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Thanks to the old levee system here. youd think the superdome would be cleaner after isaacs wash, but as one member of the crew said, at least the roof is still on it and there arent thousands trapped inside. bill weir in the skies above louisiana. >> good to see the superdome stayed intact. were tracking the storm. as we said, moving inland. >> accu-weather meteorologist jim dickey with the latest on the path. heading into this holiday weekend, labor day weekend. good morning, jim. >> good mo...

Business. rob, paula. >> music to my ears. people have some stress to relieve. >> a big festival down there. right, this weekend? the gay and lesbian pride. >> and labor day. >> big weekend. big party. >> let off some steam, folks, if you can. the storm system is going to ruin the labor day weekend in a big section of the country. >> coverage continues with meteorologist jim dickey at accu-weather. good morning, jim. >> good morning, rob, paula. isaac will continue to weaken. still putting dow...

To the west/southwest back over open walter. there is high pressure sitting over parts of minnesota. it was thought it would push its way on shore. it is having a tough time doing that. yes, more or less stalled out. the longer it sits there, the longer the rain will continue to pile up. i think that 20-inch mark, likely going to be reached in a lot of spots. >> all right, thank you to jim dickey, live again for us at accu-weather. >> far and wide, as he mentioned. rain could extend up to 1,200 ...

Harms way. several shelters taking in dogs and cats for people who needed to evacuate. meteorologist, jim dickey in the accu-weather forecast center. >> hi, jim, whats the very latest on isaac? >> isaac still a hurricane, unfortunately not moving very much. this is the radar imagery. see the center of the storm. it did make landfall. wobbled over open water. see just swirling in place. the rain band doing the same as another heavy rain band is in new orleans. a second about to push in. anywhere ...

Will not happen until tomorrow. >> animals are getting out of harms way. several shelters taking in dogs and cats for people who needed to evacuate. meteorologist, jim dickey in the accu-weather forecast center. >> hi, jim, whats the very latest on isaac? >> isaac still a hurricane, unfortunately not moving very much. this is the radar imagery. see the center of the storm. it did make landfall. wobbled over open water. see just swirling in place. the rain band doing the same as another heavy rai...

Some areas in extreme drought. many spots going to be dealing with flooding going forward this week. >> all right, jim dickey live from the accu-weather center. thank you for that. i did an interview earlier tonight with a man who handles emergency management in the city of new orleans. the pumping system is far better than seven years ago on this day when katrina hit, spent billions to upgrade it. so we are talking 15, 20 inches of rain or even more that will test the limits of what we can do. ...

In new orleans, some spots not going to see this rain end for 24-plus hours going forward. we are going to watch this storm track its way farther northward. slowly. good news, could bring rain to some areas in extreme drought. many spots going to be dealing with flooding going forward this week. >> all right, jim dickey live from the accu-weather center. thank you for that. i did an interview earlier tonight with a man who handles emergency management in the city of new orleans. the pumping syst...

Back over open walter. there is high pressure sitting over parts of minnesota. it was thought it would push its way on shore. it is having a tough time doing that. yes, more or less stalled out. the longer it sits there, the longer the rain will continue to pile up. i think that 20-inch mark, likely going to be reached in a lot of spots. >> all right, thank you to jim dickey, live again for us at accu-weather. >> far and wide, as he mentioned. rain could extend up to 1,200 miles. parts of the mi...

Morning the storm is making. >> coverage continues live at accu-weather forecast center where meteorologist jim dickey is standing by. good morning, jim. >> good morning. isaac did make landfall. after it made landfall it wobbled back over open water. for eight hours now it has been sitting over the same area here. see, very expansive storm. the red box, tornado watch remaining in effect all morning. high pressure sitting up over the midwest. as isaac moved its way northward, it sort of ran into...

Not being produced. this intense weather is expected to last all morning, with no relief in sight. rob and paula, back to you. >> hours and hours to go. yeah. >> a look now at exactly where isaac is at this particular moment and where it is heading next. >> live coverage continues from accu-weather forecast center and meteorologist jim dickey, good morning, jim. >> good morning, rob and paula. of course, isaac hasnt moved very much. it did make landfall earlier on yesterday evening. but then it ...