some areas in extreme drought. many spots going to be dealing with flooding going forward this week. >> all right, jim dickey live from the accu-weather center. thank you for that. i did an interview earlier tonight with a man who handles emergency management in the city of new orleans. the pumping system is far better than seven years ago on this day when katrina hit, spent billions to upgrade it. so we are talking 15, 20 inches of rain or even more that will test the limits of what we can do. some flooding in the area. >> corps of engineers designed that $14.4 billion. let's hope the pumps do their job. >> the first real test since katrina. that's the one silver lining maybe. we'll be back with more after this. we'll be back with more after this. katrina. that's the one silver lining maybe. we'll be back with more after this.