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This morning. and i think one of the things that the national weather service and officials want us to get out there is that, look, the majority of this precipitation is still over the gulf, but it is coming. yes, a shg, erica? >> yes, its coming. its going to be heavy in baton rouge. the latest estimates are 5 to 10 inches. were sort of in a waiting mode here. the rain, were told, is want very far off. when it comes, christi, to your point, there will be a lot of it. this will last for some tim...

That was a lesson learned. im concerned, however, that theyve gotten complacent. >> already states of emergency in st. bernard, saint charles, jefferson and plaquemines parish. >> now tropical storm barry is moving very slowly. that slow movement is one reason the weather service has issued an excessive rainfall notice. its only been used two other times for hurricanes florence and harvey. lets get out to meteorologist derek van dam live in the weather center. derek, this thing is moving at a sn...

State of arkansas, more could eventually be added as a situation could potentially deteriorate with another round of storms and bad weather headed this way. >> thank you casey. our fox team coverage continues with meteorologist. >> hey there john, such as widespread problem at this point, we do so casey right along the arkansas river, everywhere the icons, thats a river flood gauge, the purple ones or the pink color, that is arkansas river. that is a major flood issue right across the entire eve...

Have seen this epic flooding. see all of the showers and thunderstorms here in georgia and florida panhandle this afternoon, thats the same system that we saw push through last night across texas, however we have another one on the heels. what youll notice is that there are just a couple of these, see these little blips here on radar. these thunderstorms dont move and very deep layer tropical air mass dump a tremendous amount of rain on houston. well see the same flood issue. dfw could see winds...

The system will cover over the state of louisiana dropping anywhere from 18-24 inches of rain after that it is still a flood issue. a lot of the area the water has nowhere to go. authorities say they have faith in the levy system. the drastic images from 2005 there is mass devastation we saw with hurricane katrina. since then the levy system has undergone a $14 billion facelift. there is more than 133 miles surrounding the city of new orleans while the number of perish parishes that protect resi...

good morning to you all. im t.j. holmes. welcome to our viewers watching us in the u.s. and around the world, as we continue to follow a category 1 storm, hurricane irene, that is threatening about 20% of the u.s. population. some 65 million people in its path. it has been hammering north carolina with heavy rains and fierce winds for past several hours. it was just a couple of hours ago that it officially made landfall in north carolina. more than 200,000 people are without power as w...

These wildfires right now? >> for weeks and weeks and the winds have whipped the conditions there. the good news is that most of the fires have been put out for most part. so thats good news. were going to see improving conditions. theyre like 80% contained and four large fires across the u.s. and new mexico as well as into texas. lets talk a little bit about the flood issue thats been ongoing across parts of the northeast. as well as the mid-atlantic states. there you can see were just looking ...

Floods and thats because of the ash that cant contain the water, the erosion and the water that needs to be absorbed. tell us about that and what your concerns are at this stage. >> well, youre right. basically our reserves of our water resources, when they are destroyed as they have been in these massive fires, what happens is that the trees are not in a position, the soil is not in a position to absorb water so arizonas going to be confronting monsoon -- their monsoon season very soon and when...