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Mandatory evacuation orders are in effect in that area. meteorologist maria molina is live in the fox extreme weather center with the latest look at all this. hey, maria. >> good morning, everyone. we are anxiously awaiting the national hurricane center's 11:00am update, that is eastern time of course on tropical storm isaac. so still expected to be a tropical storm, or it still is a tropical storm right now. we want to zoom into the storm system. i want to show you that the system is continuing to organize itself and it's trying to pull itself together and trying to develop an eyewall right t...

Flooding will be a major concern not just around the coastal areas but even further inland. if you take a look at the cone as we head into wednesday afternoon still near the coast of louisiana, by thursday early morning hours just over louisiana. typically we see storms come in and out a little bit quicker than this. this is going to be a long wind event with heavy rainfall, again 20 inches of rain. the storm surge is a big deal as well, anywhere between 6 to 12 feet above normal ti tkerbg ide levels. martha: we'll get an update in a little while. we'll be in touch. bill: two big stories watch...

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