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Up. even 20 miles an hour. they are gusting to 84 miles an hour in this wind tunnel. >> easy, and it's a stinging rain. >> yeah, i want to thank mother nature for this free daeerma abrasion here. >> that's the "today" show's al roker and jim cantore. this storm's damage is far from over. it's forced a massive national rescue to take place. a national guard rescue in plaquemines parish. this is a live look in st. bernard of another rescue that's taking place there. just look at the water that's amassed there on the street level. damage is visible all over and around the gulf. nearly 500,000 c...