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This storm will rain some people's plans out over labor day. this is the heart of the drought zone. we'll get beneficial rains. first we have to get it out of louisiana. >> yeah. maybe a little silver lining but a lot of water left behind in louisiana. let's go on the ground now. mike seidel is in baton rouge, louisiana. mike, what does it look like where you are? >> reporter: well, we've pretty much ended the heavy rain here. we've got a very fine mist coming down. the winds have shifted around to the southwest indicating the center, willie, has moved to the north and west. it's only moving...

It's not a 3, it's not a katrina or an andrew or storm like that, but for a category 1, it's packing quite the punch. especially in areas right around new orleans. and the storm itself, you can see near new orleans. the worst of it up here, new orleans to the east. and we're seeing this next high tide cycle with flooding. for everyone else out there, we also want to prepare you for your morning and get you out the door this morning. going to be a warm, sunny, beautiful day in many areas of the northeast and mid-atlantic. no problems. yesterday we had that horrendous flooding in charleston, sou...

As expected yesterday afternoon. norms was hit hard, long island and up through rhode island once again. thankfully most of it is gone. the exception is our friends to the north. coastal areas of maine are still dealing with the storm system. along with areas from portsmouth, new hampshire back towards manchester. a shield of light rain so a gloomy look to your thursday morning. lewiston looks like a thunderstorm near you and some showers heading up to the beautiful coastal areas of central maine. boston, if you get any showers, it will be the next hour and then you'll clear out during the day...

The drought is. one spot with exceptional drought conditions in georgia, but the worst has been throughout middle of the country. the red colors are exceptional. the dark red is the extreme. it has been from indiana and it was bad through iowa and nebraska and lately spreading southwards. arkansas was one of the worst hit states. we haven't seen much in the way of rainfall through august through this area. we have gotten relief through ohio and indian a. as far as what you need to know, here are the faxes and figures. this is going on record. the widest coverage since 1956. this is easily cons...

Table. jose, understand that with the struggle they're dealing with here, it's going to cost more to buy that milk in the near future. >> jay, thanks very much. really, really difficult critical situation across much of the country. and coming up on "the cycle," our coverage of the drought of 2012 continues. janet chamblyian explains how you're going to suffer from the drought even if you're not living in the drought zone. the fbi is investigating the shooting behind a christian lobby group. a man shot a security guard in the arm at the headquarters of the family research council, the shoo...