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St. john's parish, is really a concern right now. as we are dealing with a five inch per hour rains. that is dramatic and it will be a monumental flooding across this area. just checking lake pontchartrain new orleans finally getting a little bit of a break, but we are seeing that lake rise about four feet just in the last ten hours, that is going to allow the storm surge to really be a problem. wind gusts, they are not really an issue across southwest louisiana. and even baton rouge getting lucky at this hour, the bulk of the east quadrant of this storm system, sitting in new orleans, winds h...

Warning residents shelter in place, power is out throughout the city, and the flash flood warning is still in effect in new orleans until 1 am eastern time. nearly, 1 million people in new orleans area are without power tonight, and the city's electricity supplier says their facilities have sustained catastrophic damage. power will remain off line through the rest of the evening, you're not gonna get power until the morning. many have to wait for for many days. joining us now from new orleans, john stat, an editor of the gambit newspaper. john, thank you so much for being there. first, tell us...