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Make landfall in the morning, hey, it's not too bad but the worst is yet to come and here is what she had to say about what residents could expect. >> i don't want people to be -- be off guard, you know, i want people to continue to be vigilant, watchful, be prepared. weather is unpredictable. >> the mayor also saying that they're not going to be issuing a curfew here tonight in baton ro, ge, this was never supposed to be event and might not look like the river is super high right here, this is one of the talle levies in baton rogue, you go to further communities and those are the ones at risk...

Arthel: it's my understanding baton rouge airport is closed. but are most of businesses open? >> to my knowledge, flights are not coming into the baton rouge airport at this time, but the airport is not closed. the airport is open this week. the flights have been canceled. arthel: the airport is open, flights have been canceled. the same in new orleans as well. i know you have so many things on your plate, what would you say is consuming most of of your time? >> i have found it necessary to make sure our citizens understand that even in the midst of a challenge like this, a major weather event...

♪ flights, hotels, cars, activities, vacation rentals. expedia. everything you need to go. >> four hours we've been reporting on tropical storm barry which is hitting your wonderful hometown of new orleans. >> thank you. it is a great city i'm concerned about the rain that's going to happen overnight for sure. but hoping and praying for the

My message has been we don't want people to be paralyzed by fear but we want them to be prayeprayerfully prepared. arthel: we appreciate your time, good luck to you and the residents of baton rouge. we are with you. eric: we'll have an update on barry's path live from the fox weather center next. my experience with usaa has been excellent. they really appreciate the military family and it really shows. with all that usaa offers why go with anybody else? we know their rates are good, we know that they're always going to take care of us. it was an instant savings and i should have changed a long...

The storm was downgrade from a hurricane when it made landfall earlier this afternoon. downgrade to a tropical storm. the heavy rain combined a slow-moving storm, that could cause what is predicted to be dangerous flooding the next few days. the mayor of baton rouge told me people are taking it in stride. >> you can probably hear some of the strong wind gusts moving through. that's been happening all afternoon as we get closer to the evening. every once in a while we'll get a break. we'll have strong gusts and the rain will start dropping in. this is the outer band. this is one of the levees t...