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Griff: welcome back. tropical storm barry threatens to bring heavy rains and flooding as it prepares to make landfall along the gulf coast. jedediah: new technology offering lifeline. here with apps to help survive a storm. >> you get stuck like i was in hurricane katrina downtown new orleans for days on end. you try to figure out i that giferred my way through that situation as best as i could. now it taught me which apps are really crap and which ones are really spectacular that you should alw...

Lafayette, louisiana, still moving painfully slow. thats part of the problems. 65-mile-per-hour winds. thats a strong tropical storm. it did hit category 1 status, but quickly dissipated as it hit land as expected. we now hope it picks up forward speed but were not expecting that. that is bad news for many because you see the training of rain over many spots. lets take a look at the path here. not moving very fast. by 1:00 still in louisiana. not until later on monday is it in arkansas. were goi...

Some new warnings from the national weather service about hurricane barry. new warnings about how its carrying it off the chart. officials are warning about consequential flash flooding while parts of mississippi, alabama and louisiana are already under water. we are keeping meteorologist michelle grossman very busy on this saturday. whats the latest? that kind of rain coming down is remarkable. >> its a lot of rain at one time and its going to be days and days of this. this is a very slow mover...

Your g.p.s. coordinants. where you are located. guess what? during major storms and flooding the street signs go away. land marks are under water and emergency workers and rescuers dont know how to navigate your neighborhood like you even do. its a brilliant, simple thing and it also simple easy to use and free. make the button app. that big if you are in an emergency. disaster alert app. is amazing. take a look at this one. this one takes you jump to it right here takes to you 18 different type...

Problems. were going to see in similar situations, as we go throughout the next several days, by wednesday, we can see how this all shakes out, certainly going to see lots of destruction here, homes, businesses, cars being washed away. roofs being ripped off and trees falling on cars. a flash floods watch is in effect. we added a warning an hour ago, because of that rain thats falling, and all that rain is anticipated as well. winds are going to be a problem, not a huge problem, but could cause ...

Some people are still in fema trailers, the river forecasts in that region are supposed to equal or exceed what they just did three years ago when all of that happened. thats what the residents around baton rouge are facing. talk about heartbreaking? theyre sitting there on pins and needles looking at the skies, just praying that rainfall predictions dont come true. heres the forecast right now. its making landfall shortly. along the coast now. it may be a hurricane, it may be a strong tropical ...

Left baton rouge, morgan city those are the spots probably in that 10 to 20-inch rain and thats where we will see the worst of the flooding. guys? griff: rick, thank you. jedediah: we will turn to headlines for you. vice president mike pence says his visit to a migrant detention center showed him how dire the border situation is. >> things have gotten worse. for the first time ever the vast majority of people that are coming across our border are families with vulnerable children. jedediah: the ...

Those ring bands forming, which if we hadnt seen in a while because there had been so much dry air on the north side of the system most of the energy and rain was just south of that out in the gulf now were starting to see the rain bands forming here. now the good news, if theres good news at all about this storm, which is not good news for most people. but for new orleans, there is some good news in terms off rainfall the bulk of that heaviest rain when youre talking upwards of 25 inches will b...

Potentially life-threatening. flooding is expected to slam new orleans. and obviously very, very concerning. steve: we have team coverage this morning tracking tropical storm barrys every move. jedediah: meteorologist rick reichmuth is here in studio with the latest forecast. todd: we begin with doug mckelway in the french quarter overlooking the river. >> right now it is looking pretty good, actually. one of the reasons for that is we are between bands. im completely dry right now and the wind ...