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Flow through the weekend. swing into the ohio valley. spreading rain. in the darker green shade here. many spots. 6, 8 inches of the rain. that will dent some of the drought and bring localized flash flooding. >> thank you to meteorologist jim dickey live at accuweather. as folks are watching the storm coverage here, you can see that the city of new orleans proper made it out. the levees worked. what you are seeing, suburban, new orleans, sparsely populated areas not part of the federal levee sy...

One that is just off to the west of mobile, alabama. and one that is hugging the louisiana/mississippi border. thats where the rain is heaviest and will continue to be most through the next 6 to 12 hours. going forward. getting to the end game. isaac will continue to weaken. make a bit more in northwesterly progress in the next 24 hours here. and swing, further northward, eastward. into the midwest. ohio valley. so missouri in particular going to see rainfall, some heavy rainfall, going a long w...

And now, 2 1/2 weeks away. >> i cant even believe it. i cant. >> it is almost time. >> i am incredibly unprepared for this child to come. >> well, you know, if you go into labor here on the show -- >> you showed me your move. >> im ready for you, girl. im ready for you. >> for all of our sakes. for everyone involved were hoping -- >> good to have you back, you and the little one. >> thank you. of course, like you said, paula faris is on assignment, which brings me here. we have extensive cover...

Coming. it literally took lake pontchartrain and pushed it into this town. now, this area of town called old slidell has flooded once in the memory of anyone and that was during hurricane katrina. during katrina you had an unbelievable set of circumstances. aside from that, this has never flooded. they have upped the levees and upped the protection areas and thought this would not happen again. here we are, it has happened again. this area here beyond the interstate 10 sign, that area has never ...

In la plaz. apparently according to the sheriffs office, 200 people already evacuated. according to the governor, bobby jindal, 3,000 waiting for evacuation. 4 to 5 feet of flooding across this town. the folks there telling me they havent seen this type of flooding in 40 years. its much worse than katrina, they say. certain parts that generally flood during heavy rains. parts of town that never flood. developments that have never seen significant flooding and theyre entirely submerged right now....

Devastation, destruction, the national guard is working trying to rescue people. it looks like things are finally beginning to stabilize in the southeastern part of louisiana. >> finally, after 24 hours, which speaks to the size and slowness of that storm. tahman bradley, live for us right there in the great city of new orleans, which has been largely spared. outside a different story. good report. appreciate you being out there. glad you are dryer, my friend. the relentless rain that has loui...

Anyway. >> no, no, no. but this -- this -- >> something special. >> yeah, something special. >> this is special. first, we want to get to this. tropical storm isaac is bringing misery to the gulf coast this morning with rising waters and a race to evacuate people to safety. >> this story is not over. by any stretch of the imagination. as the slow-moving storm spreads out now, president obama has just declared a federal disaster in louisiana. sandbags are straining and at least one levee will h...

Areas, take shelter immediately and keep your noaa weather radios on with those batteries in. you can see the track crawling across the state of louisiana until thursday night. then eventually moving up towards the midwest and the plains where they need the moisture. so eventually well get to a good news story that will help the drought. your impact the next several hours. hurricane-force winds continue. the long duration is what we are concerned with and that storm surge will continue for parts...

Hurricane and moving slowly. a lot attention to here. by the time it moves out, new orleans could get hit with nearly 2 feet of rain. plus you have that storm surge. the reinforced levee system is working so far, but we have heard of some flooding and rescues meeting to take place. we have a commander of the eighth coast guard district in new orleans. we heard from her yesterday. joining us again today. what we know about rescue right now. are there reports? you know of people that are trapped i...

The army corps of engineers to say that flood protection system is holding up so far, but there is worth one levee south of new orleans flooded over, trapping some people in their homes. rescue curies enforced wait for the winds die down you can search and rescue. isaac came ashore with a wall of water nearly 11 feet high. the main highway that runs along the gulf coast and mississippi shut down because of the flooding. heavy rain and flooding our big concerns in alabama as well with forecasters...