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New orleans is on the weak side of the storm. they didnt get a lot of rain from this system, didnt get a lot of strong winds. right now winds are at 24 miles per hour. new orleans area south to louisiana coast is doing just fine. there is some high water from the mississippi river where it comes out here north wards up in eastern louisiana, some of that water piling up on the back side of the storm. notice were only at 37 wind gusts in mobile. theres that gust in biloxi. this is the highest weve...

Wind field, were pretty much done. the winds at their peak, 7 0 miles an hour, there is that wind speed at keisler air force base and louisiana, highest wind gust, 89 miles an hour. cat 2 would be 96. the water did come in. gulf of mexico did take over in biloxi for quite some time. along i-90, pictures of some of the damage there. look at ocean springs, upwards of 10 feet. 6 feet at pascagoula, mississippi. so this was a cat 1. imagine if this was a cat 2 or cat 3, the potential was there for t...

Northern eye band. thats good. if you live in northern georgia or you live in central alabama, if they keep their power in biloxi, not going to promise you youre going to keep your powers because you never know when that trees going to fall down the road that was rotting anyway. it shouldnt be extremely widespread. >> probability lower. as you were seeing your map here, bill, were still seeing pink in the upper blob area of your map. is that lake pontchartrain? >> im waiting for that map to upda...

But no confirmation on either one. >> all right. thank you so much. steve in mobile, alabama. of course watching with you. and bill karen were watching his live peckture out of mississippi. it seems quiet. but could they be getting more. we have 30 seconds. >> the trees have stopped blowing as much. and the power is on. for the majority. highest winds we have are 70 miles per hour. and that was with the highest portion of the storm. it wouldnt surprise me if this goes down to a tropical storm. m...

Proud of joe lombardo and the las vegas police department and the fbi. couldnt be more proud of our first responders and medical personnel and the americans who helped each other through a terrible night and showed the true spirit of what it means to be an american. eric: we are coming up to a week. your thoughts as you stand there this sunday. the heroics and the selflessness. the worst of mankind and also some of the best. >> this is my hometown. i was born and raised in las vegas. i raised si...

Comingen shore. thats the greatest concern for the storm surge. the wind havent been that bad as of late. we were at 70 miles per hour winds. was the highest i saw. mobile is at 44. panama city 29. notice the backside of the storm. 12 miles per hour winds. that is it right now. in the new orleans area. so well continue to watch if were fwoeng get the wind that will increase. thats in the eye. thaer in the center of the storm. they were 70 miles per hour wind. about 15 mississippi ago. now down t...

Even close to 70 miles per hour in awhile. the radar shows the center of the storm now crossing into clearly central portions of alabama, the heavier rain bands come in off the coast around panama city and go up into montgomery. and then you have pretty heavy rain in montgomery. flash flood problems. we are under tornado watch. so, sometimes with tropical systems you can get spinup, you can get weak tornadoes. thats of a concern. if we get any of those you could quickly lose a roof, knock down m...

Enough to get up there in spots that normally theyre not. the storm surge began to come in. theres about one foot above storm surge earlier. four to five feet current ri. and then we started watching through the nighttime hours the water started really significantly coming up. this was dolphin island. south of mobile bay. when the water started coming up quickly towards the south winds. dolphin island didnt have the direct land fall. the flow outside the circulation was enough to bring the water...

To landfall and thats when we think the storm surge will be at its highest. in biloxi right now we have about a three-foot surge. were still waiting for the winds to go in the southerly direction. they were pretty much going east to west. now theyre starting to shift a little bit from the southeast to the northwest. once they start going from south to north, thats when the water will quickly rise and biloxi, pascogoula, dolphin island and into mobile bay. thats the greatest concern when that hap...