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See the freedom tower, the top of the empire state building. >> brooke, i'm not a pilot. the decision making, what is the threshold when it comes to weather to decide to take flight or not? we have a visibility at a mile and a quarter right now with a low cloud deck. that does pose a problem. we've got an east wind that's at nine miles per hour. but brooke, we're seeing gusts of 25. toss in the rainfall which generally has been light. we've had some airports all have delays right now for their passengers from an hour, hour and a half. and that's without just the volume. of course, this is just...

Area across long island. starting to see the colors of green. that's getting into a little bit of a heavier downpour. it's not dramatic. it's not monsoon rains but it is in blue light. but that all plays a role in the visibility and low cloud deck. obviously it's going to be something they're going to be watching. we have the hour, hour and a half delays at the airports around the region. >> tom, thank you so much. tom on the conditions of the new york weather as we cover this helicopter crash landing. shimon is back up with me. we see the flashing lights, nypd. talk to me about the response. ...

Sea lions are sitting this happy. as far as the rains, it is raining in the southeast and mid-atlantic. the gulf coast is the threat area today. we will have life threatening flash flooding in east texas or mississippi or louisiana. all of the thunderstorms off the coast will come back onshore throughout the day in louisiana. 8 million people at risk of flash flooding. montgomery and central greorgia under the flash flood watch. this map shows flash flooding risk. flash flooding kills more than severe weather. biloxi to galveston in the moderate risk. we have rain in the east and low ceilings ...

Sensors on them would be a very good use of that asset. the one thing that drones don't do well are fly low at low altitudes. so if they have a cloud deck, let's say the cloud deck is 500 feet, the p-3s are able to penetrate the cloud deck and then fly just under 500 feet and continue to search. and that might be a little riskier for the drones. we're not talking small drones. we're talking like predator drones that have long duration 22 hours of air time. >> good point. ken christiansen, thanks very much for helping us. >> you're welcome. the pressure and the anguish of waiting, we're going...

Fairly low and if there's some inclimate weather, if they can get under a cloud deck, under 500 feet, they can operate at 500 feet all day long looking for this wreckage. jon: but that would be a visual search. i was thinking that there would be -- i was thinking there would be some ship borne radar or something looking at the surface of the water. if this is semi submerged, it might not pick up to anything other than human eye. >> that's correct but it looks like some is on the surface and i believe that the aircraft has the ability to fly over and scan that. they're going to look at the t 3,...