Some areas expecting up to a foot of rain. Tonights Full Moon could increase the flood threat, as well, for areas along the coast. Well explain that. New day starts right now. Good Morning And Welcome to your new day. Its sunday, august 22nd. Thank you for waking up with us. Good morning to you. Good morning, boris. Were all watching henri. This category one hurricane is closing in on the northeast. The first hurricane to directly hit New England in 30 years, which is part of what is so significant here. This is an area that typically gets these kind of storms and several states have issued states of emergency ahead of the storm, which is expected to make landfall soon in southern New England. About 50 Million people are under hurricane or tropical Storm Warnings and mandatory evacuations are already under way in some coastal areas and officials say the time to leave before conditions get worse is right now. You know, a lot of people dont like to leave, especially when the sun is still
Also, westerly winds take hold. Thats what is going to help push the storm back out to sea. The thing is, regardless of where it ends up going in the short term or where exactly it makes landfall, you have a lot of Heavy Rain expected for this area in the northeast. Rip currents also going to be a concern from North Carolina all the way up through massachusetts. We talk about the Heavy Rain and, yes, itll be heavy along the coast. Even inland, upstate New York, envir vermont, New Hampshire could get several inches of rain. You have the moderate risk of Flash Flooding across several northeastern states. The ground is very saturated, not only from the rain they expect from this storm, but the remnants of fred earlier this week dumped a tremendous amount of rain in this area. So because that ground is saturated, it does not take very strong winds to bring down trees and Power Lines, but you are going to have strong winds. 60, 70, 80mileperhour winds possible for several states, which is w
that for the second time. and president biden spending the weekend in delaware after he slammed the gop s new commitment to america plan. it was a speech that he gave to the nation s largest teachers union. we have live fox news team coverage on all of this. alexis mcadams is at the southern border, lucas tomlin tomlinson in delaware with the president, max gorden in florida as the residents there prepare for a possible hurricane. but first to adam klotz in the fox weather center on what s going to turn the sunshine state into a wet and windy state soon. adam: hey, eric. yeah, you re absolutely right. this is the system that s making that move, still a tropical storm as we speak. winds at 45 miles an hour, drifting off to the west at 16 miless an hour. warmer water fuels the system, so as it lifts into the gulf of mexico, it starts to really strengthen. this is going to time out, our forecast cone of uncertainty here. you see beginning to approach the gulf of mexico north of
WILMINGTON, North Carolina (Reuters) -U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump abruptly canceled a campaign rally in North Carolina on Saturday because of an incoming storm, telling the crowd he was "devastated" and promising to return to the battleground state soon. Trump called into the outdoor rally from his private jet about 30 minutes before he was due to appear at an airport in Wilmington, instructing everyone to leave immediately because of safety concerns as lightning flashed overhead. "I'm devastated that this could happen but we want to keep everybody safe," Trump said, his voice amplified by speakers to thousands of supporters, many of whom had lined up since early morning in hot and humid conditions.
The Pinpoint Weather team is tracking the chance for rain and snow arriving Wednesday and lasting until early Friday. Thursday will be a Pinpoint Weather Alert Day.