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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 d...

In new orleans, some spots not going to see this rain end for 24-plus hours going forward. we are going to watch this storm track its way farther northward. slowly. good news, could bring rain to 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...

Back over open walter. there is high pressure sitting over parts of minnesota. it was thought it would push its way on shore. it is having a tough time doing that. yes, more or less stalled out. the longer it sits there, the longer the rain will continue to pile up. i think that 20-inch mark, likely going to be reached in a lot of spots. >> all right, thank you to jim dickey, live again for us at accu-weather. >> far and wide, as he mentioned. rain could extend up to 1,200 miles. parts of the midwest as well. >> could go all the way up to the great lakes. a storm the size of the state of texas...

Morning the storm is making. >> coverage continues live at accu-weather forecast center where meteorologist jim dickey is standing by. good morning, jim. >> good morning. isaac did make landfall. after it made landfall it wobbled back over open water. for eight hours now it has been sitting over the same area here. see, very expansive storm. the red box, tornado watch remaining in effect all morning. high pressure sitting up over the midwest. as isaac moved its way northward, it sort of ran into the high, had a lot of trouble trying to push its way on shore here. and will continue to do so it ...

Not being produced. this intense weather is expected to last all morning, with no relief in sight. rob and paula, back to you. >> hours and hours to go. yeah. >> a look now at exactly where isaac is at this particular moment and where it is heading next. >> live coverage continues from accu-weather forecast center and meteorologist jim dickey, good morning, jim. >> good morning, rob and paula. of course, isaac hasn't moved very much. it did make landfall earlier on yesterday evening. but then it moved back over open water, and that's where isaac sits. category 1 hurricane. wind at 80 miles per...