stormy conditions are ongoing in northern florida. good news is that tropical storm debby has been downgraded into a tropical depression and moving over northern florida. right now, packing sustained winds are 55 kilometers per hour. winds are starting to die down. it looks like it will likely head out to sea by wednesday afternoon local time. and then redevelop over the water into a tropical storm. so, again, winds are starting to weaken, but heavy rain will likely continue. an additional 200 millimeters is likely in parts of northern florida and southern georgia over the next 24 hours. some areas have received over 500 millimeters, so additional rain could trigger further flooding. so once again, debby's now a tropical depression and moving over northern florida. we'll keep you posted on its progress. meanwhile, heavy rain will continue in eastern canada and new england states into wednesday morning. but back behind it, this high pressure system is keeping things dry and hot across the great lakes region and parts of the northeaster

and homes in northern florida. parts of the main interstate highway were closed on tuesday due to the floods. in the tampa bay area, roads are completely washed out. residents tried to salvage belongings from flooded houses in low-lying areas. unfortunately, an additional 75 millimeters or locally, 120 millimeters is likely unn lly i northern florida over the next 24 hours. risk of flooding will remain. up toward the north there is an area of heavy rain in new england, states as well as eastern canada. heavy rain will likely continue into your wednesday morning. and back behind it, we have got a high-pressure system keeping things dry and very hot. and out toward the west, there is a low pressure system bringing stormy weather in and around the saskatchewan, actually large hail has been reported. but to the south, conditions are quite different, dry and warm, conditions are ideal for wildfires once again. particularly in utah and nevada on your wednesday. temperaturewise, heat warnings, and watches have been issued

it's going to drop heavy rains the next couple of days in northern florida and southeast georgia. ds it. ginger zee, abc news, jacksonville, florida. >> getting so hard to believe we're talking about this. not even june 1st and already a storm like this. you hope it's not an omen for the rest of the six months of hurricane season. folks in that part of the country, we don't want to freak people out. in f y if you live in florida or the southeast. people don't sweat tropical storms too much. it's more of a nuisance than anything else. so it's a nuisance but it's -- we're not, you know, we don't want to hit the panic button or anything like that. >> there is some good coming out of this. they need rain. and that's what's going to happen in georgia and florida. because that area is really dry. but in orlando, holiday travelers there, especially in the disney tourist areas were dealing with some smoke. look at this video. forest fires so bad that parts of interstate 4 had to be shut down. luckily it didn't reach the park. >> near disney, the happiest and hottest place on earth. >> pote

she continued to wallop northern florida with heavy, heavy rains. parts getting well over a foot of rain, too much too fast. severe flooding across places like panama city and now reaching into the jacksonville area. where's debby headed next? we think she will be well offshore by 2:00 thursday afternoon. as we take a longer term look, the storm moves off toward the east coast. there will be a lack of concern where debby does. 78 today and 31% your relative humidity. chesapeake bee -- beach. it was so nice in the severn river, a little kiteboarding with the wind surfing. the wind was whipping out across the bay. bel air, trees shaking in the breeze. how about baltimore. you can see that change in the water color. on the whole a bright and sunny scenario. crystal clear, should continue to be. temperatures so comfortable on that northwesterly wind. enjoy them while we got them. this sun usual for late june. unusual we'll get another evening, even tomorrow will not be bad. north westerly winds will let up by tomorrow but they will stay breezy. we're gu

tonight, tropical storm warnings are up from northern florida to south carolina for berle ber, the second-named storm system of a season that durnt officially begin until next week. and then there is the heat with temperatures in the 90s up and down the middle of the country. and on top of all of that, dangerous brush fires in the west. nbc's kerry sanders has more on the weather's impact on this busy holiday weekend. >> reporter: from storms to wildfires to extreme heat, mother nature does not seem willing to let everyone relax this holiday weekend. among the most anxious spots in the nation, central kansas where as many as five tornadoes touched down just before dawn, destroying homes and bidses. even the division of emergency management was hit by a twister. luckily, no one was killed but several folks were injured by flying debris. in various states, including arizona, new mexico and michigan, strong winds combined with dprie conditions are blamed for raging wildfires. holiday campers evacuated the u.p. in michigan where firefighters are still losing the battle against three fires there tha

showers and thunderstorms are spreading across georgia into northern parts of florida, looking for maybe 40 to 45-mile-per-hour gusts with some of these thunderstorms and some brief heavy downpours. but the rains are going to be increasing throughout the day today, as the storm is about 100, 110 miles away from the coastline, as it heads towards the west. there you can see the dangerous swimming conditions. so i know it's still a hot day. the waves are really starting to kick up as we just saw in that live picture. so that threat remains very strong and it's going to stay that way through tomorrow too. so just go ahead and go to the pool or go to the beach, but don't get into the water. now, where's this thing going? we're looking for it to make landfall, we think, overnight tonight, and it's going to slow down a little bit, and then start to curve on up toward the north. so that shows you, it's going to be sticking through parts of the southeast, well into the middle of the week. as it moves back over open water, we think, off the coast of the carolinas, come wednesday, it could intensi

when the race -- >> up there in the panhandle, northern florida? those are gop votes. >> there's some democrats. we're looking at a very, very tight race. this is basically a headwind for the democrats when it's raining and nasty out. >> is there another spot, one more spot we should worry about the last few seconds here? >> perhaps north carolina. same thing. it's all part of this nor easer that's forming up that's going to hilt us unfortunately here in the northeast probably wednesday. that won't affect the election directly anyway. >>> investors, they're anxiously awaiting what's going do happen ahead of tomorrow's election. what if we're all here this time tomorrow without a winner? oh-oh. let's bring in keith mccullough. we've got good ground to cover. just reading your notes you're saying if this thing isn't counted up and decided properly by the end of the close of business wednesday, i'm going to say, all hell's going to break loose in the stock market. that is a fair interpretation? >> yeah, i think that's probably right. and as winston ch

severe storms a possibility from southern jersey to northern florida by the afternoon. heavy rain in the pacific northwest. dry in the middle of the country. >> much warmer than usual in coloradodakotas. mild in the northeast with boston in the mid 70s. >>> coming up next after the break, all the details of the amazing fall from the edge of space. >>> plus, the reason you are paying more when you're eating out. it's all ahead in your business news. >>> and the shuttle "endeavour" finally arrives at its destination. fair to say it took the slow route to get there. >>> welcome back, everybody. there's not much refreshment in this year's cola. the social security cost of living adjustment announced tomorrow won't be too much. preliminary figures put it between 1% and 2%. just $12 to $24 a month. it's the smallest adjustment since they began 37 years ago. >>> business economists are not expecting improvement in the economy either. they predict a growth rate late this year of less than 2%. increasing slowly to 3% by the end of next year. they don't see much change in the une

more than 100 protesters were arrested after clashing with police. >>> happening in northern florida,erstate 75 is closed after a string of crashes overnight killing at least nine people. officials tell us the highway will be closed in that area for most of the day. the sheriff's office says visibility was poor because of smoke from a nearby brush fire. >>> and a community's symbol of strength and compassion today enters a new era of healing. the hospital in joplin, missouri, took a direct tornado hit last year. today it's being demolished. coming up at 5:00, i'll talk to somebody who knows first hand about the town's healing process. i'm fredricka whitfield. back in one hour. wolf blitzer will be joining me to talk about the gop debate. he moderated in jacksonville. then it's on to las vegas. republicans will be caucusing there in nevada. nevada's biggest newspapers already endorsing their favorite candidates. more of that straight ahead. time for your money.

northern colorado near ft. collins has now destroyed 257 homes. >>> just the opposite in florida. tropical storm debby has weakened to a tropical depression, but she's still causing all kinds of problems. this morning, debby crossing northern florida and should head out over the atlantic by late today. isolated tornadoes continue to be a threat, and the combination of more rain, a storm surge and high tide looks to cause additional flooding. bigad shaban reports. >> reporter: shirley hendrickson cried for hours as she watched the floodwaters pour into her new home. >> i can't believe it's gone, all my memories, all my stuff. everything that's been in this house for seven months, it's gone, just gone. >> reporter: her 17-year-old daughter waded through the water to check on the damage. she was worried about photos of her father, who recently died of cancer. >> my dad's memories and everything's in there. it kind of hurts. i mean, that's all i had left. >> reporter: officers went door to door, checking on residents who never left. walking down the streets of live oak, the water prac

parts of interstate 10, northern florida's main highway actually had to be closed down due to a lot ofong, the storm has left tens of thousands of people without power. mike seidel is live in cedar key, florida. a lot of water behind you, on monday, the governor declared a state wide emergency there? >> it's level one, so that gives the opportunity to get needed services out even the national guards, as far as cedar key goes, we're still getting winds of up to 40 miles an hour. we have been watching this debby is finally accelerating, we thought we were going on out here until thursday, or at least until tomorrow. but it's moving out at 6-mile-per-hour, with that speed it would put the center on land about 5:00 this afternoon east coast time. that means it would weaken to a depression not long after. but the center doesn't mean anything really in this storm, but it's been unlike a true tropical storm, you've got the eyewall, and some of the worst weather and then the surge. the point where it comes in is kind immaterial. the real flooding was down around apalachicola, where they had 20

florida is far from in the clear. forecasters say the northern state could still get 10 to 15 inches of rain with other areas getting as much as two feet. that rip infiltrating portions of georgia and even south carolina. >> we'll look at it here in just a second. it is moving east at three miles per hour. >> so it started to shift a little bit. >> but it will take days and days to get across northern florida. the track has changed big time here. originally, forecasters thought it would go west across texas and now approximate t. will go across northern florida. >> they are saying some of the areas could see up to two feet of rain. >> just north of tampa and the panhandle have picked up 10 to 15 inches. they are forecasting another 10 inches. if you take a look at the forecast, you can see it here. it continues to just kind of spin just to the west -- west and north of tampa. you can see the heaviest rain across northern florida, southeast georgia where we continue to get some pretty good convection. this is the kind of storm they don't want down

still tropical storm warnings for northern florida up the coastline of georgia into south carolina.his will just hang out here for i day or two before it gets pushed back out to sea. won't be impacting us here in the washington area. forecast for today, flight attendantive sunshine, lots and lots of sunshine. could be an isolated storm. honestly, most of us are dry. 09 your daytime high. wind out of the south at about five to 10. partly cloudy, mild and huged overnight. 61degrees. there are your winds out of the south at five miles per hour. we bounce around, low to mid- 90s up ahead of our cold front. that cold front will get in late if the day and bring some scattered showers and storms and a gradual cooldown with highs by thursday and friday, upper 70s and low 80s. that is where we should be for this time of year. let's do some traffic and willmar is in this morning. who is on the roads? >> -- and lauren demarco is in this morning. who is on the roads? >> should be a pretty smooth trip this morning if you are making the trip back from the beach or from north or south on i-95, als

beryl blew ashore in northern florida just after midnight with near hurricane-force winds. storm will dump heavy rain all day into coastal georgia and south carolina, but it is expected to weaken before going back out to sea. >>> but the storm did trigger flooding on i-95 from south carolina to jacksonville. it will also be wet on i-10 in south florida and i-20 around atlanta. late in the afternoon on i-90 and 95 from new york up to new england and also rain drenches i-35 from duluth to dallas and i-80 from omaha to cleveland. >>> if you're flying, just a couple of airport delays to watch out for in chicago and detroit. >>> and now to an eye-opening headline on this memorial day. on the number of veterans out there filing for disability benefits. the government says among the 1.6 million vets from the iraq and afghan wars, 45% of them seek compensation for injuries suffered while in the service. >> and compare that to the 1990s when 21% of gulf war vets filed claims. today's vets are suffering from back injuries, hearing loss and multiple psychologicalproblems from bomb bla

florida. debbie will be a tropical storm northern parts of florida and continue to move inland while it's overand. it will exit over the open waters of the atlantic and intensifying as it interacts with water. you can have maximum sustained winds it could be open water at that point. a lot of rain over a foot of it. flash flooding ongoing right now. flash flooding emergency open homes in franklin, liberty basically choppy river. it has already begun to flood. we have seen water overflowing the river and we will continue to monitor the situation here. it is a life threatening one as denoteed by the national hurricane center. >> maria molina, thank you. >>> telling police enforce the so-called show me your paper's provision. it was the only part of the state's law that the supreme court didn't strike down in its ruling. kelly wright is live with a closer look. >>> good morning to you. it allows both sides to claim a victory in this. it up holds the part of the law that requires immigration status the people that stop the other crimes. if the police have reason to suspect there in the u.s. illega

expected to bring 4 to 8 inches of rain coastal areas, northern florida, georgia and south carolina. i expect they will get some flooding down there in the short term. this will not impact us in washington and be pushed out to sea. let's do temperatures in washington right now, 71 degrees, 71 washington, 67 baltimore, nice warm humid start to your day. 67 dulles, expecting high temperatures later this afternoon. 90 degrees a lot of sunshine satellite radar not much to show you storms last night could have a pop up storm later today, if you are going to head down to the parade or out and about, down at the mall or even in your backyard be ready for the possibility of a pop up storm, again most of the day should be dry. hot out there. a heat advisory which goes into effect at noon today. your 5 day. 90 today, 93 tomorrow and gradual cool down temperatures only upper 70s by friday. >> all right. >> wild 5 day. >> yeah. >> roller coaster ride. >> let's say good morning to lauren, in for julie wright. >> hello. >> not bad on the roads, nice and calm because of the federal holiday, light v

northern florida, northeast georgia, conditions are still favorable for more severe weather. no tornado warnings are in effect but one thunderstorm warning east of tallahassee, florida. so we'll continue to track the storms. >> heather: we'll check back in with you. >> gregg: coming up a bit later on, more than two decades ago i managed to survive a direct hit from a tornado, one that killed 24 people in kansas in a single day. >> gregg: i'll share with you full story that terrible day a little later on in the hour. >> heather: switch gears for the other big story, washington state holding caucuses and we'll know those results very soon. at the same time we are counting down to super tuesday. voters in ten states going to the polls with 419 delegates up for grabs. it is the most important single day on the republican primary calendar. for the very latest on the race, brett bay are is live in washington, resident expert. how are you doing? >> hello. >> heather: let's talk about washington state. 43 delegates up for grabs in washington state, non-binding so does it matter who wi

and he found a way to alleviate the concerns of the central and northern florida politicians that he would be all about miami and not about them. you can translate that onto a larger stage and say, well, he might have the ability now to say i'm not all about the republicans, or i'm not all about any one particular demographic group, i'm about a larger audience of people, a larger audience of voters. >> host: manuel roig-franzia is our guest, "the rise of marco rubio" is the book. did he authorize, did he participate in the writing of this book? >> guest: no. this is an unauthorized biography, not one that he participated in. it's a work of journalism, and it's built on interviews with dozens and dozens of people who know him well, who have served with him in the legislature. and it also draws from really rich documents, material that i was able to get out of the national around kentuckys -- archives and from the united states citizen and immigration service that gave me an opportunity to understand the roots of his ambition and the roots of his rise through understanding his family.

dry drought conditions across much of northern florida and southern georgia, so the rain is needed. but when you get this much in a short period of time, especially when the ground is hard and dry and cracked, you get a lot of runoff. this is a storm that you do need to take seriously. you want to stay inside for it. conditions not terrible out there now, so as long as you stay out of the ocean, if you want to go out and see some of those waves, go ahead and do to for a little bit, but then go back inside and be in a safe place. >> hard to believe this is the second named storm and the soap hasn't officially yet begun. that will happen on this friday. i know you'll keep us posted on other storms that might be on the horizon after beryl. >>> now to syria and the growing outrage over a massacre. they were taking to the streets today demanding justice for the victims and an end to bashar al assad's regime. they issued a statement saying, we are horrified by credible reports of targeting, killing, including stabbing and ax attacks on women and children in houla. the images are simply to

the system still over southern georgia and northern florida where in some parts they are still warning there could be more. the newest threat comes after those images out of the nation's heartland. indiana heartland shredded in henryville. a school hurled across the street and a father carrying their 9-month-old for what is left of the neighborhood. their home is gone and a survivor hugging his dog, grateful they both survived. the toll is going up. 38 people killed, hundreds injured. we're at 108 reported tornados from this system alone. millions of americans across 11 states from the gulf coast to ohio valley. hit by twisters and for so many, frightening sounds they will never forget. the sirens and wind. our team tonight reports in from across the disaster zone. we begin with meteorologist ginger zee in henryville, indiana tonight. ginger, good evening. >> david, just moments ago. the national weather service gave us an update. they've rated this tornado that demolished henryville an ef-4. that means winds up to 200 miles per hour. that means what happened behind me, the tales of su

exceptional across parts of northern florida and across parts of georgia. >> thanks so much, maria. >nceled in jacksonville, florida and you had all those campers, they had to evacuate as well with the weather. your travel plans might be affected. >> and the big concert there last night in d.c., kelly wright there in the d.c. area to tell us maybe more about that. but president obama, mitt romney both paying their respects by honoring america's veterans in different ways this memorial day. kelly wright is live in washington with a preview of their plans today. did you get a chance to go down there? the concert was, what, last night canceled by thunder. >> i did not get a chance to go down there. it was canceled because of the extreme weather that came through the area. i experienced that having some problems at my own house as a matter of fact, because of that storm. but anyway, the more important matter at hand is what's going on today and that's the fact that president obama is saying memorial day is more than just a three day weekend. it's something much more in terms of men and wo

the center of the storm is expected to cross directly over northern florida tomorrow or thursday.iants minor league a fill late, they were mention yesterday afternoon when the storm knocked over the left field fence. the stadium will be repaired before the next home game on the 4th of july. >>> today nato leaders meeting called syria downing the jet unacceptable and condemned it in the strongest terms. at today's meeting, nato secretary's' meeting made no mention of the nation. they are not in favor of military intervention in sir y a bankruptcy decision could be announced tomorrow. city leaders had until midnight to reach a deal and we don't know if they succeeded but if they did not reach a deal they will vote tonight on a spending plan. city leaders face a $26 million deficit in stockton. >>> california lawmakers are getting ready to vote on a new budget tomorrow. so will remaining trailer bills ahead of that big vote. governor jerry brown's tax proposal could appear higher and it's all thanks to bonds including initiatives. >>> and the city of san francisco has rolled out the

persisting in much of central and northern florida. in fact, that neighborhood we were at last night where it was essentially a moat surrounding all their homes. evacuation is being very strongly encouraged, shep. >> cedar key florida. as florida deals with the floods, other areas are facing a heat wave. temperatures up through the dakotas. rapid city in south dakota had a scorcher today, 109. in denver, five straight days of triple digits. it's june, remember, and that ties a record from 2005. the heat is expected windy city around 1:056789 evansville, indiana where temperatures are in the 90's today a 7-year-old girl cooled notify a bank's fountain. southwest of topeka a lifeguard found relief by pop ago bag of its right up on her head. heat and humidity causing major problems for the firefighters who are trying to contain a number of blafses out west. some major fires burning in spots from montana to arizona. the worst of it in northern colorado there where the state's second largest wildfire in history is now burning. officials in b

interstates across northern florida are closed due to standing water. t 3 mi. per hour. >>darya: will be back with more and just a few minutes. >> >>mark: >>george: there tracking and hot spot on the san mateo bridge pit is cleared but a lot too late for one hour. his calm as the traffic to be solid all my back to the nimitz freeway, then you can use the dumbarton branch, then it is a much better ride karen >>darya: to people are at a custody of beating up a pregnant woman and trying to prop work in this was on the middle of the day on the bart train with passengers on board karen this brought these robbers were assaulting is pregnant woman. two people have been a restaurant in >> and i've is screaming they started punching me in my face and my eyes. he was tied to the amount but i continued screaming and struggling. but the other girl was holding me and tried to grab my eye and skin-care i looked toward everyone on the train them pit yet she got up the train is ok. elise cut out to the people that attacked her. they both have, or criminal records. >> [

florida, rain midwest, record highs in the plains. mississippi river, warms up with plenty of sunshine, showers northern new england. rgia. sizzling texas into the southwest, central rockies. more record setting heat. a beautiful day in the pacific northwest with plenty of le >> good morning. it will be a beautiful day today. low humidity. >>> don't forget you can get that weather any time you need it. head to the weather channel on cable, weather.com online. want to run over again? >> coming up we'll be talking about jimmy j.j. walker and is iconic roll on "good times" and why he never watched a single episode of the show. this is "today" on nbc. >>> back at 8:37 with the star of one of the most beloved sitcoms of the 1970s. jimmy walker earned two golden globe nominations for his portrayal of jj. first we'll look back first at the show. in 1974, television audiences across the country were introduced to the evans family on the ground breaking show "good times." james and florida were the hardworking parents, always trying to keep their heads above water in a chicago housing project. there was daughter thelma, son m

it's not going to go out to sea it's going to head down toward the northern sections of florida.for our region hot and humid weather with high pressure bringing southwest winds around here. cooler weather to our north, will be in the heat humidity all weekend, that means slight chances of pop up showers each day. slight. tonight generally clear. 66 by morning. tomorrow lots of sun, maybe a few clouds here and there. but it'll be warm and humid. a high near 90 degrees. the next five days, 90 on sundays. maybe 92 monday for memorial day. slight chance of a shower near 88 and 86. a better chance tuesday into wednesday of thunderstorms and it will cool down after that, denise. >> thank you, bob. check in with gigi barnett and similar williams tomorrow morning starting at 6:00 a.m. for the updated first warning weather forecast. >>> coming up, the good times keep rolling for the o's. friday night fireworks and news of a new contract for a fan favorite. mark has all the details next in sports. ,,,,,,,,,, [ male announcer ] are you paying more and more for cable and enjoying it less and

it's heading towards southern georgia and northern florida.her channel meteorologist mike seidel who is live on a windy, jacksonville beach. good night it's so windy there. you have those glasses on. what's, the sand blowing in your face? >> that's why i've got the goingles on. i don't mess around after irene and back in 2003, the sand is coming right down the beech. we're getting wind gusts 35, the buoys reporting gusts to nearly 50 miles an hour. we've had one shower here. the rainfall hasn't been the story so far. it's been the wind and the sand. now they're shutting down the beaches within the hour. the good thing is very few folks have ventured out farther. dangerous rip currents from here and down to daytona and the cape. up to south carolina. so even up there where it's a nice day, and they're not going to have much of the impacts, as far as the stronger winds and rain. the rip currents will be up today and tomorrow. let's look at the satellite. beryl is a subtropical storm. it doesn't have full tropical characteristics. the strongest w

there is a live look at it, you can see, seems to be very heavy rain across central florida, northern floridaa panhandle and unfortunately, looks like we will measure, the rainfall in feet here by the end of the week. they are expecting up to 2 feet of rain in the florida panhandle rains, with debbie, 50 miles per hour i mentioned not moving at all and your pressure 992-millibars, check out your movement over the next five days, northern florida by saturday that is a slow mover it will spin up and bring moisture into the southern state for the next several days i don't think it will impact us here in the mid-atlantic but question marks about the eventual path. >>> locally, temperatures 75 washington, nice mild start to your day 74, at the naval air station, 71 baltimore looking at our forecast tony mentioned scatters showers and storms back in the forecast. you can see those off to the north and west, cold front moving through between noon and 3, 4:00 p.m. today. our clouds will quickly increase and we have a pretty good chance of scattered showers and storms as this front moves on through. b

florida. tropical storm debby has been downgraded to a tropical depression. is that it is a slow soaking storm that is moving its way across the northernon of florida. already, more than 2 ft. of rain in the past two days. look at that, heavily populated tampa is a feeling it. cars like that one are just flooding. homes are damaged and entire neighborhoods are under water. check this out. a huge sinkhole. parts of interstate 10 have to close. there are power issues as well. let's get back, a couple of kids getting cold in a boat. another four-8 in. of rain are expected as the storm had to cross the border and into the atlantic. >>jaqueline: much calmer weather here locally. mild temperatures in the '60s and '70s. it was 80 degrees and concord this afternoon. 82 in napa and 60s along the coastline. right now temperatures are fairly mild. since 73 in san jose. as we head into tomorrow, little or no fog is expected. the fog is expected to return thursday into friday's. satellite and radar pictures showing as high clouds across the bay area affected and. mostly sunny skies. a nice day in store for tomorrow with temperatures in the 60s for

tropical storm beryl is in parts of northern florida right now. take a little bit of a turn and go back into the opposite direction. it will move off the carolina coast line. most likely it will stay away from us and not affect our weather over the next couple days. partly cloudy today, dropping down to near 70 again. increasing clouds tomorrow with showers and thunderstorms likely through the afternoon and evening. it will be fairly widespread tomorrow, highs near 90 degrees and muggy. a few showers could linger into wednesday morning. you need the umbrella tomorrow and wednesday morning. a pretty nice day otherwise for the majority of wednesday and less humid by wednesday afternoon through the rest of the workweek. rights sunshine by thursday, low humidity and pleasant. let's look at traffic with steve. >> not much to look at. this is the beltway near colesville road with very little volume right now. after coming toward us is the outer loop heading through silver spring, on your way towards connecticut avenue and american legion bridge, moving

bringing soaking rainfall to northern florida. already seen over a foot of rain from this storm. we'll put 4 to 8 inches on top of that in the jacksonville area alone. significant flooding continues to be a big-time concern here. good news is, picking up steam. as we head through the day, tracks its way back out over open waters, north, eastward away from land as we head into the holiday weekend. rob, paula, back to you. >> jim, thank you a lot. from the floods to the fierce wildfires tearing across the rocky mountain states. the air force academy, in fact, where new cadets were to arrive tomorrow is shutting down as the waldo canyon fire burns near colorado springs. 32,000 people including hundreds of air force personnel have not now been ordered to evacuate. winds of 65 miles an hour are spreading not only the flames but as you can imagine also a lot of fear. >> i have been on pins and needles. my car has been packed. not going far from home. you know, i am afraid to leave my home. i don't want to leave my home. >> it is not jus

-- tropical storm debby dumping up to two feet of rain and the system is still moving across northern florida. >> she still poses danger and not just from the high wind. in addition to the germs and bacteria in the flood water, there is also snakes and clumps of fire ants clinging to anything that is dry. >> when i used to cover hurricanes and the like for good morning america and i would travel, you would have to wear waders when you were going into the water because of the snacks and -- there used to be in the flood waters, you would see like a sheen of oil and all that residue on top of it. >> come up from the streets. >> really nasty. you have to be very careful. if you are smart when you are walking, you have a stick or pole and you are feeling in front of you. it is very, very dangerous and disgusting. >> i thought at good morning america you had someone else do that for you. >> oh, no, no. >> you walk ahead. >> certainly good insight because those of us who haven't lived through something like that, you don't think about snakes and ants coming up. >> right. luckily, we are in much quie

it looks like it will drift across northern florida of the next three or five days. it may strengthen again. it's not much of a wind threat except for the fact that there are severe thunderstorms and maybe the threat of a tornado. a drift to the northeast and 5 miles per hour and in other foot of rain may fall. we in the high-pressure to come in tonight with sunshine tonight. beautiful sunny skies and temperatures should be comparable ford start to slowly move up. sun up at 5:42. gusting wind out of the northwest. 60's for highs tomorrow. low 70's wednesday. a nice break. in it to levels will go down on the eastern shore as well and temperatures will be nice down all the way into ocean city. then back into the low 80's. the seven-day forecasted 80 tomorrow, 85 wednesday, 89 thursday. we will probably get back into the mid 90's this weekend. >> from the susquehanna banks for center, this is 11 sports. >> kicking into high gear tonight. the swimming olympic trials and we beaumont have to wait long to see michael phelps to be against his friend and rival, ryan lochte. t