so the threat for flooding kasie still exist through the entire day all right. >> allison chinchar for us this morning. allison. thank you very much the devastation that we're seeing in florida from helene, just the opening chapter in what is now a tropical storm in south georgia, two people died in a tornado that was spawned by helene power outages also mounting across that stay. cnn's ryan young is in atlanta where the entire metro is bracing for this under a tropical storm warning at ryan. good morning. what are the concerns where you are today good morning well, what you just said is something that is very rare. kasie, in terms of the tropical storm warning for metro atlanta, atlanta is known as the city built basically within a force very large tree cover here. when we do get rainstorms, they're usually not this consistent and going as long and as this one could go, it's been very dry over the last 60 days here in the atlanta area and all the rain that we got from our earlier cold front made people concerned because with the ground saturated now, they're worried about big trees fa

want to bring in cnn meteorologist allison chinchar. re we went on air we're showing some pictures of flooding here in atlanta and that was before the hurricane proper is hitting, is that where it's headed right now? are we going to be here? >> yes. so it's really headed up towards say, like macon, georgia and then eventually into atlanta. and again, you have to have some perspective for people who don't know, these are hundreds of miles away from the water. these are not beach communities. so again, just to note, well, how far away they are, we've just got the hourly update now down to 80 miles per hour. that's still a category one hurricane. again, this is what we expected as it continues to make its way inland, it's going to weaken the interesting thing though, is just how far inland it's been able to maintain its hurricane status again, you can see here is that center of the storm will continue to slide. it's going to start to make its way a little bit more on a westerly direction here in the next 24 hours. but by the time it gets to

allison chinchar. thank you.all is in full swing, but one school was forced to cancel their game this week for unusual circumstances, andy scholes is here now with more got a preview at the top of the hour. >> yeah, we did, guy. >> i've been doing this for a little bit now. not sure i've ever had this certain story that a team had to cancel their game because of this illness of portland state. they're supposed to be south dakota yesterday, but they called it off due to a whooping cough the outbreak going through the team, portland state released a statement saying the case of whooping cough got into the team two days ago and at many team members have since been exposed to it, will be cough, his highly contagious affects the lungs. so team doctors advised against playing the game, the vikings, they did note that none of their players are you seriously ill at this time? they hope to celebrate by a florida state. meanwhile, probably wishes they didn't play yesterday, they lost yet again this time to memphis, the sem

community forecast to hit here, this city has never endured a storm like that. >> let's get right to allison chinchar for the very latest allison, what are you seeing? >> there could be many other communities that are facing the same thing, john, we take a look right now, the storm well over the gulf of mexico, sustained winds of 90 miles per hour. we anticipate this storm will continue to strengthen as we go through the day today. and it makes its way towards the big bend region we've talked about storm surge. we've talked about the gusty winds, but a few other impacts from this storm. we have not had enough time to mention and that is tornadoes waterspouts, a lot of these areas in florida, but also portions of georgia and the carolinas looking at that threat as we go through the day today, another concern too, is the flooding and that's not just the area near where the landfall will be, but also spread pretty far and wide inland for a lot of these communities. so you're talking millions of people, including areas of atlanta, nashville, colombia, all looking at the potential for flooding, not just t

none of us are i'm amara walker alongside danny freeman, allison chinchar, of course. andy scholes of victor is off. first of all, will be back on october 5th. it really feels like the holiday season is applied i don't say that all is that what you made in terms that will that to one person is taken off now, but like halloween and you go to the source any already? and i was like christmas decor it's our it's going to feel a lot more like fall real soon for some places i hope it has said so holding on to summer as long as we can. no. >> no, not here all right. >> well, we're glad to have you with us. here's what's going on today former president donald trump takes his message to the critical battleground state of north carolina. the visit comes as the republican going back candidate for governor resist calls to drop out of the race after cnn under mood comments made on a porn site, donald trump's allies approved a controversial new rule in the battleground state of georgia that could, that's some say could delay election results were joined by one election official for

let's go now to allison chinchar with more heat concerns out west. it's not just the temperatures, but obviously the threat of these fires. >> yeah, that's right. so yes, we take a look at where the heat is because we've got this section down here across portions of southern california, also areas of arizona looking at some of those heat advisories we're talking at least 25 million people under these heat alerts. now we started to see that reprieve from the heat in the pacific northwest, those areas of northwestern tier of the country yesterday, we will finally start to see that break in the heat for the rest of the west. but it's going to take a little bit more time. take, for example, sacramento, san jose in los angeles. look at how the temperature for drops as we get down to tuesday of this week. so it is coming. we just have a few more days to go places like las vegas and palm springs. it will hold off until wednesday before we see those temperatures coming back down. the other concern, yes, these are red flag warnings in effect for areas of cali

thank sheriff get right to cnn meteorologist allison chinchar. let's get to allison chinchar to get a sense of where the storm is now in who can expect what else? >> right? that's right. and i want to emphasize here, john, this storm has made landfall, but this does not mean it's over. in fact, for some of these areas, portions of georgia and the carolinas, the worst is actually yet to come. you can see now the bulk of the storm starting to spread into the carolinas still has sustained winds of 70 miles per hour. and that's what's triggering a signal. mythical number of power outages here over 3 million people spread out from florida, georgia, and into the carolinas. all without power as of now. and it's not surprising when you look at some of these wind gusts, perry, florida, not far from where the storm made landfall 99 miles per hour. but here's an interesting point. douglas, georgia, more than 90 miles away from the coast just also had a 90 mile per hour wind gust. so that's why you're seeing these power outages even very far inland in some o

allison chinchar. thanks so much. keep us posted. this is a forecast people need to watch closely along the coast there. sara. >> all right. right. now schools and cleve a town near cincinnati, ohio are canceling classes as a mandatory evacuations are in place now, following a dangerous railcar, chemical leak styrene, which is toxic and flammable. if you see it there started venting out of the train car. tuesday. official say there's no explosion risk, but this was a toxic chemicals cnn's brynn gingras is joining us now. what is going on at this hour? >> yeah, sara, i mean, that video is so alarming that valve has been turned off, but still the repercussions we're still waiting to find out exactly how many people are affected, how long they're going to be affected for. there's a lot of questions that are officials are even trying to get answers to. and we're waiting to get those updates this morning. what we understand is that air quality testing was done yesterday. those results are expected sometime this morning, so we're looking t

. >> let's get to our meteorologist, allison chinchar for what folks should be looking out for allisonorning. >> and good morning. yes. right now, francine has sustained winds of 90 miles per hour, gusting up to 100 115. the real question becomes, how much more does it intensify before it finally makes landfall late this afternoon and early evening, we are forecasting that it gets up to around 200 miles per hour, which would make it a category two storm. and then it will continue to spread it's way inland taking with it the potential for very heavy rain, strong winds, and also the storm surge already some impressive rainfall totals coming in from texas specifically brownsville, texas, picking up over seven inches of rain for some perspective, that's more than they would normally see in the entire month of september, getting that in just the last 48 hours, some of those rain bands already starting to spread inland across across the louisiana. we also have the potential for tornadoes or water spouts and damaging winds even as far east as the panhandle of florida all right. >> allison chi

moves up the east coast, are ryan young is in atlanta, but let's begin with cnn meteorologist allison chinchart is the latest? >> i cannot emphasize enough to people just because this has made landfall does not mean this is over and the worst is yet to come for some of these communities, especially the areas where we're still going to see the bulk of this rain. it is a tropical storm, sustained winds of 70 miles per hour. that alone can do a significant amount of damage in terms of bringing trees and power lines down, but flopped flooding is going to be the biggest concern, especially scope wise. the green indicates a flood watch for flooding is potentially going to happen today. the red is where we have active, ongoing flooding as we speak. and these three white little outlined areas, these are flash flood emergencies. we have three separate ones in western north carolina. one of which includes the city of asheville so north carolina, this area has had over 11 inches of rain in just the last about 48 hours. and again, you also have some of these other areas to that have picked up about a foot

let's get to our meteorologist, allison chinchar with the latest allison, what are we looking at todayight. yes. so we take a look at where the storm is now and you can see it's just off to the east of canned mexico. sustained winds of 65 miles per hour, but those winds are expected to go up as the system begins to spread into the gulf of mexico, the water there is extremely warm, that is fuel for these types of systems. so we expect it to strengthen more as we go throughout the day today they becoming a hurricane at some point today and then gradually making its way up to major hurricane strength by the time we get to thursday and then late thursday, that's when we finally start to see the system get really close to land making landfall and then spreading all of those impacts inland even as far north as tennessee and kentucky, storm surge is going to be a big problem. you'll notice we have some the level of storm surge pretty much up and down the entire western coast of the florida peninsula. the strongest is going to be right through here in the big bend region were ten to 15 feet of

let's get to cnn meteorologist allison chinchar at the weather center allison, where is the storm? now, how much more rain will bring particularly we were looking at asheville, north carolina, isabel rosales just standing in gushing water there yeah. >> so it's still going to be quite a while before they see an end to that rain. now, atlanta might be a different story. maybe start to see things begin to dry out here in about an hour or so from now and granted, there's so much water, it's going to take time for that water to go away. it's going to be a different story for western north carolina. you've got some of these areas that are going to see rain for at least another two to three hours before it ends. and then states like tennessee and kentucky, where the bulk of the rain is just now starting to enter there. it's going to be quiet quite some time. you still have tornado warnings also in effect for portions of south and north carolina. that's going to continue throughout the rest of the day today. but the flooding is really going to be the biggest widespread concern. all of the

i want to bring in cnn meteorologist allison chinchar, so allison it's already turned deadly. >> it is weakening, which is good news, but take us through where it is right now and where it's headed, right. >> and we knew it would weaken the key thing with this one because it's moving so fast game is that it can make it very far inland and still be a hurricane. so you have some cities hundreds of miles from the coast that are still going to be feeling those hurricane impacts. now, it is just down to a category one hurricane, sustained winds of 90 miles per hour. but you can see the center of that storm just east of albany, georgia. again, albany, georgia is not on the water for those who are unfamiliar with it, this system is well inland at this point still has that little bit of and eye right there, that circulation. so it's still going and it's still going to bring some impacts here over the next several hours. it is not expected to weaken until down to a tropical storm until it gets close to atlanta, georgia. and then from there it will continue its trek up into tennessee where it's

so you're able to whether that alright, let's get to our meteorologist, allison chinchar, who is tracking all of it and has the latest allison. good morning. what are we seeing now? >> yeah. good morning, kasie. what we're seeing exactly what we expected to see the storm is continuing to strengthen. it will continue to do that and go through the rest of the day today, sustained winds right now, 90 miles per hour that makes it a high-end category one for some perspective, 95 miles per hour would be that threshold. will we start talking about category two storms? now the storm is over the golf well, mexico now it is very warm water here, so we anticipate that going to continue to strengthen because this warm water is fuel for storms like this. so now what's expected to happen is it will continue to increase eventually making it to a major hurricane, likely sometime today when it does, it's going to continue its track off to the north and make landfall late tonight. if somewhere along the big bend region of florida now, at the time of landfall, the forward speed of this storm could be around

allison chinchar for us this morning. allison. thank you very much. we'll see you throughout the next couple of hours as we keep tracking this. alright, let's turn now to this. both kamala harris and donald trump spending this week focused on the economy. the two candidates holding competing we campaign events in battleground states harris was in pennsylvania focusing on policies aimed at strengthening the middle class. she says, trump was in north carolina, emphasizing his plans to try to keep manufacturing jobs in the u.s recent polling of likely voters shows just 40 days out from the election. harris and trump are virtually tied but that same poll released earlier this week also shows trump ahead of harris when voters were asked who they trusted more to handle the economy now, it's up to harris to clarify her economic messaging in final stretch of the campaign i believe we have an extraordinary opportunity to make our middle class the engine of america's prosperity. >> i grew up in a middle-class family. i have pledged that building a strong middle

in some of these areas here, just like i said, for the next several hours our meteorologist allison chincharvery much for that update. will get back to you and to our viewers. thanks very much. i'm wolf blitzer in washington. we're following major developments. us officials now fear a wider war will result from the death of the hezbollah leader hassan nasrallah. but is it inevitable we'll ask the israeli defense forces spokesman, lieutenant colonel peter lerner, when we come back, we'll be right back. >> look at the. news of the week and ask questions like, what does a comedy show doing on cnn that's too much i want donald know, can you slice that i got news for you tonight at nine on cnn, on shui, save 35% and shop all your favorite brands for any taste or any diet and prices you love. delivered fast for low prices for life, for pads, there's chewy great days start with great underwear. and tommy john makes the greatest. we know that when you're free from distractions, anything is possible that's why everything we make is meticulously crafted from breathable stretch fabric for the perfect f

let's get to our meteorologist, allison chinchar with more on this. allison. good morning. >> and good morning, kasie. yeah. the video is coming in from yesterday last night, they're very, very impressive. again, you can see all of the heavy bands of rain just pushing all of that water, not only the water coming down, but the water coming in from the ocean. this is some of the storm surge here you can see that wind just pushing all of that water inland on the streets roadways, even parking lots. the system itself right now, dow down to sustained winds of 45 miles per hour, but the gusts are still up around 60. those rain bands are really starting to spread inland atlanta, birmingham, jackson, mississippi, all getting rain from some of those outer bands on the north side of this system. and it's not moving very quickly, so it's going to take all of that moisture in, spread it elsewhere. winds are starting to get a little bit calmer as we get towards the coast, but they're starting to go up the farther north you go. so we're starting to see more of those 30, 40

let's get to our meteorologist allison chinchar, who is sartorially celebrating national cloud appreciation day. we learned in the 5:00 hour. allison, good morning. what do you got? >> if good morning and happy cloud appreciation day to you too? yes. we take a look. you can see how much they heavy rain impacted these areas the last few days. this video from new orleans, you can see a good samaritan rescuing a man whose vehicle got trapped in the flood waters. but the key thing to notice the system while it is well inland, it has significantly slowed down forward speed only three miles per hour to put that in perspective, that's about how fast an average human walks. so we could walk faster than this system is moving. and what that means is it's got a lot of time to dump a tremendous amount of rain over some of these areas in the southeast already several places in louisiana and even mississippi, picking up eight to even nine inches of rain, more is still yet to come because this system will gradually starting to make its way towards the east. it's going to take time. we really don't even se

let's get straight to our meteorologist allison chinchar with the latest allison, what are we lookings. >> so we just got the latest update at the top of the hour and we're continuing to see helene strengthen those winds now up to 65 miles per hour. they had been 60. it's expected to continue to strengthen as we go through the day today. likely getting up to hurricane strength at some point in the next few hours. now the system here you can notice is just ever so slightly off to the east of cancun, mexico. it's going to continue to make its way up into the very warm waters of the gulf of mexico. that's why we anticipate further strengthening at its fuel for these types of systems before continuing its trek up towards the florida panther handle likely still making landfall sometime thursday evening and then continuing to spread inland up into states like georgia and tennessee. as we finish out the rest of the week. so lots of states expected to be impacted here in the short term, a lot of these areas along the coast are really going to see those storm surge numbers begin to tick up as

francine as it hovers over the mid south yeah, this explains why it's looking so cnn meteorologist allison chinchar is here with us now. >> allison, where is the storm now? >> right. so what's left of it really is just kind of sitting over portions of alabama, mississippi, and tennessee, but also notice we've got a lot of rain starting to creep into the coastal carolinas that's coming from an entirely separate system. now, both of these have the potential for flooding because both of them are moving incredibly slowly. so you've got flood watches in effect over here. you've also got a lot of flood watches right there along the coastal regions. but again, they are from two entirely separate systems. now another concern, especially along the coast is as that secondary system begins to edge closer, we're also looking at very high surf and the potential for rip currents pretty much up and down much of the southeastern coast here it goes all the way as far north as portions of virginia. so again, just to kind of show you the scope of this next storm so here's a look at that again, it's still offshore for

so i'm going to go to allison chinchar at the weather center to get a sense of the very latest forecast, allison and that's right. so it is a category two storm currently churning in the gulf of mexico in the last few frames here, we've really started to get it more of definitive eye develop in this particular storm that shows that it is continuing to strengthen and we anticipate that this storm will continue to strengthen as we go through the rest of the day today, we now have not one but two separate tornado watches one in effect for about two-thirds of florida, the other for portions of georgia and south carolina, more of these are likely to come as we go through the next 24 to 48 hours, we've had several tornado warnings off and on for both florida and georgia, as well as south carolina. >> more of those are expected as more of those outer bands begin to creep into to the states the storm is expected to become a major hurricane later on today before making landfall tonight near the big bend region, that that point, the forward speed we'll pick up quite considerably. and what that re

right so like i'm a cool off is on the way after days of scorching heat out, west meteorologist allison chinchars after the break donald trump's back and he's out for control. i would have every right to go after them complete control. >> i will wield that power very aggressively, and he has a plan to get it detailed plans for exactly what movement will do is called project 2025 a 922 page blueprint to make donald trump the most powerful president ever over calling the department of justice, giving trump the unchecked power to seek vengeance eliminating the department of education and defunding k through 12 schools requiring the government to monitor women's pregnancies and severe cuts to medicare and social security. donald trump may try to deny it, but those are donald trump's plans well, revenge this take time i will say that in sometimes revenge can be justified hill take control, will pay the price. >> i'm kamala harris and i approve this message one second. >> you feel safe? >> and then the police are on their way. >> well he's still do the tempur-pedic breeze make sleep, feel cool. so no

of the worst flooding are expecting even more rain over the next few days, cnn meteorologist allison chinchar has more on that. allison we still have some lingering rain showers from what's left of helene now, the good news is here that the rain is much lighter in intensity than it has been the last few days. >> he's but we do still have some areas of showers. chances possible for tennessee, north carolina, virginia, kentucky, and even into ohio. now the heaviest rain as we go through the next couple of days is really going to be focused over virginia and west virginia. those areas could end up picking up upwards of two inches of rain total everywhere else you're looking at about a half an inch up to one inch. and while that may not sound like much, again, a lot of these communities don't need any even if it is on the low end, the best chance for flooding also exists in the same area where we saw those upwards of two inches of rain. so that's going to be focused across the virginia's. but we do also have the potential at least a marginal risk for flooding across portions of florida this is no

allison chinchar. turning now to sports, a concern continues for dolphins quarterback tua tagovailoa, after he left thursday night's game with yet another concussion? yeah. andy scholes joins us now, what do we know about the status? >> well guys, to is in the concussion protocol, but when or if we ever see him play in the nfl again, that's certainly up in the air right now. the twenty-six-year-old suffering yet another concussion during bring thursday night football. and this was just another scary instance we saw to go into a fencing response with his arms and hands after taking that hit right there so too has been he has been diagnosed with three concussions in his nfl career, but in many, including raiders head coach antonio pierce thing here's walk away from the game. >> few years ago i'll be honest how just don't retire. >> it's not worth it it's not worth play the game i had witnessed anything like i've seen this happened to him three times scary. you can see right away the players faces on the

moves over georgia and into north carolina as a tropical storm let's get to cnn meteorologist allison chinchar with the latest on the forecast, rain totals. and what we're seeing that's right, yes. >> we take a look latest update at the top of the hour, still tropical storm helene winds now down to sustain to 60 miles per hour, that forward speed still moving very, very, incredibly fast. but you're still noticing that it's transitioning as you've noted, the sun is starting to come out in florida, but for other states were still dealing with torrential rain and very gusty winds. here's a look at the map, all the areas you see here in green are under a flood watch. that means there is the potential for flooding at some point over the next 24 to 36 hours, the red areas that indicates were active flooding thing is taking place and then the white outline areas. those are all flash flood emergencies. that is the highest level of flood alert that you can possibly get from the weather service. we begin with these two in and around the atlanta metro area. this includes downtown atlanta, the airports. i

allison chinchar, we'll let you get back to work. thank you very much okay. and breaking overnight, the idf says it intercepted a ballistic missile heading towards tel aviv. the first time ever missile fired by hezbollah has gone that far and gotten that close to that major city. >> and a new era, a new report this morning finds that boeing workers pressured to prioritize speed over quality. >> this coming out. now some nine months after the door plug blow out of the 737 max and sean diddy combs now facing 11 civil lawsuits, even that's he remains behind bars on criminal charges details on the new allegations from a woman who says he drugged and assaulted her with the help of his bodyguard >> i've been saying publicly what people say and do i have enough money. i could just shut up and back tears car saturday, october 5th on cnn reynolds here for i guess, my hundreds mint commercial don't know. i mean, it's unlimited premium wireless for $15 a month. me honestly, when i started this, i thought only have to do like four of these how are there still people payi

but first, we're going to go to cnn meteorologist allison chinchar is tracking helene. and where it's heading. >> yeah, that's right. i think the key component here is that just because it has made landfall does not mean this storm is over. in fact, we are still yet to seen some of the worst impacts for a few states. in particular, right now, you can see the center of the storm is located just over portions of south central georgia, sustained winds of 80 miles per hour, still gusting higher than that. the storm has already knocked out a tremendous amount of power. we're talking 1.8 million customers so far, some of those in florida, it will be dating he's before they get their power back. other states like tennessee and kentucky have yet to really see their numbers tick up because the worst of those conditions is not get there. you can see here the storm is expected to go back down to a tropical storm likely cover between augusta and atlanta. this morning and then continuing its trek up into tennessee and kentucky, were then it will hover over the states and that's unfo

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allison chinchar. thanks to you, john. >> all right. happening now, hundreds evacuated schools closed after a chemical leak from a rail car in ohio. let's get the latest from cnn's brynn gingras. i know they're trying to work on this as quickly as they can. brynn, what's the latest you're hearing? >> yeah. john, i just checked in and they are still having those evacuation orders in place. basically, what emergency management officials there on the scene in hamilton county, which is an attack, a town in there that's not far from cincinnati, they're waiting for those water quality testing, air quality testing results to come in and determine if they get then can lift those a back question orders, get people back into their homes, open schools, though those schools will not be open today that were affected in this area. so there's a little bit of a waiting period right now, we do expect an update from officials early this afternoon, so we'll be looking for that, but let me give you an update on exactly what happened here. you can see that

. >> let's get to our meteorologist, allison chinchar with more allison. good morning and good morning. >> kasie. you can see the impacts from some of that very heavy rain in this video behind me, this from new orleans, good samaritan rescuing a man whose truck got stuck in those very floodwaters from francine in a few days ago. now, here's a look at where the storm is again, very well inland, much weaker as a system, but it's also moving very slowly. it's only moving at three miles per hour just for reference, that's about how fast an average human could walk okay, so again, very slow, but that means it's got a lot of time now to dump a tremendous amount of rain over a lot of areas already several places in mississippi and louisiana picking up eight and even nine inches of rain. it's not over for some of those areas because again, this system will slowly start to progress eastward in the coming days as we go through the weekend, but not fast enough. and so it's going to produce a lot of rain really shifting from alabama, mrs.. scipy over into georgia and

. >> allison chinchar for us this morning. allison. thanks very much for that. and still ahead here on cnn this morning, the biggest moment of the night might have happened after the debate concluded, taylor swift announced she is endorsing the vice president. what this might mean for the race plus we'll show you more critical moments from last night's debate is kamala harris seemed to roll out practiced strategy. she got donald trump to take the bait people start leaving his rallies early out of exhaustion in boredom. >> she said, people started leaving, people don't go to her rallies. there's no reason to go. and the people that do go, she's busing in and paying them and to be there zero take allergy relief works fast and last a full 24 hours or so days can be deliver dans okay. dave, let's be more than our allergies seize the day with light it guides our every waking moment what we do and how we do it but the amount of light we can change in an instant and when it does, you can control it three-day blinds find the light for your life is it three-day blinds.co

cnn meteorologist allison chinchar is tracking this for us. allison rain is welcome. the flooding not so much, right? >> exactly because some of these areas need to have some of the rain they're experiencing drought. you just don't want too much in a short period of time. so here's a look at where the remnants are. again, you can see still got those winds of 50 miles per hour. it's moving at ten miles per hour that may seem all that fast. it's faster than it was yesterday. it was only moving at three miles per hour. so now we're going to start to see so a lot of that rain spread eastward so far you can see a lot of these yellow, red, and orange areas where we're, they've had to four, even six inches of rain already fall. now, we're going to be adding more on top of it. and as we mentioned, a lot of these areas are dealing with some level of drought. the rain itself is welcome. you just don't want it to come to quickly because then that triggers a lot of the flooding concerns and the biggest one flooding concern lies along this narrow path right through here where you

there's no relief in sight, just yet with more rain forecast for the region, cnn meteorologist allison chinchar has the details cyclone boris is making its way ever so slowly across much of central europe. but we're finally going to start to see some movement south here in about the next 24 to 48 hours. this video from sunday, from poland, you can see all of that heavy water filling up the streets and a lot of the communities there and also filling up some of the rivers and the creeks and streams, allowing some of those things to kind of flow down that wouldn't normally be there we're talking substantial amounts of rain for a lot of these areas. take a look at this prague picking up almost 100 millimeters of rain that is way more than they would normally see for the month of september. same thing for vienna, seeing much more than they normally be 234 times what they would normally see in the month of sale september, as are several other communities, look at some of these rainfall totals, not just for austria, but slovakia, czech republic, a lot of them looking at at least 100 millimeters, some

this week as a potential tropical system bears down on the gulf of mexico cnn meteorologist allison chinchar has the latest on some fast changing weather conditions it is the first official day of fall in for some areas it has been quite a quick transition from those summer-like temperatures back into what this season would normally feel like. >> and it's all because of this cold front right through here. so all of the areas behind it have starting to see the temperatures drop dramatically. take a look at this oklahoma city topping out at 97 degrees yesterday. today, likely only to make it into the low to mid 80s chicago topped out at 92 yesterday. today, only going to see those temperatures into the 70s. and is that cold front continues to slide south and east more and more cities are going to see that drop in temperatures. now another thing that we're keeping a close eye on the tropics especially this area right here in the western caribbean, because it has the potential to develop into a tropical system as it moves into the gulf of mexico. as we go through the next several days now, one t

alerts and at the same time, a flood threat continues for a lot of the gulf coast need all just allison chinchar is here now with more on this allison. >> that's right. good morning. yes. we've got a lot to talk about what we begin in the south east because we have not one, but two different cold fronts that are going to be adding some moisture into this area. also this low pressure system here sitting just outside the gulf, that's going to also provide an influx of moisture, especially along the gulf coast region and then even as we head into the next week, we have this, this system right here, this potential tropical system has been a 60% chance of development that too is also going to add a lot more moisture into the gulf coast over the next several days. so starting today, all the way through tuesday and wednesday of next week, we have the potential for flooding across much of the southeast right now, you've got some rain showers up around wilmington, a few showers south of atlanta, and then down towards the new orleans area. this is where some of the heaviest rain is located right there alo

those little tiny when droplets seen me show just allison chinchar was say hit from the weather. >> she's in the safety of the studio. it's not a hurricane, but it's still very dangerous, isn't it? as we can see, it is absolutely. >> and i think that's the key component here is just because it's made landfall doesn't mean the system just automatically goes away. you can see more of that video yesterday from new orleans again, just incredibly heavy rain bands coming down across these areas and that water, the storm surge we talk about the wind being able to push all of that water inland i'm covering roads and parking lots in some of these areas right now of the tropical storm francine sustained winds of 50 miles per hour, still dusting up around that 85 mile per hour range. it's moving to the northeast at about 14 miles per hour, but you've still got significant rain bands with these. so you've got a lot of these areas, even as far away as atlanta and birmingham. well away from the coast that are starting to pick up some of those outer bands from francine, the winds are starting to die dow

cnn meteorologist, allison chinchar is following.st movements and just take us through all of the you know, the dynamics here because schools are closing and people are deeply affected. >> yes. and it's impacting so many areas that are far from the coast. i think that's what really separates this storm from so many others. now we look at the current statistics, winds of 85 miles per hour, gusting up to 105. the movement right now is to north at 12 miles per hour. pay attention to that because we will circle back. it's now moving into the gulf of mexico. this is where we really anticipate this storm is going to strengthen and quickly because it's moving into very warm waters. that is fuel for these types of storms. so it's expected to intensify as it continues to make its way north eventually into a category 23. and the forecast calls for this to make it all the way up to canada i'm sorry 44 hurricane just before landfall in the big bend region. the other thing to note though, is the forward speed is expected to pick up. we talked abo

let's get right to cnn meteorologist allison chinchar with the very latest. and this 8:00 am update, allison, what can you tell us yeah. >> so let's look at the new numbers. so yes. so the sustained winds are now 100 miles per hour? that is gusting to 115 forward movement still the same at 12 miles per hour, but that is also expected to increase as we go through the day today. and you mentioned one of the newer things we've had and issued is this tornado watch valid until 8:00 pm eastern time tonight? and that includes most of the big cities here, tampa, fort myers, miami, even orlando. and we're likely to see more of these areas added on to it because we've had tornado warnings, we've got several active right now in florida, but also one up a north and south or up in south carolina. so it's very likely believe we will see that tornado watch expand into portions of georgia and the carolinas as we go through the day and more of those outer bands begin to spread into some of these states. the storm is expected to strengthen even more reaching major hurricane sta

cnn's allison chinchar has more we have a brand new low pressure system that's pushing in along the west coast and that's actually going to bring rain, but also snow to areas of the high elevations at first low pressure system sliding and it's not going to move all that fast as it does and drapes over portions of california, nevada, and oregon. >> it has time to dump some of that rain and we have a secondary low that will come in as we get towards the middle portion of the week adding to a lot of those rain and snowfall totals for a lot of these areas. but here's the thing. it's september, this is very early in the season for a lot of these areas to see snow. even at the higher elevations, we have a winter weather advisory in place because because the snow is expected to begin tonight and continue through monday, keep in mind, this is the earliest we have ever had one of these advisories for snow in the month of september since 2007. so just to kind of give you some perspective on how early it is for them to be seeing this now, most of those areas in the advisory could see up to two four

. >> you're still happy about it well, no, i'm not because it's not here yet cnn's allison chinchar joins us now with the latest forecast, a fall that's right. >> and i promise it is coming. it's just for some cities, it's going to be a little bit more delayed than others. so we take a look, this cold front is what's going to be really bringing in a lot of that cooler, more fall like temperatures, if you will? so we've already started to see them across portions of the midwest. take a look at the 24 hour temperature different st. louis yesterday, topping out at 94 degrees, but it will only get to about 79 for today's similar drop from chicago all the way down through oklahoma city. and then as we start i'll just read a little bit further east and especially south, u2 will start to see those temperatures coming down. it's just going to be a bit more delayed. dallas still 94 today, but back down into the 70s by tomorrow, little rock, nashville all of them also going to see that similar job. it's just going to be closer to the middle of the upcoming week before we start to see those temperat