worst point there were crews coming by telling people to get off the beach. that s really been the extent what we ve seen here on the island. all right. ed lavandera i mean, traffic is going by like nobody s business. you think where are they going, and what s open? i don t know what s open there. ed, do stay safe. i do keep in your live shot seeing that lightning behind you and that makes me nervous. do stay safe and your crew. our meteorologist allison chinchar has been tracking hurricane harvey. she s in the cnn hurricane center. two things she s looking at. one, the eye of the storm and whether it s dissipating. and two, tornadic activity. let s look at the first one, we may be looking at that eye until it finally closes up comple completely. that s a good sense that the storm is losing its intensity.
there is that threat of tornadic activity. here s that computer model i was telling you about port o connor. 40 inches. port arances. 50% of the town has evacuated. that s good. ive hope you are heeding the warning, i really do. it s been a while since we ve seen a category three. take it easy. keep it here for updates. karen maginnis, thank you. the president encouraging everyone in harvey s path to stay safe. the president tweeting, as hurricane harvey intensifies, remember to plan ahead. the president receiving regular briefings. he has spoken with texas governor greg abbott. the white house announcing it stands ready to provide resources where they are required while downplaying concerns about preparedness. there is no permanent secretary of homeland security which overseas fema. in politics, president trump and senate republican leader mitch mcconnell taking very different approaches. they try to get the relationship
adam: you guys teach me so much every morning. thank you for all that knowledge. here is what i know it s about the forecast. beginning to feel more spring like here in new york city. but across the country spring like weather means big storms. that s what we re seeing stretching down into texas and oklahoma. even farther up to the north now on the east side of dallas these are severe storms that did bring storms overnight hours. continuing to see that storm push off along the eastern side of oklahoma city as well. this entire system is going to shift later today. as we heat into the afternoon still looking at area of severe weather switching from louisiana to-mile-an-hour. including areas of arkansas as well. wouldn t be surprised if before today is over we are tracking more tornadic activity. this is one day of it tomorrow things are looking even worse. this is thursday. severe weather threat and you see an area where we are looking at moderate chances of severe weather.
we ve got the warm most air which is pulling the gulf moisture upward. and as a result, those temperatures behind the front can be 30s and we watched temperatures out ahead of it will be in the 70s and 80s, in areas all the way down into texas, think about 16 million people just kind of stairing down at least a slight risk of severe weather. that orange shaded area that s the enhanced risk, that s about 2 and a half million people and into little rock arkansas. what can they expect, well might be an isolated tornado, might could see maybe some high winds, also the potential for some large size hail. now march isn t in the thick of tornado season, but we go back to january, 20 fatalities during the month of january, most of those in south georgia for an out break of tornadic activity. we have to go towards april, may, june, those are kind of the
washington, it s extremely rare to see a tornado across the entire united states this too many of year. in fact, december is one of the rarest months of the year to even see any kind of tornadic activity. typically only experiencing about 24 on average. you can see the peak of tornado season in the united states roughly between april and may. here i want to show you quickly just what an ef-1 rated toronto with 100-mile-an-hour winds can do, takes a piece of plywood through somebody s home and side wall and knocking over roofs. back to you. thanks for the update. the rise of terror attacks around the world is bringing back painful memories for former british prime minister tony blair. he talked about the 9/1 1 attacks and the political decisions which followed. do you feel pain? do you feel a sense of responsibility that people still point to what you did and what