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Headed towards houston right now. thats going to be over houston all evening, and all -- overnight long into the morning hours, and thats where the flooding problem there for houston will be. its raining in san toep owe, austin, and its making some tornados around the houston area as rosa said. this is a possibility as the next band, you can see, the colors right there, rotates over houston in the next, i would say, 30-45 minutes and last for five to six hours. theres your tornado watch. anywher...

That could flood, 263,000 square miles will get some type of of rainfall and it all has to runoff somewhere. >> yikes. chad myers, you have put in some long hours and are keeping us up-to-date. we appreciate that. at least one estimate puts the potential damage from this storm at $20 billion in metro houston alone. joining me now on the phone is michael walter from the city of houston office of emergency management. michael, thanks to joining us. what is the biggest concern in houston right now?...

C populated corner. the populations there 22 million people. so you think new york city metro population thats exactly how many people live across this island. the air rises here and condenses and you have the recipe for tremendous rainfall in place and take a wet sponge and press it against the wall, precisely whats going to be happening across some of these high elevations of madagascar. and the rainfall potential could be extreme come sunday into monday. half a meter in the forecast for a few...

Damaging winds, so something well monitor very closely. cold air across the north. chance of rain showers for the oscars this weekend in los angeles. heres our rainfall potential across the east coast. ill end off with this. this is coming out of lake s superior in duluth. it kicked up some surf on the lake water. >> they asked me to do the polar plunge in chicago, and i couldnt do that. >> you saw the ice chunks floating by and said no way. thank you. i want to tell you about the story that t...

Storms and heavy rain for the drought stricken southeast. lets get the latest from meteorologist pedram javaheri. >> miguel and christine, good morning. the drought area is expansive. it is larger than the drought situation across portions of california when it comes to the extreme element of that. you notice places like birmingham. it has been september since we last saw rainfall. 41 consecutive days and counting is the number of days in atlanta without rainfall. over 50,000 days in the city. t...

Cyclones as we speak. owen nathan pam rotateing in counterclockwise direction. this is nathan. 95-kilometer-per-hour sustained winds. its more the rainfall potential as the storm churns around the northern parts of queensland. interesting to note the great barrier reef is just offshore. heavy rainfall can have a very negative impact on the great barrier reef. and we tropical cyclone owen. not a major populated area here but lots of rain anticipated as it heads towards perth later

Down towards d.c. theres a look at some of the showers for south florida. you see some of the heavy rain embedded off the coastline. really from miami down along the florida keys. we see the best chances for the heavier showers today. we keep a close eye on the disturbance. this area of low pressure off western cuba that could at least produce decent rainfall through the next couple of days. the north, maybe a few isolated thunderstorms. even if we do see more development of this system, its pri...

a week after irene hit the east coast, the central gulf coast is getting ready for storm with flooding rains. louisiana governor bobby jindal already declared a state of emergency. oil companies are pulling workers off the rigs in the gulf. some places including new orleans could get as much as 20 inches of rain. texas could really use some of that rain from the tropical system. it doesnt look promising. 14 big wildfires are burning in that state. just one of them west of dallas. firef...

water. if another low-lying neighborhoods now under mandatory evacuation orders, mayor bloomberg tonight saying the city transportation system will shut down at noon tomorrow. all five local airports in danger of flooding. theyre being closed arriving flights starting at noon. now this is what theyre concerned about. pictures here of irene hitting the bahamas. new yorkers are used to seeing this on tv, not up close, though. but they might see a version of it in about 36 hours from now....

troubling new assessment. they are expecting the storm surge from irene to flood the area which includes the ground zero construction site with anywhere from 6 to 12 feet of water. it and other low-lying neighborhood on a mandatory evacuation order. mayor bloomberg saying the city transit system will shut down at noon tomorrow. all five local airports also in danger of flooding. they are being closed right starting at noon care this is what they are concerned about. pictures here of ir...