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So we really need your help to understand the impacts of the storm and the extent of the damage. here is a couple ways to help. go to the website and you can actually put in pictures of damage if you experienced damage, you can answer a short questionnaire, that will really help us with the damage assessment process as we move forward with our state and federal partners to try to get assistance for folks in philadelphia that were impacted by the storm. you can text storm phl to 888777 to get free severe storm updates and to get all

>> thanks. good morning, everybody. latest update we just saw before coming in here was that category 1 hurricane barry has made landfall near morgan city and obviously they're in our thoughts. we've been in this situation before. we're still in this situation with barry. as the mayor said, barry has slowed. the timeline is being extended out and we went through a lot of winds last night and a little bit of rain, but there's rain coming and we've all seen what this looks like to the south. there's a lot of rain, a large mass that is going to be moving into our area, potentially this evening an...

Mr. colin arnold at this time. colin? >> thanks, ma'am. good morning, everybody. latest update we just saw before coming in here is that category one hurricane barry has made landfall near morgan city. they're in our thoughts. we've been in the situation before. we're still in the situation with barry. as the mayor said, barry has slowed. the timeline is extended out. we went through a lot of wind last night and a little bit of rain. there is rain coming. we've all seen what this looks like to the south. there's a lot of rain, a large mass that is going to be moving into our area potentially t...

With other rescue supplies staged at various fire and police stations. as we do with all of our emergency events, we'll maintain constant communication in the emergency operations center will maintain 24 hour status throughout. any changes in the storm track and intensity could drastically change impacts. please residents are advised to follow at nola ready or text nate to 888777 to remain informed. >> thank you. >> fred ziegler, nation weather service. >> good afternoon. freddy ziegler from the national weather service. new orleans, baton rouge, i want to reiterate from the mayor said, that c...

More resources we will continue to make requests of fema. we've also received offers of support from oregon, alabama, texas, massachusetts, indiana, california, oklahoma, louisiana, mississippi and we're very appreciative of their support. let's remember the storm is only past half our state. so this is not over. text flprepares, one word, flprepares to 888777 for updates from the state emergency response team. flprepares is one word. if you have a smartphone please enable it in your settings to receive emergency messages. the national hurricane center will be pushing life saving messages out ...