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Areas, some levies were overtopped by storm surge but not breached and local officials say those waters have mostly receded and there are still the danger of flash flooding and river flooding in some areas as the storm continues to move north, ongoing issues with power, of course, close to 60,000 people zil in the dark across the state of louisiana including some customers in and around new orleans. the coast guard rescued a dozen people yesterday including a couple of medical emergencies via he...

That you guys are going to be okay. we really appreciate you talking with us. im sure its been a long night. thanks so much and take good care. >> god bless. >> all right. now lets get a sense of where this storm is headed next. our meteorologist derek van dam is following this. >> good news there from that parish. >> yeah. he is talking from the finger quote/unquote of louisiana. they refer to that little area in the extreme southeastern portions of the state, but the overarching theme here, th...

Cause significant flooding. this is how precipitation is likely to go. weve seen another 10-plus inches across southern louisiana and well see that today and tomorrow move across the central mississippi valley, parts of tennessee and arkansas certainly need to watch this very carefully as well. >> thanks, rick. well get ready to save big for prime day. but its not just amazon bringing the deals. >> weve got the stop steals and deals online, like a radio ba vacuum for nearly $80 off. o yeah. co...

Called these names under an american flag but president trump has pledged to continue his policies aimed at discouraging immigration he said nationwide raids to deport illegal immigrants would begin on sunday. ok staying in the u.s. all the lawyers he is in louisiana are urging residents to stay vigilant as tropical storm barry families the gulf coast fears that new orleans could be inundated have so far proved unfounded but other parts of the states are still in danger of severe flooding barry ...

Has been to one of the places in louisiana hardest hit by perry a small town off michel heres what she found. this is the flash flooding brought by tropical storm barry some 40 kilometers south of new orleans the community of myrtle grove is now submerged and this is as far as we can go now all thought hes ordered a mandatory evacuation on the thursday telling residents leaf or go it alone and with good reason here the flood defense system simply just didnt hold off because barry lashings of rai...

Got all that rainfalling now to the north of us will eventually funnel its way back into the mississippi river and make its way back down here, to new orleans. >> and that is a lot of rain, rick leventhal, thank you. >> jon: while the severe weather has mostly spared new orleans the risk of flash flooding still a major concern for several areas along the gulf coast. so far the mississippi river levies have been holding our fox team coverage continues with steve herrigan on the ground in jackson,...

Of georgia about her countrys renewed tensions with russia and its long time if its to join the european. hello im christine want to welcome to the program. the 1st major stroll off the u.s. atlantic hurricane season has made landfall along the gulf coast tropical storm barry is a slow moving system with the potential to deliver record rainfall and flooding across the region officials they hope the improved the levees will hold up against rising water levels its americas 1st major storm of the s...

>> this is one of the biggest tests of the new orleans levee system since hurricane katrina devastated that area more than a decade ago. we have team coverage tracking barrys ever move. >> rick is live in the stewedy where his forecast. >> we begin with rob in louisiana where several neighborhoods are under water. good morning. reporter: good morning. were just across lake pontchartrain from louisiana. the levee system has held up pretty well. the new levee system. but as you can see, ive got my...

All of our computers were pinpointing baton rouge with the possibility of 15, 20 inches of rain. what happened is, see the jog the storm took. barry is much closer to the texas/louisiana border than it was supposed to be. that has taken the heavy band of rain that was going to be narrow and it shifted it towards lafayette, louisiana. if theres one city im concerned with and the surrounding areas, its laugh yechlt you can see the heavy band of rain off the coast and centered over the top of lafay...

Flood threat continue pg. parts of arkansas and the boot hill of missouri, western parts of kentucky and tennessee were going to seat a swath that gets anywhere from 4 to 6 inches of rain and we have spots in louisiana that in addition to what youve already receive are probably going to get an additional 10 to 12-inches. youll notice bands continuing to form. and this takes us into monday morning and southern louisiana still getting pummeled by heavy rain. this se ven event is not done. this flo...