she said to our colleague, fredricka witfield during an interview. [ male voice ] she s onto us. [ male voice ] dump her. [ pay phone rings ] [ female announcer ] not all credit report sites are equal. hello? become an experian.com member to get personalized help and a real credit report.
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we have breaking news. dramatic flooding across parts of texas. there are numerous alerts. karen mcginnis is in the cnn severe weather center to update us. we have a number of areas that are seeing severe weather. two tornado watches in effect. this one encompasses about 4 million people. the one across west texas encompasses about 800,000. so a washout not just with the heavy downpours, but because there is violent weather associated with these heavy downpours, you could experience rain-wrapped tornadoes. that means you re not going to see it heading your direction. so if a warning is issued and you re anywhere to the west or to the southwest of houston,