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And i want to point out where we see the top of a fire hidrpt next to the tree right there. so you can tell just how deep this water is. at that point not terribly deep because again thats usually where a fire hydrant is and people are typically able to walk out to the tree line here. neighbors tell us they usually have concerts in this pace. add a tropical storm to that, were already feeling wind gusts here, again, everybody is prepping for that. weve met some folks walking along the levy here....

Of it is the top of a fire hydrant. so you can tell how far-out people are going to be typically going to be walking in this park area. they typically have concerts here, neighbors tell me. as this storm comes in were expecting this of course to rise. and this right here, were not expecting the water to top over the levy and thats good news. however, the winds are picking up and theres going to be heavier winds arb and so some of that water may splash over. the people who live here tell me theyr...

See especially if you live in new orleans proper. this is the forecast. this is where it is already. it is already above what the areas here have forecast river levels to go for today. if that goes above 19, the top of the levy, john, is 20. i know the governor said its not going to go over the top but you get winds at 50, you get waves of 3 feet, and all of a sudden thats something people arent expecting. >> well, devastating flooding has already hit it new new orleans and with barry strengthen...

Really, we have the best river system probably in the world when it comes to levies. then we have the best hurricane system definitely in the country. so we are in good shape, confident in the integrity of the levy. a big concern is height. >> harris: and any change in winds. i know youre not expecting overtopping on those levies right now, but i can change, as he pointed out. is this goes on as a hurricane, that means the wind speeds with up. im curious about people who have chosen to stay behi...

Level. if the water is at least at the height of the levy, theres no place for it to go. thats a concern. this is a storm that doesnt have its act together. thats good news. dont have a lot of time for that to happen. theres the center of the storm. you can see this action away from it. that means a lot of people will get a lot of rain. its a good thing. doesnt have its act together. the water here is incredibly warm. were breaking records for temperatures here across the gulf. these are tempera...

Water. its all about how much rain is going to fall and what kind of is surge is going to move up the mississippi river. the forecast from the hurricane center takes it to a tropical storm later today into tonight and then brings it into areas of central louisiana. it make it is a low end hurricane. this is a very unpopulated area. its very swampy this this region. and this region of louisiana hit by a low-end hurricane i would not expect a a lot of wind damage, but it takes the winds for a long...

We seen along the mississippi river. we will take a look at this, flood warnings that are still the case along the mississippi river. the mississippi river is at around 16 feet -- the 16-foot level, around new orleans. 20 feet is where the water would start to go over the levy. so it wont take a lot of water here to cause some really significant flooding. up the center of the storm, you can see it on these little wind barbs are out there. very far apart from where you see most of the action. tha...

Maybe 10, 15 or 20 in the tais ahead. the reason this is so important to watch, the mississippi river is at 16 foot at a levy in new orleans. when katerina hit it was 3. its expected to go to the highest level in 90 years. the highest level a relevant test. >> with we have other breaking news into the situation room. new trouble if the persian gulf. apparently involving iran. lets go to barbara starr. what are you learning, barbara. >> fweeng, cnn learned in about the last seven hours iran made ...

Valmeyer. swollen past its banks the river just broke a record set in 93 of 104 days above flood stage in st. louis. im walking along the levy that protects the town from those rising flood waters, but as you can see, on the other side, the water is hard to tame, as the flood waters have found their way underneath the levy and are seeping into the town. >> river is going down now, but you never really know whether its going to go all the way down. >> reporter: after the record-breaking flooding ...

Levy and lingered for months. >> everybody was kind of like punched in the stomach. >> reporter: almost immediately dennis, who was mayor at the time, and most of the nearly 1,000 people in the town decided to do something drastic. [ train horn ] >> reporter: erase the community that was their home for generations. >> i saw how the people suffered in 93. i didnt want to see future generations have to go through that. >> reporter: fleeing the wrath of the mighty mississippi, valmeyer moved on to ...