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This is unprecedented in the numbers. but also it appeared -- i'm not a meteorologist, but the storms went across the state, normally they would weaken. in this case it seems like they strengthened. by the time they got over to the alabama line they were the worst for mississippi. once they got into alabama they found even worse. and they got larger. bill: do you have a flooding issue you are about to deal with? how serious is that? >> it's very serious. the mississippi river is going to crest in may at an elevation of about 53 1/2 feet. and that's probably on a conservative side. but at that ...

Playing out on all these other bridges up and down this river for 550 miles. what we've been seeing, the reason why the water has been going up, is right here in front of me where all you can see at home. all the snow. we've had some temperatures warm up quite a bit. we've had a very rough winter and, of course, when you have a rough winter, that means you often have snow. the snow tends to melt when temperatures go up. they have been going up, snow melts, goes into the river, and that's why we've been having the flooding issue. the thing that make it is so different from the mississippi river...

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Tell me what's going on. >> we are. we have been battered by the wind all day. this area rhode island massachusetts has been getting slammed. a result has been a ton of people without power. trees have come down snapped lines the polls are down and utility workers are trying to get the lights back on. there are 2707 thousand people here in the state of rhode island. about half of the state. so it's a big struggle they are expecting it to take several days to get the lights back on. one of the things that stopped the progress was the wind. because of the wind they couldn't get utility workers u...

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