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have really gone decades since they ve seen a storm of this magnitude approach land. and really what becomes most concerning is the little progression after it makes landfall as that same pattern that essentially causes it to move in towards regions around the eastern area of north carolina, causes it also to stall or slow down. so notice the progression, pretty wide here from wednesday into thursday. very little movement from thursday and then landfall by friday afternoon there. so rainfall amounts can be staggering across the region. some areas several months worth of rainfall possible, and you work your way inland. condition is in place to produce potentially 15 or more inches of rain. so certainly a dangerous scenario, rosemary, and the storm that has potential to cause significant damage along the coast with additional damage with all of the rain that has in store later this week. all right, thank you so much for keeping a very close eye on that. you will continue to do that. m
the florida airports expected to resume normal flight patterns tomorrow, partial flight patterns. again, it will take time for people to find flights that they can get on. our meteorologist is following this story. pedron, of course, the thing we just pointed out in charleston, south carolina, they re dealing with a real situation right now. it s incredible, too. they were just a few hundred miles away from the storm system, but the center of the storm, moving through alabama, but on the southern periphery of this back to the east, we re getting the thunderstorms pushing off towards charleston. the wind driven water also coming in with this. this is a flash flood emergency taking place. but the lone piece to tell you about, tropical depression irma