a series of crises all at once, matt. thank you. straight to senior meteorologist rob marciano. rob, when will haiti start to feel the effects of grace? just over 12 hours from now, linsey, i think the rains will arrive and then tropical storm force wind gusts will be there late tomorrow. difficult conditions, no doubt about that. right now it s just south of puerto rico about 300 miles away from port-au-prince and the good news, it s weak and slowing down, and landslides will be a big problem as they race across the island and gulf of mexico and looks like a problem for us next week. more immediate problem for the u.s., tropical storm fred heading our way, warnings posted for the florida panhandle. landfall expected late tomorrow and rainfall which will be heavy at times transferred well inland and right behind that will be grace next weekend. linsey. rob, thank you. tonight the highly contagious delta variant is pushing hospitals to the brink. the u.s. recording more than 140
Franklin County begins voluntary evacuations, stresses precaution
wtxl.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wtxl.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
have trees down, power outages. florida, georgia, and maybe even getting into the carolinas. rainfall is always an issue, and that s part of the reason we are going to see the rain, 6-10 inches. that s part of the reason we will see these. you will have the actual damage from the winds right there on the coast. with time, you put 4-6 inches of rain saturating the soil, you got tropical storm force wind gusts. you can see tree damage along this entire path. write in here, 6-10 inches of rain, just catastrophic. and the storm surge. we have been talking about that. half the fatalities are from the storm surge. these values are just staggering. life-threatening storm surge. we are already seeing five and half feet and we ve got a long way to go. 9-14 feet possible in these areas, from tyndall air force base along the cost of the river. that s a staggering amount. that s above ground, and you look at that and the waves on top of it could add another couple of feet. 6-9 feet in areas toward