the powerful storm barrelling toward canada's atlantic coast nbc meteorologist michelle grossman is tracking fiona and more good morning, michelle. >> good morning. we are still looking at a very strong storm west of bermuda, feeling the impact at this hour, high winds, and also rainfall, two to four inches of rain is possible, locally higher amounts. 130 mile-an-hour winds category four storm. that's a strong storm. we had a big wind field as well. as we go throughout time today, we will see derm ba's conditions improving and then the maritime conditions decreasing throughout the afternoon, into the evening hours. a category three storm later thon morning still a really strong storm though with winds at 125 miles an hour and then set its eyes on the canadian maritime. a historical storm throughout the weekend, winds gusting very high, bringing some power lines down, could see some power outages and heavy, heavy rain up to ten inches is possible in spots. back to you, guys. >> thank you, michelle. >>> the special master in the mar-a-lago investigation has set a new deadline judge raymond dea

. >>> meteorologist michelle grossman takes a look at the so-called doomsday glacier. >> and all eyes are on the key inflation report coming out in just a few hours are gas prices and other expensive everyday items coming back to earth? early today starts right now >>> good morning i'm phillip mena. >> i'm fran ses rivera a new monarch addresses parliament king charles vowed to continue in his mother's footsteps. >> she set an examplh god's help and your councils, i am resolved faithfully to follow. my lords -- >> he attended this ceremony countless times with queen elizabeth ii, and yesterday he stood before the houses as the new king. >> thousands lined up to pay their respects to queen elizabeth ii and in london, rehearsals already underway for the queen's lying in state ceremony tomorrow later today, her coffin will be flown to puckingham palace joining us from london is chapman bell how's the mood there, and what can we expect in the coming days. >> reporter: as you said, king charles leading the nation in mourning he was in scotland behind that pr session behind her coffin where

let's go now to nbc news meteorologist michelle grossman for the latest on hurricane in. michelle, hurricane ian has been downgraded to a category one storm. what should residents in its path expect over the next 24 to 48 hours? >> i, they're great to see you. they can expect flood and rain we. need to prepare for that flash flooding. when it comes to water and hurricanes, that's the number one reason for deaths in hurricanes, it's the salt water, the storm surge that we talked about, and also freshwater that falls from the sky. so, we are going to see heavy, heavy rain falling. this is the worst-case scenario. we had a category four storm, a really strong, one almost category five storm. also, really wide, about 500 miles. and then we had those damaging winds. they all came together, moving very, very slowly. and that is why we have the high winds. we have the heavy rainfall. we are going to continue to see heavy rainfall. let's look at the strongest winds. because we saw winds gusting up to 135 miles per hour, almost hard to wrap your head around that. also 125 miles in

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. >>> we want to bring in meteorologist michelle grossman for the latest on where hurricane ian stands now. michelle, what do you have? >> hi there, mika. everything came together in the worst way yesterday. we had a very strong category 4 storm. 150 miles per hour winds a category 5 storm. it was huge and also moving very very slow. we saw the storm surge, we saw heavy rainfall and gusty winds. i want to show you one thing. this is what we warned you about yesterday, roads turning into rivers out of fort myers, a time lapse of the roads being filled. we saw ali velshi doing such a great job hour after hour, showing the parking lot that he was standing in just filling up with water. so many scenes like this. people are going to come back to the neighborhoods once the sun does rise and we're going to see a different story. homes washed into the ocean, and lots of damage out there. let's take a look at the latest. we are looking at a strong tropical storm. look at the wind gusts we saw yesterday, over 100 miles per hour in so many spots. cape coral, 140 miles per hour. certainly causing

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. >> joining us now is nbc news meteorologist michelle grossman. , it's been 24 hours since we last spoke. where are we now on the progress of the hurricane? >> and they're lawrence always good to see you. well we are in a category one storm. it did weaken to a tropical storm for a bit, that it jumped into the atlantic, gain some strength, and that's what we're expecting at landfall. later on in the morning, along the south carolina coast. let's give you the weighted latest. we're looking at winds around 75 miles per hour, that's a low category one hurricane, it's moving northeast at ten miles per hour. it's currently 250 miles south of cairo charleston in south carolina. it'll continue to move to the north and make a turn to the east and make that landfall sometime tomorrow. but lots of people impacted, still 14 million people from florida to georgia, into south carolina we have a hurricane warning along the south carolina coast and, that's where we expect that third landfall to answer happen. also a life-threatening storm surge, life-threatening f

let's get right to nbc meteorologist michelle grossman for the latest. michelle, i know you just got the 11 pm update for the national hurricane center. what have you learned? >> i will look at it with you, because it's right at the presses. we're still looking at a strong storm. we're looking at heavy rainfall, gusty winds, and we will look at what we are seeing in terms of wednesday, because we are holding on to the strength. let's hold back for a second because you saw wind speeds up to 135 miles per hour. this was a historical storm, if it is the big historical, catastrophic. we'll see what in the damage comes up tomorrow. rainfall totals, nearly 20 inches in some spots. we could get up to 30 inches in some spots. here is the latest, we are looking at a category one storm, there was a category two before the 11 clock advisory. the winds are now at 95 miles per hour, we're looking at 70 miles south of orlando florida. we will have a tough night in orlando, because we're looking at heavy rainfall falling, the rain will be falling for hours an hour, and

let's get the storm's current track from meteorologist michelle grossman. michelle, what do you have? >> hi, there. we are looking, as jose said, at a very, very strong storm. whether it makes to it a category 5 or not, we're still looking at an upper tier of a category 4 storm with 155-mile-per-hour winds. it could reach category 5 status, but it really doesn't matter at this point, because we are looking at really catastrophic conditions as we head throughout the next couple of days. here is the latest. again, we are looking at 155-mile-per-hour winds. it's moving northeast at 10 miles per hour. it's going to start to slow in speed. jose mentioned that, too. once it makes that landfall in the next hours, we only have a few hours left before it makes that landfall, we'll see it slow down drastically to a walking pace. that's why we're going to see catastrophic rainfall, catastrophic storm surge, life-threatening flash flooding, as well. so it's 60 miles west of naples, florida. we'll see that landfall in the next couple of hours. we're seeing very heavy rai

hurricane ian spread destruction across southwest florida, let's go back to nbc meteorologist michelle grossman track in its path. where is it now michele? >> plus and central florida, we're seen very heavy rain, we've seen hurricane-force winds at this point. so is a big, storm taking up a lot of space, and that was the problem yesterday. it is big in size, begin strength, and continues to be, strong although weakening as it continues to move overland. so this is a track over the next year few days, this is today, it's gonna emerge into the atlantic, and we're gonna see a tropical storm status. it's not gonna strengthen in the atlantic, it's good for heavy rain from -- north carolina. it's gonna take a turn towards the northwest, as gonna head towards portions of georgia, also south carolina. we do expect a landfall, that will be the third landfall over south carolina on friday, it will move over and will bring with soaking rains. portions of the carolina into the mid-atlantic, it's not they're done there yet though. we're looking at still some wet weather over the weekend, into the atlantic p

let's check in with michelle grossman who has the latest on this hurricane's path and, michelle, just extraordinarily slow, the movement of this hurricane right , now. >> t yeah. yeah, we talked about that yesterday. it is slow. as we talk about yesterday, didn't make it to that three to four walking pace. it is still that eight, nine. that is really crawling across the state ofly florida. that's why we're seeing that heavy rainfall. it's a big storm. it made land fall at 155 miles per hour. now we're seeing barely a category 1 storm. it is still strong as it is so much further inland. take a look at the wind gust that's wein saw yesterday. so many spots, winds gusting over 100 miles per hour. in cape coral, 180 miles per hour. naples, 112 t the rain was heavy, it continues to be heavy. we're going to see life threatening flooding.en punta gored yashgs nearly 20 inches of rain. some spots will see 20 inches of raine today. some 2 1/2 feet of rain. so that is a big, big story on this thursday. and that will continue into later part of thursday as well.a taking a look at radar right her

time now to bring in meteorologist michelle grossman to talk to us about the hurricane, what's the latests a big storm. it's big in size, it's big in strength. it's a category 4, that just came 20 minutes ago. we're going to continue to see it very, very strong. it make the landfall later this afternoon. it moved south as we talked yesterday, winds 140 miles per hour, gusting higher than that. it's moving northeast at 10 miles per hour. that's nod bad. it's going to slow down to a crawl, 3 to 4 miles per hour. 75 miles south-southwest of naples, florida. we do expect landfall later this afternoon. we are starting to see rain threat and severe weather. 19 million at risk. lots of tropical storm alerts. whether a tropical watch, hurricane watch or hurricane watch. that is the red where you see fort myers and tampa. i'll show you where we expect the landfall. we're looking at this spin, looking at a strong spin. the eye is looking good, heavy band of rainfall. where you see the brighter colors that's where we're seeing the heaviest rainfall. and the tropical storm force winds at this hour as

s the atlantic our meteorologist michelle grossman has been tracking hurricane since its inception butecially throughout the night. michelle, the storm has been very catastrophic. >> it certainly has. we are going to see scenes that we have never seen when the sun comes up. some people go back to homes that are not there is a longer. we'll continue to track the storm. we're looking at very heavy rainfall into thursday, then it's gonna merge over the atlantic, that is gonna take a turn for the carolinas also georgia. so tomorrow the center of the storm makes its third landfall, fully flooding rains. could be some strong storm surge, then it moves into the mid-atlantic by saturday. back to you guys. >> something to watch michelle. or back in just over a minute with an update for near where the hurricane force made landfall. you're watching early today. re watching early today. kevin: i've fought wildfires for twenty years. here's the reality we face every day. this is a crisis. we need more firefighters, more equipment, better forest management to prevent wildfires and reduce toxic smoke

sam brock, michelle grossman and steve patterson, thank you very much for being with us. i want to bring in chief of emergency services in sarasota county. thank you for -- what's your biggest concern -- can you hear me? can you hear me? >> yes, i can hear you now. yes, sir. i can hear you now. >> sorry. what's your biggest concern with this storm right now? >> well, i believe that many people underestimated this and did not take it seriously. that's my concern. but we're at a point now where i'm looking out my window, i can see the winds are probably up there in 45 sustained. we don't send emergency vehicles out there anymore. if they're not there, we're getting really close. whoever did not go to an evacuation center, that's my concern. if they have power and they're watching this, they need to find a safe location in their home, a safe room to move to if things start going bad. if they didn't leave, i'm very concerned about folks that did that. >> yeah, let's talk to those people who still have power and they're watching us here on msnbc and saying, all right, i stayed

joining us now, meteorologist michelle grossman. what can we expect from the hurricane? >> good morning. we can expect some relief come this weekend. but we're going to see temperatures soaring once again into the triple digits we've broken so many records and we'll continue to do that over the coming days. 50 million americans under a heat alert, that includes sacramento, los angeles, san diego, phoenix and las vegas. looking at temperatures well into the 100s today. 100 degrees in medford. these day time highs are 10, 20, 30 degrees above average for this time of year. salt lake city today 22 degrees above what is typical for this time of year, 105. 109 in sacramento. you were at 116 yesterday. you'll be warmer again tomorrow. looking at tomorrow, thursday, friday we see the brutal temperatures continuing sacramento, 111 tomorrow, 109 on friday. and then some gradual relief, still warm in sacramento, near 100 degrees but not as dangerous. fresno, 99 on saturday. las vegas into the low 90s. this heat does continue and will continue

. >> let's go to michelle grossman who is tracking ian. good morning, michelle. what are we seeing? >> good morning. not to talk about nick the entour show, if you don't follow him. give him a follow. he takes you start to finish through the aircraft. it makes you really realize why you need to heed the warnings. they are flying through these and collecting da yacht good for us. let's get back to ian. we're talking about a category one storm. it's a low grade category one storm. still strong winds. 75 miles per hour. the location is 55 miles per hour south-southeast. it's moving at 9 miles per hour. we thought it would be slower today. around 3:00 or 4:00, walking pace. but it's nine. that is not quite as slow. still crawling across florida. we still have so many throughout state of florida into georgia, south carolina. we're looking at a hurricane warning. this is really rare to see it coast to coast. that is in the red here. we have hurricane watches, tropical storm warnings and watches. that is telling us the warning that the conditions are still happening now. ian is not over. w

have been no reports of any injuries >>> let's get to your monday weather with meteorologist michelle grossman. good morning, michelle how are we starting out the week >> good morning to you both. we're starting out with umbrellas. for many of us this morning we do have heavy rain in potentially portions of the midatlantic to north carolina. looking at heavy rain in portions of the great lakes. we had heavy rain yesterday in chicago that profit. ed some submerged cars also some water pipes to burst we're seeing the flash flood warning. 23 million people at risk. we're seeing heavy rain falling where you see the brighter colors we can see 2 inches per hour lots of moisture in th atmosphere once e in the northn plains, the northern rockies also portions of the midwest 75 today in minneapolis. all right. it's monday. we're going to look ahead towards that week forecast in just a bit >> talk to you in a minute thank you, michelle. >>> all right. with the weeks left in his major baseball career, albert pujols is still making history. >> here it comes albert sends one out to deep right center it's a

. >>> time now for the weather and let's go to meteorologist michelle grossman for the weekend forecast, how is it looking? >> well, finally, the weekend. looking good. unfortunately, though we have one more day of some really dangerous heat. but it's one more day. and while the temperatures are in the triple digits, once again, 28 million people impacted mainly in central and southern california with temperatures soaring well above normal for this time of the year, well into the 100s, and reading today, 110, 16 degrees above average for this time year, and fresno, 105, and bakersfield, 105 and los angeles, 98 degrees. big difference tomorrow in the 80s in los angeles. unfortunately, we're replacing that concern with the concern for flash flooding. this is moisture streaming in from tropical storm kay, not making a land fall here, it is off to the west, but still bringing some heavy rain, mostly in amounts three to six inches. we could see some mud slides in the higher elevations of the mountains. and we're looking at rain also in the southeast. this has been so wet over the past couple

let's get to michelle grossman happy monday, michelle how are we looking this morning?> happy monday, guys. we're looking for a soggy start across the eastern part of the nation we're look at showers. heavy downpours are possible and some of us are waking up to flood alerts across the area 23 million under some sort of flood alert. we have a flood warning in portions of the midwest. we saw really heavy rain in chicago yesterday and a threat for heavy rain in portions of the midatlantic. this is what radar looks like right now. you can see heavy rain falling in portions of the midwest with the brighter color, the reds, the oranges, the yellow. we can see 2 inches r pely nice the midwest in terms of temperatures temperatures in the 70s. all right. it's a new workweek. we'll look at this forecast coming up. >> okay, michelle. thank you. >>> in just a few hours, thousands of nurses will hit the picket lines we'll tell you where andwho it impacts most >>> and russia retreats from key areas, including resuppl tis ukraine's offensive takes back a little land ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ becoming

let's go to michelle grossman who is tracking hurricane fiona. michelle, what is the latest?u. the latest is a cat 3 storm downgraded as of 5:00 a.m. still really strong. we're looking at winds of 125 miles per hour. now impacting bermuda with high winds and high surf. rainfall, two to four inch there's. pulling away from the island there. we're going to start to see improving conditions. we'll not see improving conditions in the canadian maritime. we're going to see storm impacts as early as later on this evening. so big storm impacting them over the weekend with land fall likely in nova scotia. higher amounts, ten inches in some spots. gusts 60 to 90 miles per hour. that is going to lead to power outages. we'll watch that closely throughout the weekend. we also do have a new tropical depression that came out at 5:00 a.m. this morning. wind at 35 miles per hour. moving northwest at 13 miles per hour. the concern here is we do expect it to impact the southeast. the u.s. by early next week. so we're looking at a hurricane most likely into portions of florida by next wednesday.

back to you. >> michelle grossman, thank you so much.eping an eye on the path of hurricane ian. still ahead here on "way too early," we're six weeks away from the mid terms. up next, we're going to dig into new polling taking a look at where the parties stand ahead of election day. plus, with government funding set to run out on friday, we're breaking down the busy week ahead on capitol hill. we'll be right back. d on capito. we'll be right back. when you really need to sleep. you reach for the really good stuff. zzzquil ultra helps you sleep better and longer when you need it most. its non-habit forming and powered by the makers of nyquil. think he's posting about all that ancient roman coinage? no, he's seizing the moment with merrill. moving his money into his investment account in real time and that's... how you collect coins. your money never stops working for you with merrill, a bank of america company. dry skin is sensitive skin, too. and it's natural. treat it that way with aveeno® daily moisture. formulated with nourishing, preb

. >>> let's go to meteorologist michelle grossman for the forecast. >> so ready for football. feeling like football weather. we're looking at temperatures brutally hot once again into the triple digits. 41 million americans impacted out west. where you can see this pink, that is an excessive heat warning and that's where we're seeing the terrible temperatures once again, well into the 100s, so reading today, 110, probably breaking a record of 109. we broke so many records yesterday, we broke so many records over the past week and a half, and we're going to do that once again today, fresno, 107. 105 in burbank and denver triple digit mark. now look at tomorrow. we're hot once again, brutally hot, probably breaking records once again. a big difference, finally on saturday, los angeles, 84 degrees. san diego, 81 degrees, and we're looking in the upper midwest, tracking some showers in the southeast, as we're looking at a chance for flooding rains as well. >> temperatures in the 90s at kickoff tonight in los angeles. michelle grossman, thatch. >>> >>> still ahead on "way too early

michelle grossman, thanks so much. those are huge numbers of rainfall, winds that will hit the west coast of florida. >> again, just hitting in a spot it looks like now, and of course this could change quickly, but looks like it will be a bull's-eye, mika, on the most populated area along florida's west coast. tampa, st. pete, where it will cause the most damage. >> nowhere for the water to go. that's the biggest problem there. turning now to what is expected at tomorrow's january 6th committee hearing, we've learned the committee plans to show footage of roger stone that was recorded in the weeks before the capitol attack by danish documentary filmmakers. nbc news has obtained several clips. one was recorded the day before the election, after a rally in florida, he can be heard calming for violence. good to have you both here. hugo, given the video clips we're seeing from the danish filmmakers, what else do we know about what the committee wants to present to the american public in the hearing tomorrow? >> look, i thi

. >>> time now for the weather and let's go to meteorologist michelle grossman for the forecast. g out there, michelle? >> hey there, jonathan. we're looking at that major story the heat wave in the west continuing and also tomorrow really through friday we get a little relief over the weekend. so 50 million under heat alert, whether heat advisory or warning, temperatures once again soaring well into the triple digits. that heat dome still in place. so temperatures 10, 20, 30 for what is normal above normal. sacramento 109. they hit a high of 116 yesterday. big difference in the east that jet stream dipped low. looking at temperatures in the 70s. nice day in new york city in terms of the temperatures, 73, 75 in philadelphia. but we're watching a few leftover showers in the northeast this morning. you can see the green on the map there. we're going to see the chance for scattered showers. not a wash out, but a shower chance as we go through the rest of today. also showers in the southeast could see some locally heavy downpours as we go throughout the rest of today. looking good in

. >> let's go to meteorologist michelle grossman. heavy rain expected in several areas today. us more about that, michelle. >> you'll need your umbrellas, especially in the northeast, atlantic, the southeast, also portions of the great lakes. we're looking at her rain falling this morning and the west coast to the southwest, also portions of the southern rockies many of us soggy today 23 million under a flood alert we have flash flood warnings that's where you see the red box and portions in the great lakes. you're going to see heavy rain falling. where you see those brighter colors, that's where we're seeing the heaviest rainfall we could see 2 inches an hour. that could spark the chance for heavy downpour and a chance for localized flooding we have severe flood into portions of the mid-atlantic we could see a brief spin-upk c fall-like in portions of the upper midwest, the midwest and the great lakes, temperatures in the 60s and 70s. >>> all right. it's monday. we're going to take a look at that workweek forecast coming up. >> we'll see you in a little bit. thank you, michel

let's go now to nbc meteorologist michelle grossman. >> either, guys in more jesse's, as he mentionedgonna see the worst of it still. we're gonna see heavy rains also really gusty winds. that's gonna bring us some wind trees, power lines. you see some additional power outages. let's give you the additional latest on eons. we saw winds gusting over hundred miles per hour in so many spots. it was dangerous, catastrophic, we are to wake up to pictures we never seen before. i'm gonna see homes washed away and really things looking very different than they did yesterday. 135 miles per hour and cape coral, on top of that we had very heavy rainfall. some spots up to 20 inches of rain is jesse mentioned. we can see isolated spots up to 30 inches of rain. that's two and a half feet. florida got a lot of rain and the ground is already saturated. this is the latest of the 2:00. 75 million miles per hour. it's barely a hurricane, that's not really the story today. we're still seeing really gusty winds. the story is the rain story, the flash flooding that we are expecting, that is life-threatening

. >>> let's go to the weather and michelle grossman with the forecast.looking as the weekend approaches? >> well, the heat continues out west. 45 million americans under a heat alert. we have a heat advisory, excessive heat warning, and because once again, we are going to see temperatures in the 90s. into the triple digits. and we're going to see well into the triple digits, so that's the big story, as we go into this holiday weekend. and record shattering heat. we're looking at 100 degrees in reno today. and 108 las vegas. and that continues on saturday, and 108 in las vegas, and 89 degrees in san diego, and 109 in phoenix and look at sacramento, as we go throughout the beginning of next week, monday, 111, 110 on tuesday. and also, watching a chance for severe weather in the upper midwest. and into the central plains. could see some gusty winds and some hail. and then we will end it here, some soggy showers and storms in the south. back to you, jonathan. >> michelle grossman, thanks very much. just extraordinary heat out west. hope you have a good weeke

let's go to meteorologist michelle grossman for this the forecast, on the first day of september.looking out there? >> hey, there, jonathan. not feeling like september out west and looking at a dangerous heat wave building today and tomorrow and through early next week had. is going to be a prolonged event. looking at temperatures in the 90s. into the triple digits. 41 million americans under a heat alert in the west and a heat advisory and an excessive heat warning including sacramento, los angeles, you can see the hottest temperatures we've seen so far. so for today, temperatures will fall, records will fall, we're looking at temperatures climbing into the triple digits, and in reno, fresno, salt lake city, 100 degrees today, and no relief tomorrow. we're looking at more triple digits, upper 90s, in salt lake city, and 100 in reno, 109 in fresno, and a big difference in the east. feeling like fall in some spots. chicago, by saturday, 81 degrees. upper 70s by sunday. so looking good there. jonathan. >> michelle grossman, thank you as always. >>> stay ahead on way too early, new m

nbc news meteorologist michelle grossman is back with us.atching for, in our overnight news hours. >> great to see. we're gonna be watching for heavy very heavy rain. that's gonna be the biggest concern tonight. also the threat for severe weather. we have -- that's concerning and i. when you have a tornado, it's double deadly at. night we are going to continue to watch. that let's give you the latest on a, and because we are looking really at a strong storm still. it is in the middle of florida. it moved inland. still affecting good portion of south florida. we're looking at a category one storm. this was as of 11:00 advisory. the next advisory comes at a 2 am. the location is 70 miles south of orlando florida. winds at 90 miles per hour, still really, really strong, and it is moving northeast at eight miles per hour. that's a snowstorm. we thought it would slow down the 3 to 4 miles per hour, that walking pace. but it's a little bit faster than that. still crawling, though, across the state of florida. the reason that the problem is because

lit's go to michelle grossman with the forecast. how is it looking? >> good morning, john. clearing out in d.c. already. with very strong storms really heavy rainfall though for portions of northeast. a really slow start to your tuesday morning. slow commute. windshield wipers going fast this morning. pockets of really heavy rain especially where you see the darker colors. also through the great lakes, reds, oranges, yellows. and then by this afternoon, the northeast and mid-atlantic completely clearing out. seeing some sunshine as well. but the cold front is going to get hung up in new england. will we'll see the chance for strong to severe thunderstorms. winds gusting up to 60 miles per hour. could see a brief tornado as well. a risk of hail. it's low. still not zero. likeliest spot for the storms albany, keen, eastern new york into portions of new england. heavy rainfall that's happening this morning. we're going to see that happening throughout the afternoon hours especially through burlington where you see the darker colors. that's where we're expecting the heaviest ra

let's follow the track meteorologist michelle grossman with the latest on the storm hi, michelle. >> hi there. continues to pull away from the turks and caicos it will spend time over warm waters we expect fiona to strengthen the next couple of days and then it's eyes set on bermuda winds at 130 miles per hour. still moving painfully slow to the north at 8 miles per hour. we expect it to pick up speed as it gets closer to bermuda. we have a tropical storm watch that's in the yellow here for bermuda. it will be a tropical storm warning. but that just means we expect tropical storm conditions in the next 48 hours. that category 4 storm as it pulls away from the turks and caicos will maintain its strength over those really warm waters by thursday night into friday passing to the west of bermuda as a category 4 storm. continues to keep that strength, a category 3 storm by late friday, and then it enters atlantic canada. we are looking at a strong storm. that's going to be historical for that portion of the nation we are going to continue to watch that as we go throughout the next couple

michelle grossman, thank you very much.a hit so hard by ian, flooding from the hurricane devastated parts of central florida, forcing the evacuations of some of the state's most vulnerable people. blayne alexander has more on that. >> reporter: in orlando, even a weakened ian dealt a mighty blow. the emergency calls started before dawn with fast-rising floodwaters forcing hundreds of evacuations. at the senior living facility, fire and rescue crews spent hours pulling residents to safety one by one. a desperate race against time as water continued to rise. >> we would go to the rooms and put them in the wheelchairs or we'd have to take a stretcher back to the room. >> reporter: all this was happening while water was still coming in. >> yeah. >> reporter: we were there when this ambulance arrived to bring the final person to safety more than nine hours after the rescue began. >> i've been with the county for 24 years. i've been through multiple hurricanes. i would say for me, this is the worst year with the numerous spots wh

. >> let's go right to nbc meteorologist, michelle grossman. i know michelle, that we got the 11 pm update from the national weather center just moments ago. what did you learn? >> hi there stephanie great to see you. well it's strengthened even further, so back to a category one storm. we're looking at 80 mile per hour winds. it did weaken earlier this morning to a tropical storm, dropped into the atlantic, and gain some strength. it will make landfall as a category one storm sometime tomorrow afternoon. we are looking at a camera at a hurricane once again. we had a little break, but once again the chance for life-threatening storm surge, life-threatening flash funneling, wind down as a could cause power outages. it's moving northeast to ten miles per hour and we do expect it to pick up some speed as it goes to the next 12 hours. we do have some many tropical alert. 12 million people under some sort of tropical alert. where you see the red that's a hurricane warning, because we are expecting hurricane conditions sometime tomorrow along the sout

let's go to michelle grossman, michelle what is the situation as of this hour and what can we expect?ooking at really heavy rainfall. we are seeing some gusty winds, we are staying in a category two storm. but it is going to be the rain, we are transitioning to that rainstorm. we've already seen 20 inches of rain since hump spots. we could see up to 30 inches of rain. this was pretty much the worst-case scenario. we had a very strong category four storm, it was a big storm too. we saw that storm surge, heavy rainfall, gusty winds. let's look at the strongest wind gust. we saw 135 mile per hour winds, that push that salt water onto dry land. that is why we saw all that flooding in addition to the freshwater that was falling from the sky. we saw totals up to 30 inches of rain. this is what we're looking at now, a category two storm. you can see all these bright colors, the brighter colors meaning the heavier rain. that is what we are going to continue to see it because this is moving at a very slow pace. good news is that it is not moving at 34 miles per hour as we thought it would, but

let's go to michelle grossman for the forecast. good morning, michelle.out there? >> we have a few spots we'll see some flooding. one in the rockies and also in florida today. we have the flood watch in nevada and utah and northern arizona. also some flash flood warnings with rain falling now. rain is falling heavy in some spots where you see the brighter colors. and they could lead to some localized flooding. that's what we're going to watch throughout this wednesday. otherwise we're looking at a chance for showers and storms in florida. interacting with a stationary front that's going to bring the chance for heavy rain. that could lead to localized flooding. warm in the middle of the country. 91 in dallas. we're going to keep that heat in place. the jet stream lifted so high to the north that's bringing up all that really warm air. so 14 degrees above average in omaha today. 18 degrees above on average. still warm tomorrow. you're looking at 87 degrees. back to you. >> we greatly appreciate it. thank you. >>> still ahead here on "way too early," u.s. of

time for the weather and michelle grossman who is working around the clock for a few dawes now is here with the forecast. michelle, obviously ian has come and gone from florida. but still very much poses a threat to the united states. what is the latest? >> hi there, jonathan. we're going see a day in south carolina that's going to be a tough day for the folks there. we're looking at impacts and land fall later on today. heartbreaking images. loss life, loss of belongings. loss of sense of safety. that's what we're going to feel in south carolina. we're looking at a category one storm. it did weak ton a tropical storm early yesterday. but then popped into the atlantic. it gained strength to a category 1. we expect it to make land fall later ton day between myrtle beach and charleston. we're looking at life threatening surge once again. life threatening flash flooding. lots of water. that was a big story in florida. also really gusty winds. the location south-southeast of charleston, south carolina. it is moving at 9 miles per hour. we expect it to pick up speed. so once again, a day wi

also meteorologist, michelle grossman, has a new update on the storm's track.oday marks five days to the day fiona went through puerto rico. tell us what you are seeing today? >> reporter: good morning, josÉ. the anniversary of hurricane maria hitting very close to home for many of the residents. i am in salinas, puerto rico, and this is the southern part of the island and you see residents starting to clean up. they are back for the first time since this home was flooded on sunday when the torrential rains came down. you see they have portable generators here. so many people here in puerto rico do. this home actually was damaged during hurricane maria, but they say it did not get this amount of water with maria as it did fiona. and we are moving slowly because it's slippery here, josÉ. they have been cleaning all morning, and the water got up several inches in this home, and in this neighborhood it was only overnight that the floodwaters receded. you see all of this mud here, you know, where the residents lost all their belongings, and they cleaned it out, and

time now for the weather and let's go to our meteorologist michelle grossman for the forecast.it looking good? >> good to see you. picture perfect in the northeast. also portions of new england. really super september weather. we're looking at temperatures in the 60s, 70s. low humidity. we're tracking summer storms in the rockies, also the great basin. florida, you're going to see hef yan. you saw that the past few days. will we'll see showers and storms once again. first a very slow moving front move through the plains. that's going to bring a chance for strong storms from texas, nebraska, we're looking at the chance of really gusty winds. winds gusting to 60 miles per hour. could see hail and a chance of a tornado. it's low but not zero. then in florida, it's going to be heavy downpours leading to some localized flooding. locally, 2 to 4 inches. will really warm through the middle of the nation. 89 in oklahoma city. jonathan? >> thank you so much. still ahead here on "way too early," president biden gets behind the wheel of an orange corvette while visiting the detroit auto s

let's go to our meteorologist michelle grossman.ng an eye on the hurricane. >> it's a big story. we're looking at a major category 3 hurricane. could see a category 4 hurricane as early as today or tomorrow. the latest stats on fiona. looking at 150 mile-per-hour winds. it is moving slow. that is bad news. that drops a lot of rain when it moves that slow with that forward motion. northwest at 10 miles per hour. . 20 miles southwest of grand turks island. we'll see rain falling still in puerto rico. still in the dominican republic. lessening throughout the day. impacting the turks and cacos. a tropical storm warning for the southeastern portions of the bahamas. it's going to be rough there. a rough day over the next couple days. fierce winds. also heavy rainfall. so here's the track. we mentioned it become a category 4 storm. it is strengthening. we're looking at that category 3 storm. strengthening to a category 4 storm. staying a category 4 storm as it passes near or over bermuda. this is something to watch as we head towards thurs

so let's go to meteorologist michelle grossman for the latest on the storm track.iona today? >> we're going to continue to see it strengthen. so a category 4 storm, it's a major storm. we're going to see winds higher than that throughout the next 48 hours. this is the latest on fiona. it's 170 miles north. winds at 130 miles per hour. it became a category 4 storm around the 2:00 advisory. moving very slowly. that's part of the problem that it's over really warm water. that swirl is only going to get stronger as it's spending more time over these open waters of the caribbean. so as we look towards bermuda. that's going to be the next step here. we're looking at a tropical storm watch. that means tropical storm conditions are expected in the next 48 hours. so here's a track here. it's going to start to make that turn. here's bermuda so a category 4 storm. we'll see winds around 140 miles per hour. we expect it to be to the west, but notice that cone of concern. it stretches far so we could see it moving, wobbling to the west and also the east. we're going to continue

time for the weather and let's go to michelle grossman for the forecast. how it is looking?ching fiona. we're going to be watching over the next couple days. we're looking at moving north towards bermuda. tonight into tomorrow morning, we see the impact for bermuda. the location is 485 miles southwest of bermuda. a big storm. winds at 130 miles per hour. gusting higher than that. it started to pick up speed. thats good news. we're seeing it move northeast at 13 miles per hour. also making that turn. it's going to continue to move fairly quickly and then slow down friday into saturday. as it approaches canada. so we do have a hurricane warning that is for the island of bermuda. we expect the impacts as early as this evening. here's that track category 4 storm. expecting it to maintain strength. with the latest update as a 5:00 a.m., we saw category 3. that was downgraded just a bit. a really strong storm. we expect it to stay west of bermuda as we go through tonight and into friday. this is what happens towards the weekend. this is going to be a big story. a historical story.

. >>> time for the weather and let's go to meteorologist michelle grossman for the forecast. >> how isking out there? we have a tropical storm to talk about. >> great to see you on this friday, jonathan. we have fiona to talk about, over the next seven to ten days. this is a big story. the latest on fiona, the latest update at 5:00 a.m., 50 mile-an-hour winds. 200 miles east of the leeward islands. moving west at 15 miles an hour. and it will impact the leeward islands today and we are looking at tropical storm warning there. and puerto rico, the impact there and the virgin islands, saturday into sunday. and the dominican republic, sunday into monday. and then make that right-hand turn. we're looking at a lot of rainfall. this is a big concern, anywhere from 7 to 10 inches locally, and the eastern parts of the dominican republic could see up to 15 inches of rain. that's going to cause some localized flooding of course and the chance of some mud slides. elsewhere looking at a hot day. humid day in the south. 92 in oklahoma city. some storms in the midwest. beautiful once again on this f

let's go straight to meteorologist michelle grossman for where everything stands right now. and saw the storm strengthen further. 155 mile-per-hour winds. >> geez. >> 2 miles away from a category 5 storm and hours away from a landfall. the latest with ian, a huge storm. not just in size but in power. again, we expect a landfall right around 2:00, 3:00 this afternoon. it's so close to the west coast of florida. 65 miles west-southwest of naples, florida, moving northeast at 9 miles per hour. starting to slow down. the forward speed as expected will slow down. we expect to do slow down three to four miles an hour. a walking pace. meaning it will crawl over the state of florida over the next several days dumping up to two feet of rain in spots. as far as alerts go, 21 million at risk. a lot of people. looking at hurricane warnings from tampa, fort myers. we expect that landfall right near fort myers. show you that track in a second. but this is devastating. looking at a category 4 storm and then right near landfall -- i know -- 155 mile-per-hour winds. that's going to cause a l

let's get the update on ian's path from nbc meteorologist michelle grossman. good morning to you. >> right now we're looking at tropical storm ian with strong winds of 70 miles an hour. we do expect it to become a major hurricane tomorrow and then it will slow down in the gulf, blossom to a category 4 storm and weaken before it makes landfall it is 115 miles south-southwest of grand cayman islands. we'll feel the effects in cuba with devastating mudslides, rainfall up to 1tropical posts d hurricane warnings tropical storm warnings for the keys and for southwest florida here's the track again, expecting to blossom into a major hurricane tuesday and wednesday. by the time it reaches florida, we expect it to weaken to a category 1 storm we'll talk more about that coming up. >> okay. we'll check in with you in a bit. thank you, michele. >>> let's turn now to the path of destruction left by fiona there are still nearly 200,000 power outages being reported in nova scotia, one of the hardest hit areas. officials say one 73-year-old woman was killed as the storm surge

and there are still 2.2 million power outages across florida nbc meteorologist michelle grossman is tracking the latest. good morning >> good morning. we're going to see the impacts today in the kcarolinas and rain extending to the northeast by tomorrow as well we're looking at the chance for life threatening storm surge, life threatening flash flooding and really gusty winds, winds up to 96 miles per hour in some spots. here is the latest on ian. category 1 storm, regained its strength yesterday, and we're looking at winds at 85 miles per hour about 175 miles from charleston, south carolina it is moving northeast at 10 miles per hour we do expect that speed to pick up a bit today 13 million people under a tropical alert we have a hurricane warning. that is in red, impacting portions of south carolina, because we do expect that landfall later on today as a category 1 storm so let's track it for you. these colors are tropical storm force winds. that's in the orange hurricane force winds in the red. so we're going to feel that as we go throughout today on this friday, especially into the later

let's go to meteorologist michelle grossman who is tracking these record-breaking heat in these temperatures good morning, michelle. >> good morning to you both. we've been tracking the record-breaking temperatures we'll track them through midweek. this is a long stretch of really dangerous heat we're continuing to see record-breaking temperatures, monthly all-time records being broken and that's going to happen over the next two days too. this is what it looks like in terms of the alerts. where you see the orange, that is a heat advisory the red or pink is an excessive heat warning we're going to see temperatures climbing well into the triple-digits in many spots. high pressure in control

. >>> let's turn to meteorologist michelle grossman who is tracking that system hi, michelle good morning. >> hi there, guys. great to see you and the extreme weather does continue we're looking at that heat, as raf mentioned. the flooding concerns in the northeast all the wathrough the southeast. we're also looking at the wildfire risk increasing throughout the day it's hot it's breezy. it's also dry. 46 million americans under a heat alert, whether an heat advisory or an extensive heat warning. we talked about it all week long last week, and we're going to be talking about it through midweek. we're looking at temperatures once again into the 90s, well into the triple-digits in many spots. so this is a setup we have the big area of high pressure a heat dome anchored in place. it's not budging yet so far to the north. that's blocking any cooler air coming down. we're going to see temperatures 10 to 30 degrees above average for this time of year. we're going to see so many records broken oui already seen so many records broken also watching the risk for flooding we'll talk about that comin

i want to go to nbc news meteorologist michele grossman the good news, and it's compared to what it was just, you know, less than 24 hours ago, is that ian is now a tropical storm but it still has a lot of water and a lot of wind. >> you said that perfectly it does have a lot of water. it's still a tropical storm, so ian spent 15 hours over land, maintaining that hurricane status since the 5:00 advisadvi now tropical storm advisory. still 65 miles an hour, and we'll see it hold onto that status for quite a bit as it goes through the next day or two. the sloelocation is updated. still moving slow at 8 miles an hour, not the 3 to 4 we thought was going to happen yesterday. that's good news we want this to move out of here we're looking at lots of alerts. we're still feeling hurricane-force winds in spots and tropical storm force winds in spots the alerts through florida, george, south carolina, we are looking at a tough day ahead most of that will be due to the heavy rain that is falling we're also looking at winds gusting up to 66 miles an hour in daytona beach that's a strong wind along