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Inches of rain. the biggest hazard is flash flooding and rising waters and extreme danger due to storm surge and high winds and tornados. governor john bel edwards urging residents to stay where they are. let the rescuers come to you. lets begin with kirk le marine, the president of plaquemines parish, reporting a levee failure and told anyone to evacuate. it is good to have you on. >> thank you. >> first, could you tell us what happened with this this levee broke and how many people that put in...

Into extremes right. we need to know extremes so we can build a better world. we know that the climate is changing and we can in part judge that climate change by the quality of the observations that are being used to assess it. in a few months from now, a summit of world leaders to be held here in the uk will be hugely important in formulating a global response to climate change with the united nations saying that only a combined international effort can avert a climate catastrophe. the confere...

The storm brought winds of 150mph when it made landfall yesterday, ripping roofs from buildings and killing a man whose house was hit by a falling tree. these are the latest pictures in new orleans of the debris and damage brought by the hurricane. there are reports that flash flooding has trapped residents in their homes there, where defences were strengthened following hurricane katrina 16 years ago. president biden has declared a major disaster in louisiana, releasing extra resources for resc...

Will ripley. winds are still at 95 miles an hour, and this was a much more powerful hurricane, of course, category 4 when it made landfall near new orleans on sunday and continued to power on, holding its shape well inland. highly unusual and moving slowly, which created a lot of havoc. well over a million customers have lost power, including all of orleans parish. and storm surges, flash flooding, and tornadoes all concerns as it continues to move inland. thanks for spending part of your day ...

Oh, my gosh! easily lifting the roof clear of this hospital in cut—off louisiana. these coastal areas have been the hardest hit so far. besides ferocious winds, there have been tidal surges as high as 16 feet and flash flooding. this fire station in delacroix, louisiana, posted footage before and after the storm as water rushed in. officials warn some of the most affected parts may be uninhabitable for weeks. in comparison, much of new orleans is protected by the levees and flood walls of a ne...

And that is going to continue throughout the overnight hours as well. now you are dealing with, just the right quadrant, which is a very strong side of the storm system, its going to be dropping a good 5 to 10 inches in some spots of mississippi. throughout the overnights. flash flood watches, and emergency still in place for sections of southeast louisiana. now they are starting to expand in areas of the tennessee valley in the deep south, so the flash flood risk for the next three, days is sti...

Significant flash flooding as we go throughout the day today, tonight, and the next couple of days. areas of mississippi, tennessee, kentucky, how much rain are we going to see? that area of maroon, that includes biloxi to baton rouge and hammitt. we have a growing number. additional rainfall today, up to 5 inches in mississippi. look at that rain in tennessee. its been a wet summer in west virginia, pennsylvania, and southern new england who seven days ago was hit by tropical storm henri was hi...

The storm is making its way to the northeast wednesday night into thursday. flash flooding say big story, it is right now and it will continue to be a story for the next two to three days and flash flooding is what kills most people in weather. more than tornadoes, more than hurricanes, so flash flooding, even from a weakened tropical system can be very dangerous. >> thank you, bill. i want to go to somebody who has been covering that closely who knows about this, sam brock in louisiana. you obv...

Concerning here in new orleans because it has been pitch black. the streets are dark. no power. i can step to the side here and our photo journalist will zoom in to bourbon street here in new orleans in complete darkness. the only reason you see light on those buildings is because jake our photo journalist has been able to throw a light from an independent power source on to those buildings and illuminate part of bourbon street. it is total darkness. the good news here is at least in the french ...

Quite serious. plaquemines parish we have information one of the levee walls or a floodgate i should say run alongside the mississippi river has failed resulting in flash flooding causing emergency evacuation despite the conditions despite telling people to get out of that area. that is outside of the levee system of new orleans. so the floodgate was very serious water is rushing up highway 23 are also earlier in the evening we had some information that water had overtopped the levee. so theres ...