rob marciano is standing by in the weather center.nding earthquakes. >> it's near the area, it's almost as strong as the one that happened last week. it's another shallow earthquake, near parma, about 40 miles to the east of it. it happened about three hours ago and we're starting to get the damage reports and video in. there have been several aftershocks with regard to this one. six miles in depth, it's 40 miles to the northwest of bologna, and 36 miles to the east of parma, 43 miles to the south of verona, italy, a populated area. italy is not like california where if you get a 5.8 or a 6.0 it's going to rock some things and not do much damage. here more damage, schools and homes not built to code like in japan or the west coast. that's why we're seeing unfortunately the fatalities. we'll monitor the situation as we get nmore video and reports and give you an update on beryl in a couple of minutes. >> just to reiterate, three people have been confirmed dead and they're also saying they haven't been able to confirm the total number o

that means it's time for rob marciano. good morning, sunshine. >> good morning, guys.s here. the bears are out. that's for sure. temperatures are record breaking, sometimes 15 to 20 degrees above average. that warmth will be making its way up toward the north as well. a beautiful, couple days across new york city area. that's the warm front. temperatures bounce northward. temps into the 70s. in some cases close to 80 degrees. some thunderstorms rolling through the midwest last night. in most cases it was severe in the form of hail. check out this video out of northern texas. baseball size hail. it was coming down pretty good, damaging stuff there. six reports of tornadoes out of this cluster of thunderstorms that is now making its way across parts of arkansas. and southwest missouri. with this also came not only that big hail but some big rainfall. some radar estimates of 10 plus inches across northern oklahoma and southern kansas, because of that, there are flash flood warnings and flash flood watches out right now because of swollen rivers, 2 to 4 inches of additiona

rob marciano has your weather update.upstate new york, new england, and even the metro area of the tri-state area got hammered with hail, so did oklahoma. this video out of the richmond area, pretty much the entire state got peppered with severe storms yesterday, numerous hail reports and damaging hail from golf ball to in some cases in king fisher, oklahoma, softball size hail so that will take a windshield out and ding up the car. auto body shops in high demand this morning and they might be again later on today and tomorrow, another threat for severe weather, storm prediction center moderate risk for oklahoma city proper. round two of storms expected as we go through the afternoon and evening with the tail end of this front that is pushing through the northeast, ahead of it last night is where the line of thunderstorms crushed the northeast area with also winds and hail and reports of up to baseball-sized hail there. the rainfall from tropical depression beryl certainly impressive, 15 inches in wellborn, midway florida

rob marciano has been pretty much up all night in the severe weather center watching all of this. things getting better tleels for now? >> well, the wind has died down but the rain is still coming. this event is far from over. at one point winds at 70 miles an hour, almost a hurricane. and some could argue that it was a minimal category 1 hurricane when it made landfall. here it is on the radar scope. just reading the latest from the national hurricane center, their 5:00 a.m. advisory, winds now down to 50 miles an hour. obviously when these things come onshore they lose strength. this their fuel source. the center of it is about 20 miles, 30 miles to the west of jacksonville, maybe about 80 miles east-southeast of valdosta, georgia. it aets headi it's heading westerly at 8 miles an hour. you can see your typical rotation and the thunderstorms wrachi in wrapping around this thing, much like a tropical system. impressive considering, what? it's memorial teday. we haven't even begun officially hurricane season, starting june 1. 50-mile-an-hour winds gusting to 70. here is the track,

here's rob marciano.r well this morning. satellite image showing a bit of moisture but radar really showing it. the center of it is there. everything to the east is still wet as far south as orlando and as far north as savannah, georgia. this will continue to rotate throughout the day today and make its way up off the coastline of savannah and charleston later tonight. may intensify there. the damage is rainfall. over a foot of rain reported at a station in midway, florida. that's near tallahassee. six to eight inches in other spots. they desperately need rain. there's been pockets of obviously isolated flash flooding. a couple warnings still out this morning. here's where the rain is going to spread over the next 48 hours all of the way up into the carolinas. flash flood watches posted from outer banks back through jacksonville and as far south and west as tampa. these systems can dump a lot of rain and that's what we get. in most cases they can use it. forecast track brings it offshore of charleston lat

let's check in with rob marciano. good morning. >> good morning. we're getting it going a little early. the eastern pacific season got going a day early, also. this is the first time we've seen the eastern pacific and the atlantic hurricane season start early. this satellite picture, not looking all that impressive. the circulation, on the georgia, florida border. and the radar, not bringing a lot of rain in on the coastlines at the moment. heavy surf is an issue on this. and the track is going to keep it offshore. we'll go through the forecast later on the program. >> thank you, rob. >>> last night's solar eclipse. an event for so many people. you can stare at your screen. but what's different about this eclipse? what makes this one special? [ t] sweet! [ male announcer ] the solid thunk of the door on the jetta. thanks, mister! [ meow ] [ male announcer ] another example of volkswagen quality. that's the power of german engineering. right now lease the 2012 jetta for $159 a month. [ sneezes ] [ male announcer ] you may be an allergy muddler. try

we blurred it out. >>> first a quick check of today's weather with rob marciano.equal opportunities. >> maybe that young man is studying for his journalism degree. look at the rainfall, going to be heading across the southeast part of texas, and also southern louisiana, looking at rainfall here of two to four inches, so flood watches in effect. we saw several tornadoes yesterday which caused damage and minor injuries no, fatalities thankfully outside of houston. rainfall pushing into the gulf of mexico and southern louisiana. east coast, most of it except for northern maine and southern flowers, will be wonderful, a bit breezy. 69, good day in the big apple. "early start" is coming right back. every communications provider is different but centurylink is committed to being a different kind of communications company. ♪ we link people and fortune 500 companies nationwide and around the world. and we will continue to free you to do more and focus on what matters. are you guys okay? yeah. ♪ [ man ] i had a great time. thank you, it was really fun. ♪ [ crash ] i'm goin

rob marciano has the latest. arizona wildfires?a state getting burned up quite a bit with four fires but also one burning in colorado outside ft. collins. this is the video of that particular fire, over 600 acres burned here. they're having a tough time of it. breezy conditions. 5% contained. and they're battling that one. two fronts. arizona and colorado. yesterday, the winds were light in arizona, even though that fire grew. but it was still very, very hot. now, the winds are going to pick up as we get a little system coming in. the next two to three days will be particularly worrisome. they'll have to deal with winds on top of the heat and dry conditions. gusty winds, 30 to 40 miles per hour. a number of advisories and watches up. florida, you're starting to pile up some rainfall. you need it a little farther north. nonetheless, south florida, including the keys and miami getting some rainfall this morning. kind of the tail end of a front that has finally pushed across the northeast. this part moving faster. you'll get into nice

rob marciano always doing the job.morning. >> got a little bit of rainfall slowly pushing into the eastern third of the country. with that higher levels of humidity and warmer temperatures. all the moisture slicing around a cold front or, i should say, shadowing it back through the ohio river valley. boston, rainfall. back through cleveland. pittsburgh as well. some of this has been heavy across the ohio river valleys and down across the south also, kind of a dull light system. texas getting more much-needed rain but with that is some flood warnings. last night still swollen rivers. one to two inches of rainfall quickly across parts of western west virginia. and that could cause flash flooding there. this front is moving really slow. the first part of it will get through maybe tonight into tomorrow morning and then the bottom part through tomorrow afternoon into tomorrow night. and behind this is some drier, somewhat cooler air. we'll start to shake up what has been very -- more like a late june type of weather pattern

rob marciano is with us live.orting on this for the better of six days, i didn't think it would take that long to get the fires under control. >> usually they get a break, weatherwise, but this fire hasn't. more winds and heat will be building. video out of arizona north of phoenix, the gladiator fire. like ashley said, we've been reporting on this for a week now. still only 19% contained. they've got over 1100 personnel on this thing. working it. about an hour north of phoenix, tourist mining town, all sorts of assets in there trying to control this thing. weather is not going to cooperate. the last two days it's been a little bit better, but still only 19% containment. the heat is a factor, 108 to 112 for this area, including extreme parts of southern california. the winds going to kick up today and tomorrow. we're looking at extreme fire danger over the next 48 hours. off to the east coast, we've got a front that's not going to be moving very much. over the next couple of days. you'll see the threat for showers

our rob marciano live for us this morning with a look at all that. hey, so, where is that storm headed, rob? >> headed towards mexico, manet nia, the west coast of mexico. yesterday at this time, we thought it was going to weaken somewhat and maybe not reach the coastline. well, in the last 24 hours, a category 3 strength with winds of 115 miles an hour. it's little weaker right now. we've seen the eye dissipate just little bit, so we expect continued weakening, but it's so close to land right now that hurricane warnings have been issued and watches continue to be posted, and we do expect, national hurricane center is forecasting to to make landfall now as a hurricane and just kind of linger along the coastline. by the way, this is the first time since we've kept records that a category 3 storm in the eastern pacific has developed this early. category 2 now, expected to decrease to a 1 and make landfall some time tonight and then dissipate as it hugs the coastline, gets a little drier air and runs into the mountains. so heavier, heavier rains, some mu

rob marciano is tracking today's storms. we got some rain over here as well, rob. >> you do.east has it. so does texas. and that's the concern here. just really four or five months ago where we're talking about an extreme drought in this area. last year at this time we had wildfires all over the place. now two to four inches expected on top of what they've already got which is saturated ground. flash flood watches have been posted for parts of texas and also the threat for seeing severe weather today. not only for today but the next few days. a slow-moving system will bump into a front that will create more in the way of showers and storms. you had your showers yesterday and will have them again today. the front that's pushing across the east coast is off the east coast across the south. but across the northeast, it's still hanging around. philadelphia, atlanta city up to new york, over towards fairfield county in through bridgeport, connecticut, providence, boston, you'll keep this. obviously moving slowly from east to west. look for it to end in new york in the next couple

rob marciano is tracking the storm at the severe weather center, good morning. >> not usual to have one but two tropical storms into the month of may, not even into the beginning of hurricane season yesterday. 70-mile-an-hour winds last night at one point, this close to being a hurricane. there's the radar picture showing you the center distinctly 50 miles to the west of jacksonville florida and all the rain and thunderstorms rotating off the ocean so this will be slow to weaken and it will weaken as far as the winds are concerned but the rainfall becomes the bigger player through time. they could use the rain but don't want it all at one point. this is certainly a drought-stricken area. look at some of the winds last night, 73-mile-an-hour gusts at buckeye land, kings bay base, 65-mile-an-hour gusts, a strong tropical storm, wind gusts almost to hurricane strength. we've got power out in lots of areas, southeast georgia and northeastern parts of florida because of that. here's your forecast track, we bring it in and weaken it of course and curve it back out to sea eventually. it will t

meteorologist rob marciano is tracking beryl. oh, darn! >> bad timing. but good news to this and get to that in a second. the damage in jacksonville is where it made landfall last night shortly after midnight and came on shore with near hurricane force winds. it was almost classified a hurricane and some folks may argue that. 73-mile-an-hour wind gusts at buck island and kings bay base 65-mile-an-hour winds and across north georgia a tremendous amount of rainfall. continue to see that happening. there is a live shot with the winds still coming in about 30 to 40 miles an hour and that will continue throughout the dah i today. eventually we will see some more weakening. right now westerly movement about 8 miles an hour. the center of it is pretty much between jacksonville and valdosta, georgia. right around there. you can see the circulation certainly and around the circulation we will continue to see rainfall. some of it heavy at times so a flash flood watch issued for this area because we could see the typical amount of rainfall we get with these systems

rob marciano is here to explain why we all couldn't see it. >> just one more party that i wasn't invitedr anywhere in the western part of the u.s. you got a glimpse of it. it was certainly special. reason being is remember when we had this big super moon a couple of weeks ago because it was so big and so close. the opposite occurred when it went on the other side of the earth. it was further away. not all of the sun was blocked out as during a total solar eclipse. ring of fire where 93% of the sun is blocked out. it's an eerie thing. the next time we'll see an eclipse in north america won't be for another 10, 11 years, 2023. a total eclipse where the whole thing is blocked out for several minutes is coming to north america in 2017. so that party we're invited to. you just moved back to atlanta you have to stay here because it will be visible across the southeast in 2017. >> i'm putting it on mika len car. >> stand by all year because i can't remember the particular day. >> thank you, rob. thanks for sharing the pictures. >>> now on to a new era in the nation's space program. this is the

we want to get to meteorologist rob marciano tracking the storm for us. good morning. >> good morning. we'll start with bud, which was a hurricane of category 3 strength last night, has weakened just a little bit. this is the strongest hurricane in the eastern pacific this early in the season so we're off to a quick start. movements to te north-northeast, towards manzanillo and puerto vallarta. it is weakening somewhat. the original forecast yesterday was for it to weaken and not make it to the coastline. now, the forecast is for it to make landfall later on tonight as a category 1 storm. so we're going to see waves and winds with this. we already see heavy rains in the mountainous areas just off the beach, that could create some flash floods and mudslides. the other issue is this closer to home, southeast coastline this has a chance of developing into the second tropical storm of the season that hasn't begun yet. june 1st is the first day of hurricane season. probably won't get that strong but to affect the shorelines of the southeast coast over the memo

want to check in now with meteorologist rob marciano.s me people are calm enough to take pictures of tornadoes. >> they get paid for them and big business and we will gladly throw down a couple of bucks sho tow it to you. it touched down near olathe, kansas. this is the time of year. you hear the sirens so good warning out there in eastern kansas, southwest of kansas city, missouri. here is a threat for severe weather today. we do have some action on the radar scope. a couple of things going on. heavy rain parts of south chicago and moving into northern ohio and southern michigan. also a little bit of snow west of the mountains there in denver. the threat for severe weather along this slow moving cold front anywhere from western pennsylvania, including pittsburgh, south towards parts of texas as well. mostly in the form of hail and damaging winds and maybe a couple of isolated tornadoes along that front and cooler air behind it. this is a rare sight over the weekend. video from japan. ferocious tornado here injuring dozens people. you ca

rob marciano, my friend, has your weather update. , rob. >> good morning, ali. >>> philadelphia got hit pretty hard last night with heavy rain and thunderstorms that spawned a little flooding around town. that now over the new york city area. a little weaker but nonetheless rainfall from new york back through hoboken, hackhackensackd bridgeport to new haven. that will come through the day. if it's not raining where you are this morning, especially through the coastline, a decent amount of fog from boston down to philadelphia. that will slow down some travel on the roadways and at the airports. new york metro is included. philly, of course, boston included as well. later on today, once the cold front starts to push through, upstate new york, northern new england, and western parts of new hampshire, including the berkshires of western mass, you could see severe weather of hail and damaging winds. across the northwest, not good news for the folks fighting the fires across parts of arizona. just north of phoenix, this is the gladiator fir

. >>> rob marciano joining to us talk about weather and arizona fires. morning, rob. >> good morning, ali. not only arizona but colorado, where both places had evacuations under way yesterday. fires burning, still out of control between 5% and 7% containment at the hewlett fire west of ft. collins, colorado, and the gladiator fire just north of phoenix. both have grown in intensity. red flag warnings and critical fire danger out at least for parts of arizona again today. the deal's going to be winds. 40 to 50-mile-an-hour winds gusting through the four corners region, some of that getting up into colorado. today's going to be tough for firefighters. they could use some rain. they got rain across south florida and the keys. key west over 2 inches. that was a record-setter. more moisture today. most folks will see a nice weekend across the northeast. this system across massachusetts will try to make its way across the carolinas. other than, that low levels of humidity and comfortable temperatures for much of the eastern half of the country. 81 in chicago. k

here is rob marciano. good news, the rain is going to get to new york city for a good day and a half, maybe two days and after that it will stick around a little bit. the tornado video of the day coming to you from eastern kansas, johnson county with this shot yesterday afternoon. one of six reports of tornadoes, a rope funnel touching down there. storm chasers caught up to it and severe weather threat will push farther to the east with a very clowe moving system. here's the threat area across arkansas, across the mississippi river valley in through cincinnati and as far north as toledo, hey high later on today. threat for damaging winds, large hail and isolated tornadoes. there will be rainfall with that. the scenario that has seen a decent amount of rainfall doesn't really need it. flash flood watches and warnings posted, especially south of chicago. here's where the radar is right now. good pulse of moisture coming through last night. the rainfall expends all the way down to the south across parts of ar

good morning, rob marciano. >> a gorgeous date if you're going to tight walk across niagara falls. >>s he go from canada to america? >> he had to get permission from the u.s. side. i bet it's from the u.s. >> who checks his passport on the way? daring, daring officials, right? >> border patrol alert. >>> south of the border, well south, record highs again yesterday. temperatures into the 90s. midland, texas, 98, muscle shoals, alabama, 92 degrees. showers through the new york city area which didn't see temperatures that warm. you will see temperatures rebound after this pulse goes through. showers will be prevalent not only there but also across parts of the western great lakes. chicago, 80 degrees again yesterday. that's the ninth time this year you've reached 80 and that's the most this early in the season since they've been keeping records. the june-like warmth continues there. showers across parts of the south where they had flooding across mobile. here's where we think the severe threat will be, buffalo to chicago, kansas city later on today. we had one report of a tornado yester

rob marciano, it's 36 minutes past the hour. >> good morning again, guys.keep the umbrella handy. stalled frontal boundary is now moving across much of the appalachians. be aware of that today and tomorrow as well. radar fills in from boston through d.c. at some point it will be heavy at times especially northern parts of new england and upstate new york you can use the rain. it will slow down travel if you're traveling through the big airports. the threat for chicago and across parts of the carolinas, daytime highs are seasonable in new york city but toasty across parts of the southwest. that's a quick check on weather. "early start" is coming right back. [ male announcer ] at home, you play a lot of roles. [ son ] mom, computer's broke! where's i.t. mom? she quit. [ male announcer ] even with technology -- it's all you. that's why you've got us. get up to $200 dollars off select computers. staples that was easy. born to leap, born to stalk, and born to pounce. to understand why, we journeyed to africa, where their wild ancestor was born. there we discover

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. >>> rob marciano has more on a trip of one world war ii vet in this "on the go."o mucol. he returned to reflect on the battle and the life that followed. >> to go back and see a graveyard like that and realize that many of the young men had been cut off in the prime of their life, it was a very poignant moment. >> historic battlefields have become a popular destination with big anniversaries of many conflicts. >> to capsulate the anniversaries coming up, the 60th anniversary is going on now. 100th of world war i, 70th for normandy, places like guam. you'll have the 50th anniversary of vietnam. >> all the years disappeared for bill the moment he was able to return. >> you'll always remember. you'll never forget just exactly what happened, but then to go back and relive it, it was very important, very meaningful to me. >> a college student had a little too much to drink. all right. way too much to drink. then she walked into the wrong house and wait till you hear what happened. [ male announcer ] the inspiring story of how a shipping giant can befriend a forest may

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rob marciano shows us how one world war ii veteran honors rice friend in this report. >> reporter: heo okinawa to see his friend. >> it was very important to me to be there and see his grave and think back about our day and our friendship. >> bill joins the growing ranks of veterans who returned to where they fought to reflect on the battle and the life they followed. >> to go back and see a graveyard like that and realize many young men had been cut off in the prime of their life, it was a very poignant moment. >> historic battle fields have become a popular destination with big anniversaries of many conflicts. >> to encapsulate big anniversaries coming up, 60th anniversary of the korean war effort going on now, the 100th anniversary of world war i. the 70th or normandy, places like guam, saipan, iwojima, 50th anniversaries of vietnam. >> reporter: all the years disappeared for bill the moment he was able to return. >> you always remember. you remember just exactly what happened. then to go back and relive it, it was very important and meaningful for me. [ male announcer ] when a maj