So as a forecaster when you have to cover for that cover storms into the 5 00 a. M. Forecast, you have to get up really early. It is really challenging. Sometime some time ago, i read erik ons storm larsons book. It is a remarkable account of the worst National Disaster in history, the galveston hurricane of 1900. The book brings to life america at the turnofthecentury and the destruction of the city, at the time the jewel of the south, the new york city to be of the gulf coast. Author joins us here today and brings to life human drama, survival from a massive hurricane that slammed galveston almost 100 years ago, coming up on september 8. Given that it is the 100th anniversary, this is the great time for us to look back on the tragedy in the nonfiction andunt of erik larson the nonfiction account of erik larson. Before i introduce him, i want to discuss the anatomy of hurricanes, how we go about cutting it forecasting, and i want to step back in time to show footage taken after the da
Tornados. sot i looked out the window and all i saw was a whirlwind of trash roofs ripped off. Fences toppled. Along the coast in galveston, flags warn of the dangerous surf. Waves up to 10 feet high forcean empty tanker to run aground. More flooding in nearby louisiana. Where Power Outages forced many businesses to close. Others. Getting by on candlelight. Bazi kanani, abc news, washington. Jessica rae newly released video is taking us inside last weeks raid on the terror group in northern iraq. Dozens of hostages were freed, and one american soldier was killed. Gun shots the camera captures the controlled chaos. As the elite Us Delta Force raids an isis prison early thursday morning. It happened just hours ahead of what would have been a mass execution. Its a mission. Us secretary of defense, Ashton Carter, says the special forces team was ready to face. Sot Ashton Carter us secretary of defense this is an example of a case where we alone could do someththg, and we alone had thth cap
Records and we can see the eye right there. So its central western mexico were concerned about. That path takes it right between Puerta Vallarta and manzanillo. Not only winds greater than 200 Miles Per Hour but storm surges on the right side. Up to 20 inches of rain comes along with this. Get it into the mountains, still have flooding out there and starts to die out over central mexico but the moisture does not. Thats where we run into a problem. Weve seen flash flooding with another storm in texas, so weve got flash flood watches from laredo to dallas and now dallas on alert and thats where our rob marciano is this morning for the second round. Good morning, ginger. Folks here certainly with a worrisome eye on patricia not only for folks in mexico but maybe coming in this direction. A bit of a break from the rain but its been raining heavily all night long. Some of the roads this dallas having a hard time dealing with that but without a doubt last 24 hours the hardest hit area has be
Adele looks and sounds fantastic. Yeah. Her new album 25 which we figured out is her 25th year even though shes 27. Thank you, my darling. But, no, such a powerful song. We hope robin can hear it at home resting up from shoulder surgery. Shell be back on monday. Hurricane patricia, take a look at it over the past 48 hours developing very quickly forming into a huge hurricane, national hurrine center calling it the strongest hurricane ever recorded in the western hemisphere and now warnings of catastrophic landfall. American tourists trapped in mexico and the airport in Puerta Vallarta shut down this morning and they are working quickly to sandbag the coast, board up those windows. Ginger starts us off. This is a big one. This hurricane detonated overnight. I mean exploding into so many records and we can see the eye right there. So its central western mexico were concerned about. That path takes it right between Puerta Vallarta and manzanillo. Not only winds greater than 200 Miles Per
Dangerous russian prescription drug. The investigation and the companys response this morning. And say hello to adele. The superstar singer capping off her big comeback releasing the first song from her brandnew album this morning and setting fire to the internet. And good morning, america. Wow. Adele looks and sounds fantastic. Yeah. Her new album 25 which we figured out is her 25th year even though shes 27. Right lara . Thank you, my darling. But, no, such a powerful song. We hope robin can hear it at home resting up from shoulder surgery. Shell be back on monday. Hurricane patricia, take a look at it over the past 48 hours developing very quickly forming into a huge hurricane, National Hurricane center calling it the strongest hurricane ever recorded in the western hemisphere and now warnings of catastrophic landfall. American tourists trapped in mexico and the airport in Puerta Vallarta shut down this morning and they are working quickly to sandbag the coast, board up those windows