To thoughts in the carolinas. And people are warning People Living in the storms path to hunker down and stay put but ready to leave if the flooding gets dangerous. And allison ray tracking it now and how is it going to affect our holiday week plans . It depends on where youre going to be in the Holiday Weekend. Some areas may not see a drop of rain and some areas will see almost six inches of rain. This is what is left of Tropical Storm hermine. It is impressive. The winds have died down making it a Tropical Storm that is still pretty strong and now were watching the rain that is just moving up through South Carolina and North Carolina and one i think that is concerning to me is that forward the speed a little bit and it has been pouring in North Carolina and South Carolina and georgia for a while now. So that will be a flooding concern were as dry lets not forget, right now today and tonight, it is gorgeous outside. So soak it in and enjoy it. So latest information this is an upgrade
The Assembly Bill 2888. Its on governors desk right now. It makes mandatory prison sentence for anyone convicted of raping an intoxicated and unconscious person and i think thats a good law for california. Brian and that sentence prompted an effort to recall the judge. Tia well south carolinaians are being urged to batten down the hatches as Tropical Storm moves into their liveing in a tent died when a tree fell on him from high winds. Now officials are looking on the effects hermine could have on the fight against zika. There are concerns that the heavy rainfall and winds will side line efforts to control the mosquitoes there. Weve got to get rid of standing water. Thats the most important thing we can do now and after this storm hits. Reporter in the leadup to hurricane hermine, florida removing even the smallest traces of water to stop the spread of zika. I think all of us expected that there would be mosquitoes carrying zika. Reporter after inspecting nearly 2500 samples, florida o
But as we move further inland her minute weakened in a Tropical Storm, and, the down tours left, communities under water in the golf coast. Hermine could threaten your day at the beach as we kick off long Holiday Weekend. This is a live look, in ocean city, where the risk for dangerous rip currents, continue. And, good afternoon, im brooke thomas. Aim joe hold men for jim donovan. We have new, information on the storms track in the the last hour. Lets get over to meteorologist Katie Fehlinger in the cbs3 weather center. Katie. National Weather Hurricane Center got the systems updates its track and information and public advisories and all of that sweet of products every three hours. We have a new forecast track to show you. And it is a cone of uncertainty to go witt. Lets start off as we take you out to the radar and satellite composite. Three hour loop here. Now system starts stringing itself out, still very heavy rain band but circulation, it is most confined across southeastern, geo
Sis florida florida as the system moves across the area. Winds at the 50 Miles Per Hour moving to the northeast at 18 Miles Per Hour. Not too far away from Savannah Georgia where it is centered. It will continue on that track. And therefore Tropical Storm warning is up all the way up to the new jersey area and new jersey and then from new jersey coast up to almost road island. A Tropical Storm watch is posted by the National Hurricane center. So we will be watching that closely as the storm moves up the coast. This is the track of where it is he can sped to go with winds still about 50 Miles Per Hour maximum stained expected to go with winds still about 50 Miles Per Hour maximum sustained. It will intensify whether it has tropical characteristics remains to be seen but the National Hurricane center feels it will have winds up to 75 Miles Per Hour but its going to whirl around rotate and do last year we had 93 degrees this year it looks like we have 67. How much range and wind can we ge