it is east of jacksonville florida right now. tropical storm warnings now in if he could for the georgia coastline as well as sparts par florida. bracing for heavy wind in a very severe way. the storm system as you might image shoreline campers sent packing heading inland. memorial day jazz fest i68 canceled ahead of the storm. winds knocking down tree winds in coastal georgia leaving hundreds there without electricity. this is all before beryl has made a grarned entrance. we have fox coverage tonight. liz get is there. >>> oo winds are picking up quickly. 40 miles an hour on the beach. they have not made land fall. they are still another 3 hours away at that time. the wined should be double what they are right now. we also can expect 3-6 inches of rain. we heard from the mayor at a press conference. folks anywhere outside of the home that are not where they are supposed to be they need to hunker down the worst of the storm is yet to come. >> i was reading earlier they had rescues that had to take place. you would think people wo

it is east of jacksonville florida right now. tropical storm warnings now in if he could for the georgia coastline as well as sparts par florida. bracing for heavy wind in a very severe way. the storm system as you might image shoreline campers sent packing heading inland. memorial day jazz fest i68 canceled ahead of the storm. winds knocking down tree winds in coastal georgia leaving hundreds there without electricity. this is all before beryl has made a grarned entrance. we have fox coverage tonight. liz get is there. >>> oo winds are picking up quickly. 40 miles an hour on the beach. they have not made land fall. they are still another 3 hours away at that time. the wined should be double what they are right now. we also can expect 3-6 inches of rain. we heard from the mayor at a press conference. folks anywhere outside of the home that are not where they are supposed to be they need to hunker down the worst of the storm is yet to come. >> i was reading earlier they had rescues that had to take place. you would think people wo

anna werner is in jacksonville. >> reporter: beryl hit the jacksonville coast with top winds of 80 miles per hour, just short of a category one hurricane. waves grew fierce, streets flooded and the winds downed trees. some 40,000 customers lost power at the height of the storm. jacksonville mayor alvin brown urged residents to stay indoors. >> we remain vigilant and heavily engaged in keeping jacksonville residents safe. >> reporter: direct damage and flooding from beryl was not as bad as feared. much of the rain had been soaked up by ground parchd from a six-month drought. but the storm spoiled jacksonville's plans for the annual jazz fest. officials here estimate tourism losses at $20 million. even after the storm passed, volunteer rescuers like aaron skipper had to watch the beach to keep people out of the water. >> they said definitely stay out of the water. it's dangerous with heavy current. >> reporter: but in other places like charleston, overcast conditions didn't scare off beachgoers and for some tourists beryl proved a draw. scottie moore and carry drove to jacksonville from th

just east of jacksonville. you can see the bands of yellow and red intensifying and getting close right here to the coast. right where elizabeth is we will be seeing the strongest winds and rains moving onshore are quickly. the center like li likely makig landfall around the midnight time frame. that is the calm in the center of the storm. the worst conditions over the next couple of hours. it could strangen up to a 70-mile an hour or so storm before it makes landfall. by tomorrow afternoon continuing off towards the west and then a hard right turn and going to hug the coast here of the chair li carolinas and by y afternoon we will still be talking about the storm bringing a lot of rain right here. rain is a good part of this. a desperate drought across area of florida and georgia. where the bulls eye of rain is where the worst drought it. that is good news. it will come at a price, though, with strong rip currents, likely flooding and probably significant power outages especially across coastal areas. >> a ble

just east of jacksonville. you can see the bands of yellow and red intensifying and getting close right here to the coast. right where elizabeth is we will be seeing the strongest winds and rains moving onshore are quickly. the center like li likely makig landfall around the midnight time frame. that is the calm in the center of the storm. the worst conditions over the next couple of hours. it could strangen up to a 70-mile an hour or so storm before it makes landfall. by tomorrow afternoon continuing off towards the west and then a hard right turn and going to hug the coast here of the chair li carolinas and by y afternoon we will still be talking about the storm bringing a lot of rain right here. rain is a good part of this. a desperate drought across area of florida and georgia. where the bulls eye of rain is where the worst drought it. that is good news. it will come at a price, though, with strong rip currents, likely flooding and probably significant power outages especially across coastal areas. >> a ble

just east of jacksonville. you can see the bands of yellow and red intensifying and getting close right here to the coast. right where elizabeth is we will be seeing the strongest winds and rains moving onshore are quickly. the center like li likely makig landfall around the midnight time frame. that is the calm in the center of the storm. the worst conditions over the next couple of hours. it could strangen up to a 70-mile an hour or so storm before it makes landfall. by tomorrow afternoon continuing off towards the west and then a hard right turn and going to hug the coast here of the chair li carolinas and by y afternoon we will still be talking about the storm bringing a lot of rain right here. rain is a good part of this. a desperate drought across area of florida and georgia. where the bulls eye of rain is where the worst drought it. that is good news. it will come at a price, though, with strong rip currents, likely flooding and probably significant power outages especially across coastal areas. >> a ble

>> about 60 miles to the west of jacksonville, florida.nds. at one point last night we had 70-mile-per-hour sustained winds, and that's below hurricane force. you see quite a bit of rainfall circulating around. the rainfall is good. we need the rain here desperately. the folks living here don't want it all at one time, and there are flash flood watches out and warnings around jacksonville proper, and on top of that there is a threat for sustained tornados. we have one tornado warning in effect right now and it may have expired through duvall county there. it was heading towards the north, 25 miles per hour, and they do not have a watch out yet with the system. it's weakening in intensity, but will be dumping rain. 73-mile-per-hour wind gusts last night at buckeye hrupbd, and 65 miles per hour in kings bay, and the rainfall will continue to fall here. the slow movement out to see. take a good day and a half before it gets over savannah. the further offshore it gets, the more it will likely strengthen, and affect less people. if it hugs the

ginger is in jacksonville for us tonight. >> it's the three h's on this unofficial start to summer. hazy, hot and humid holiday. it could be the hottest race day on record. the winner had his own way of cooling off. >> it's like 95 degrees today. it's really hot. >> it's a lot hotter. it feels like 100 degrees. >> it was easy to feel like a burger on the gridl. >> making it. playing in the water. >> the sizzling temperatures are a threat to those with nowhere to go. >> it's really hot. it's dangerous for a person to be in the heat. >> those who think the beach is a sure thing have to watch for the rip current, some from beryl still lurking off the east coast. it's expected to hit the florida georgia coast tonight. >> i'm encouraging all area residents to stay inside and off the streets as the storm hits. >> not all the heat is coming from the sun. wildfires are burning the earth all across the country. in michigan flames have claimed more than 21,000 acres. the true meaning of memorial day shown through in san francisco. >> great to honor the troops. >> volunteers placed flags on ne

a locht standing water earlier today in jacksonville.ight, nine, ten miles inland to the city, they were hit hard from before sunrise to lunch time. bands of rain rotating around. we missed out on most of the rain. certainly after mid morning on the beaches. we have flash flooding and even had a couple of tornado warnings. nothing was sighted. bottom line, the rain is very, verile with comed. this whole area from here, central and southern georgia and into parts of south carolina. and the worst drought in the nation. the rains put the damper on the drought and also helps out on short-term fire danger. we had a couple of fires here in northern florida over the past week or so. couple of days ago it was very smokey and near -- in nearby gainesville. a depression. into southeast georgia and heading off the carolina coast wednesday. we will be done with beryl and beaches should be certainly wide open for business as rip currents go way and chances of rain back off appreciably by the middle of the week. i'm meteorologist mike seidel at jackso

our jackson station wtev is north of jacksonville. good morning. this is a tropical storm but a very strong one, nearly a hurricane. what's happening where you are this morning? >> reporter: good morning, terrell. as you mentioned, this was nearly a hurricane. we are at ground zero right now of tropical storm beryl. this is probably the strongest point of the storm in berndina downtown. we're at the top of the storm, as our meteorologist told us, the strongest point of the storm. the biggest concern is about flooding and electricity. right now you can take a look behind me. there's still power in downtown berndina but in our area, our north florida area, our electric company reported approximately 37,000 people without power here. that's a lot of people who are not going to have any lights on at home. you can take a look at the video we have from earlier in our area. wind really, really picking up. about sustained winds, last report we got of 30 miles an hour, which isn't too, too bad, 45-mile-an-hour gusts but they are picking up as we speak. the

the winds are way -- winds are ripping at jacksonville beach.heading jacksonville tonight. >> back here at home we had temperatures in the '90s. >> tomorrow will be even more sultry. >> it is a rude awakening. >> we will talk about beryl as well. here is our live picture out from the beach. folks are still out at the beach. not as many umbrellas as we had earlier. all little fog and tractors clearing up the sand. let them go. that's why it is still there. i have to do some more research on that. 84 in gaithersburg. it's very warm and sticky out there. we have not seen much in the way of storms locally. there is a batch of the showers coming through central pennsylvania and a thunderstorm watch down to the mason-dixon line. the showers and storms are drifting southward and you may get some of those heftier storms. mainly a storm to the north of the metro area to keep an eye on as we had deeper into the evening hours. 78 degrees, no where near that record set in 1965. all little cooler by the day and milder through the evening with temperatures no

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we have latest from jacksonville, florida. >> reporter: loud, rude and violent.t's the holiday weekend guest that no one invited but everyone knew was coming -- beryl. >> i was exciting not so much gust. >> reporter: spinning on shore just after midnight near jacksonville, berl, tropical storm beryl was just shy of hurricane strength, drenching rain and choppy surfs. it left thousands in the dark. ray found his 60-foot tall tree uprooted in his front yard. >> i didn't think the whole tree would go. >> reporter: he is grateful it doesn't fall on the house, a sentiment being cooed by floridians. >> i don't want anything with a category behind it. >> reporter: but state officials warn it's not over yet. >> please don't drive. don't go out into the wart felt you see a live power line, call 911. >> reporter: beryl will fall for 24 hours and dump up to eight inches of rain, welcome news in a drought stricken state. it will take its sweet time to get out of here dropping heavy rains and gusty winds. by the mid-week it will be out of here, affecting the carolinas. report

in jacksonville dodged a bullet.ake a listen. >> we have a lot of debris out there and want to make sure people are safe. we don't want people going in the water, it's dangerous. but i thank god he was smiling on jacksonville and we are blessed to be where we are right now. >> so, yes, the worst of the storm is over but you see here we are standing in 30 miles an hour winds. the storm conditions will continue until at least tomorrow evening. >> elizabeth on what is a very, very lonely jacksonville beach. thank you. we are now look where this thing is heading next. audrey is with our fox affiliate in new york city. this system is still on the move? >> that's true, trace. right now the center is located on the georgia-florida border and bringing heavy rain to north florida and to southern parts of florida. as it goes into the day tomorrow we are expecting it to turn north and slightly northeast as we go through the day on tuesday. moving over areas like savannah, georgia and over toward charleston, south carolina. on w

beach and jacksonville dodged a bullet. take a listen. >> you have got a lot of limbs down, debris out there. we want to make sure people are safe. we don't want people going in the water. it's dangerous. it's all about safety now. i thank god he was smiling on jacksonville and we are very blessed to really be where we are right now. >> so, yes, trace, the worst of the storm is over. can you see here that we're standing in 30 mile-per-hour winds. the storm conditions will continue until at least tomorrow evening. trace? >> elizabeth prann on what is a very very lonely jacksonville beach. elizabeth, thank you. we are now looking at where this thing is heading next. let's bring in audrey. this system is still on the move? >> that's true, trace. right now the center is located on the georgia/florida border and bringing heavy rain to north florida and southern parts of georgia. as it goes into the day tomorrow. we are expecting it to turn north and slightly northeast as we go through the day on tuesday. moving over areas like s

augustine, and jacksonville beach, and the rain is starting to move into downtown jacksonville. the winds have been incredible so far, and we have just gotten a report on jacksonville pier of 50-miles-per-hour winds and gusting up to 58. some damage and tree limbs coming down and people will be losing power. you will be staying in the homes for now. these are the wind gusts right now, 22 miles per hour around daytona beach and went up to 40 there in jacksonville for a moment, and in savannah where there is damage, too, along the 32-mile-an-hour range or so. and we talk about the track of the storm moving westward and making landfall this evening or later tonight as it moves west and makes its way to the shore, it will start to curve back around and eventually make it back over to open waters by the middle of the week. so when you see a slow-moving storm, alina, it looks like rainfall, and flooding is a concern through the holiday weekend and into the middle of the week. >> all right. jacqui, i know you will be watching it closely and updating and in fact, it is a live picture of

it's pretty windy there in jacksonville? >> it's very windy. we have winds there likely about 65 miles per hour. it's right about 50 miles an hour so we anticipate heavy winds throughout the evening tonight coupled by the fact we're probably going to see three to six inches. one big concern you see the beach had behind me is slowly starting to disappear. more storm surge and it's still not high tide and expecting a high tide coming in as approaches in the evening. a number of folks that are visiting here. it was still sunny and nice out so they haven't left already. in fact the number of people who said they are here to sort of experience the ride. take a listen. >> i think we're staying. i mean there aren't any warnings or evacuation notices. obviously if it gotten to that but 50-60 mile-an-hour winds. ttsz what it is. it may be pretty cool and see what comes in. >> pretty cool but we also need to be safe. i talked with the mayor's office and right now all roads are open. bridges are open. the airport is open but that is hour by hour. we expec

this is horizontal stinging rain here on jacksonville beach. beryl's intense winds uprooted trees onto cars and power lines, knocking out power to over 40,000 homes. jacksonville's mayor canceled memorial day activities. >> we know this is a most sacred time in our history and our country to honor those who paid the ultimate sacrifice to defend us. >> and ordered around-the-clock repairs to get under way. >> we have 30 crews, electricity crews going out right now, trying to get people back on. >> water flooded neighborhood streets and homes. >> it's quite a mess out there, as i'm sure you guys have filmed it. >> river looked like the ocean this morning. it looks like you got 3 or 4 foot waves out there. tourists tried to take beryl in stride, but the storm made for a disappointing weekend. >> we knew there was going to be bad weather, but as it cranked into a full tropical storm, it was a little more than we expected for memorial day. >> the storm is weakening as it makes its way north and then northeast off the carolina coast wednesday, but no

the center of it is 20, maybe 30 miles west of jacksonville, florida.ee the classic circular motion. it will be slow to move out to sea over the next 48 hours. it will turn into a tropical depression, obviously weakening as it continues over land, then picked up by a front coming through. in the next 48 hours, eventually off the coastline of south carolina then heading out to sea. the main threat over the next 24 hours is four to eight inches of rainfall, locally more in spots. it's been so dry so the ground is caked and a lot will run off. they need the rain so i suppose they'll take it. >> still tough on memorial day, right? >> big washout, yes. >> rob, thank you. >>> well, the butler did it. it's taking on new meaning in a vatican investigation. the catholic church trying to find out who leaked confidential documents belonging to pope benedict xvi. the butler has been arrested on suspicion of leaking the material to an italian journ journalists. the documents including hundreds of personal letter s reveal an internal power struggle within the vatican

didn't make landfall around midnight on monday morning here, right around jacksonville.ow it is expected to continue to linger along first coast, across southern georgia, over towards northern florida and as doing so it going to bring in very heavy rainfall, up to 250 millimeters could be found in some locations here just towards the southwest of jacksonville. a broad area of rainfall expected over 100 millimeters of rain. especially just north of jacksonville, that moisture will continue to push on shore, bringing high waves with it. coastal flooding and also beach erosion is going to be high risk here across portions of eastern georgia. let's pull back the picture and look to the west. we have this frontal system coming across the plains now, extending to the great lakes region this is already brought some tornado activity with it and now going into the next 24 hours, unfortunately, more severe weather is expected. damaging winds, large hail and yet more tornadoes there. also down towards southern oklahoma, and also into northern texas, even a spot of unstable weather

just about 40 miles west of jacksonville.h that in mind, we're going to continue with the showers, the thunderstorms, and gusty winds today, tonight, and tomorrow. the winds will slowly subside as we get into tonight and tomorrow. there may be localized flooding. this part of the country has the worst drought in the lower 48. everybody -- a lot of folks are happy to see the rain despite it is a long memorial day weekend. the fire danger's been up. we've had fires the past couple of weeks. rain is a good thing. it will be wednesday before it heads out to sea. back to you. >> mike seidel live in jackson beach. thank you. >>> and we're expecting storms heading our way. nothing like we're seeing in florida where mike is. but some storms later in the afternoon. meteorologist tom kierein here to tell us more. >>> yeah, it's weird. normally we worry about tropical storms on labor day, not memorial day. and here -- we had the strong thunderstorms last evening that is dissipated. since then ever wee cleared out and the temperatures in

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it is it right over jacksonville. and at that point, heavy rain in northeast florida and threat for isolated tornados and flooding with a half foot of rain. and it is moving right up the eastern sea board for the middle of next week. and and as you pointed on that map, mike. a lot of those people going to the beaches and areas. people are used to this and i wonder what is done for the tourist like you are. >> it is an unfortunate time. and it is a holiday weekend here. some of the beaches are going to be closed down and activity starting tomorrow. it is rough in the beaches and we have had a number of rip currents and rescues this afternoon. and seven people were rescue that is a big concern tomorrow and monday it is the peak of the storm that arrives tomorrow night and continues to monday. good side of this, harris. we are in a long-time drought can deficit 30 plus inches. stand point good news and timing not so good. and it doesn't reach any were close to hurricane strength. >> we'll keep an eye on it and we appreci

. >> reporter: spinning on to shore near jacksonville beach, florida.was just shy of hurricane strength. 70-mile-per-hour winds, drenching rains and choppy surf. beryl's powerful gust knocked power lines and left thousands in the dark. ray lackey found his 60-foot-tall tree uprooted in his front yard. >> not surprising something wasn't going to go. i didn't think the whole tree would go. we weren't even thinking about the whole thing. >> he is grateful it didn't fall on the house. >> we were lucky the storm wasn't as bad as they thought. >> reporter: a sentiment echoed by hurricane savvy floridians. >> i don't want the big one. i don't want anything with a category number behind it. >> please don't drive. don't go out into the water. make sure if you see a live power line down, call 911. we want to make sure people are very cautious and careful. >> reporter: even though beryl has weakened it is going to take its sweet time to get out of here dropping heavy rains and gusty winds from here in jacksonville up through southeast georgia. by the midweek it wi

this storm is bearing down right now is jacksonville beach, florida.happened and hit landfall just after midnight. hurricane-strength winds of 70 miles per hour. the weather system continues to dump rain over parts of florida, georgia and the southern part of south carolina today. the storm making a mess out of memorial day plans for many. and the rip tide creating dangerous surf off the coast of florida and georgia. but still, some are braving the weathers despite all those warnings. the governor of florida urging residents to be on alert and aware. for some beach goers, a rude awakening. >> really got out of control. we couldn't control it. we finally came back in but still way off our course. >> not stopping those kids in the background, right, from having a good time. a new advisory is issued at the top of the hour. maria molina is standing by live in the weather center with us. >> good morning, guys. good to see you. happy memorial day. we're talking about tropical storm beryl that's bringing a lot of rain across parts of the southeast. up to a fo

the real story if you take a look behind me, not nearly as many visitors as jacksonville beach has.this would normally be packed with folks on such a big weekend. triple-a predicted 6.5 million people visits florida, georgia, north carolina and south carolina, all the coastal communities, the number of travelers who say they want to salvage what they can of their memorial day weekend. take a listen. >> yeah, but i mean that is kind of like whatever you make the most of it. i had my three other family members in the car with us, so we kind of laughed and made the most of it, and what are you doing to do. >> actually really nice when i got down here saturday. went out on the beach with the kids, start seeing the clouds rolling in on sunday morning, and spent time that we could out there, on the beach, had a great time, and then all of a sudden the wind started picking up and the rain started and i could hear it really heavy, 2:00 a.m. this morning i could hear the winds howling. >> reporter: for folks that live here today was a day of clean up. we saw hundreds of reports of trees bein

thank you, elizabeth, from jacksonville, florida.r meteorologist with the follow affiliate in new york. where is this storm headed now? >>reporter: well, it appears what we see moving sightly to the north into southern georgia bringing heavy rains tomorrow. we are seeing heavy bands of rain across northern florida and the surf is up as we saw elizabeth's report with heights above average, 2' above average at the time of high tide and we expect it to hit georgia dome and hug the is, second coast on wednesday and they will re-emerge into the atlantic and develop into a tropical storm status before heading into the northern atlantic on thursday and into friday. the other big story across the nation is the heat that a lot of folks are spensessing this memorial day. we have record heat from chicago toward memphis and new orleans and the core of the heat is located right along the mississippi river and extended all the way to the east and we have very warm numbers from new york city to south georgia running at 10- to 15-degrees above avera

jacksonville has picked up about 3 inches of rain today. but some areas for the thunderstorms moving through, have picked up those 4 to 5 inches at least. and there will probably be more as well. it's slowly moving off to the north. take a look at the latest tracking on beryl. it's going to move inland for a while and probably make a right turn, being forced out to sea, eventually by later tomorrow and by thursday, it's somewhere, maybe 300 miles east of the ocean city area. and moving quickly out to sea. and the pressure is coming up. we'll come back and take a look at our forecast. cooling coming our way. just a few minutes. >> all right. that sounds good, bob. thank you so much. and stay with wjz for complete first warning coverage. to find updates any time, log onto wjz.com. >>> police are investigating two deadly accidents on maryland waters. this afternoon, the coast guard recovered the body of a man who disappeared near kent narrows. two other people were also hurt in that crash. and crews are still looking for a man who never resurf

it's west of jacksonville, but the rain is still wrapping around.ng out on the beaches right now, these bands. and right now we still have a flood warning for the metro jacksonville area. that continues until 11:15 this morning. one band has dropped over the area, dropping rainfall at the rate of 1 to 2 inches per hour. there's been creeks and streams overflowing, still a big concern for that area. out here on the beach, it's the wind and blowing sand. look at the surf. that has came down too since last night. it's still a dangerous, certainly, swimming condition. we've got rip current risks from today, tonight, and tomorrow, but the waves now have came down to about 4-footers. we have 6, 7-footers up through last night. boy, the sand is stinging out here today. this is a slow-moving storm. it's slowly moving west at 8 miles per hour. it's going to make a slow right turn, picked up by a front, sent into sea, but not until wednesday. we're looking for another couple of days of rain heavy at times. some of the local total could be 10 inches in an area