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Northern louisiana, mississippi, western tennessee and arkansas. flash flooding, rain, 6-12 inches, 20 inches in some locations. again, this is not done. we want to make sure people are aware that a threat still exists when it comes to barry. jedediah: pete, aside from the obvious threat of the flooding and the dangers of that, what has been your biggest challenge in terms of dealing with this current situation? >> well, i think, you know, to make sure people don't put themselves at risk and don't put first responders at risk from making bad choices. you know, we want to make sure people remai...

Areas, some levies were overtopped by storm surge but not breached and local officials say those waters have mostly receded and there are still the danger of flash flooding and river flooding in some areas as the storm continues to move north, ongoing issues with power, of course, close to 60,000 people zil in the dark across the state of louisiana including some customers in and around new orleans. the coast guard rescued a dozen people yesterday including a couple of medical emergencies via helicopter but no reports of rescues needed to be by the coast guard, other major signs of progress, n...

Themselves at risk and don't put first responders at risk for making bad choices, you know, we want to make sure people remain safe, top priority is life safety here and that is our message, has been our message or will be our message until barry dissipates. >> officials here have been blunt, they've told people, expect to lose power and have plan to deal with it. back to you. arthel: steve, thank you. eric. eric: heavy rains do remain major concern as weakening storms heads north. adam klotz in fox news extreme weather center, so what can we expect, adam? >> hey, eric, we can expect more rain...

Rescue vehicles, high water vehicles, even boat teams ready to help in case of need. earlier today the fema boss warned this storm still packs a potentially deadly punch. >> let's make sure people don't put themselves at risk and first responders at risk for making bad choices. we want to make sure people remain safe, our top priority is life safety here, and that is our message, has been our message and will be our message until barry dissipates. reporter: officials here have been very blunt, direct with people telling them they should expect to lose power, they should expect possible flash f...

Eric: now we turn our attention to barry as the tropical storm continues to bear down on the gulf states, thousands of people remain without power and they're bracing for more extreme flooding as the governor of louisiana says the worst may not be over, we have fox news team coverage, extreme weather center, steve harrigon. first with rick levanthol where all eyes failed on katrina but this time it's being tested. >> eric, it's been raining steady but no where near accumulations they were concerned, authorities were worried about levels of mississippi which were at flood stage before barry cam...