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To last in anticipation of this heavy rainfall event. were not done there yet. as i mentioned, the tropics, were watching an area of low pressure. all the convections and thunderstorms to the northeast of it. but were still watching it, 40% chance of development as we go through the day. nice and sunny across the northeast. and then in the west, that fire threat continues as we showed you video out of sun valley, idaho. theyre expecting temperatures high. and a dangerous situation there. >> well...

Florida coast. you can see from the florida panhandle, including parts of southern alabama, birmingham, youre seeing rain later on today. were talking six or more inches anywhere in this area in orange. thats why we do have flood watches and warnings in place for this big rainfall event. and of course, we still are talking about the tropics. were watching an area of low pressure, you see right in the gulf of mexico. the convection is to the north. not very well organized. right now, it has about...

Dontly me out of your sight at your house party. >> good morning, everyone. we have snow in the forecast, cold air in the forecast, finally, a wintertime forecast. lets get to it. first things first. we have to get the first storm out of the way. tomorrow snow in chicago and northern new england. right now, all rain. this storm system plagued us yesterday in texas and louisiana. cant cant, tennessee, alabama and georgia, heavy rain. atlanta, youll get rain sooner or later. this storm makes its w...

Engineer working for the justice department office of special counsel. that report has been sent to the white house in june of 2009. theres been no action from the white house. were left to guess whos right. >> whats going to keep that big lake, that huge lake right next to new orleans from just flooding if you have another katrina? >> the corps says there is a big new gate that theyve put at the mouth of the gulf leading to lake borne, not actually a lake, that will keep the water from the gulf...

Anyway and will not work in a storm surge situation. the corps says they work fine. you paid your money and take your choice. marias contentions have been investigated by an independent engineer working for the justice department office of special counsel. that report has been sent to the white house in june of 2009. theres been no action from the white house. were left to guess whos right. >> whats going to keep that big lake, that huge lake right next to new orleans from just flooding if you h...

And were going to get additional rain. were talking another, on top of what we already got, another 2 to 3 inches of rain. so this is just an incredible rainfall event, some areas will probably end up with 5 to 6 inches by the end of the weekend. were going to see a lot of flooding concerns into the beginning of next week. here is your weekend forecast, heavy rain moving through new england, thunderstorms with more heavy rain down from texas to arkansas. easter sunday, new storm system arrives i...

Joe, from dallas through oklahoma into arkansas where you are today, thats where were watching severe storms. eventually that makes its way to the east coast not not today. were fine from boston to philly. the afternoon drive is when we expect the rain to begin, in pittsburgh, around 2:00 or 3:00. were talking a heavy rainfall event, possibilities of 1 to 2 inches of rain, areas with snow on the ground well get a lot of snow melt. well have to watch out for flooding. currently the storms are loc...

Tampa area into tonight and tomorrow. in terms of rainfall we are anticipated 12-15 inches along the western part of florida and 6-8 inches in eastern florida. in the longer term we are look for the storm to move up the coast of florida and the georgia, alabama and mississippi valley area later in the week. there will be a significant rainfall event for that area. shep: thats the latest as we have it. the northward track continues. the storm is located somewhere around in here. it made landfall ...

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Of course, we balance that with the needs of the people that are around here. one of our biggest concerns right now is, if we get another rainfall event at this point, we would be concerned because the reservoir is full. if its full and we get another big rain event, theres a potential for more dramatic uncontrolled release than what were currently having right now. >> whats the plan for today? >> we have water outflowing out of addiction because we are concerned about more storm that could dump...