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Getting closer. >> caller: we anticipate it will stall and has already started to. its now down to 8 miles per hour in terms of its speed, and we expect that to reduce further as it continues to push towards the west. and the problem with that is that it will continue to dump heavy rains over these islands, which have been receiving rainfalls from a trough that has been over the bahamas now for the past week or so. so the grounds already saturated from these rains. and dorian will only add and e...

Saw earlier today in the island of grand bahama. it seems as though those two islands are ready for the arrival of rain and were continuing to urge those who may still be near the coastal areas to move inland. its going to be a major factor. heavy rainfalls. and there is some slowing down as of this forecast that will certainly add to the rainfall accumulation on those islands. >> all right. airports will be closing in the bahamas and of course it will be the first caarea to feel the brt of this...

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Executive director of the fishtown preservation society is with us now here. amanda holmes. thank you so much for being with us. talk to us about your immediate most urgent concerns right now and how people are dealing with it. >> reporter: well, what weve had is over the years there have been increasing water issues for fishtown. but this spring with the -- there were very heavy rainfalls that we had like the inches at a time would come in. and since were on lake michigan, we have a little rive...

Center. adam? >> hey, jon, the winds continuing to die down slowing down, the storm moving very slow , there it is and this is really interesting because at this point were getting up near the louisiana arkansas border, but none of the rain is right around that center of circulation and it continues to be way off to the east and then being drug behind this system we see some of the heaviest rain which does mean ultimately the center of circulation isnt the big story its where this rain falls and...

>> all right, is we are watching this any idea from john bel edwards governor and others what they are seeking on time line for rest of flooding you and i covered enough storms together to know the storm makes landfall can be two or three days before we start in on major inland flooding the water rescues, et cetera, do they feel think of evacuated feel they have evacuated enough in baton rouge and into northern louisiana there? those towns. >> that is hard to say, i can tell that you there haven...

Way out into this band thats probably about 150 miles per hour away winds gussing in the 60 mile-per-hour range. this band will continue to rotate on shore across parts of maybe mississippi and then see all of these rotate in across areas like new orleans and eventually the center of the storm go southern louisiana. thats where we will see the worst of the winds. winds wont be the worst of the story this bulls eye right here green. flood warnings going on right now. heaviest of the rainfalls. no...

Situation here with the city preparing for a lot of water, right now a lot of wind as well. erica, im going to send it back to you. well see how this place fares later today. >> well continue to check in with you, natasha, thank you. not too far from where im standing is where we find cnns nick wats. hes in youngsville. youre focussed in that area because of the river thats here in lafayette but also makes its way down to youngsville, the vermilion river which is actually below its normal leve...

Baton rouge, 61 miles per hour. jackson, 28. hattiesburg, 39. biloxi, 24. not humongous numbers. with the sun setting in the next couple of hours, thats bad news once we turn dark throughout the night. were going to continue to watch this as we go throughout the next couple hours. the flash flooding threat in parts of louisiana, even through the panhandle of florida, southwestern mississippi and up through parts of tennessee. richard? >> so michelle, one of the things that i was looking at just ...

Many wake up without power. these storms have weakened and are still tracking in northern georgia. we have about 50 million people with all the big cities included in this. seeing scattered severe storms. you could get hit. a 50/50 shot of being hit. the concentration of the severe storms could be a little higher. maybe an isolated tornado. wind damage and especially large hail which is rare for the east coast but we could see some baseball sized hail. we had a lot of rain in the philadelphia ar...