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Minutes ago we were being hit with pelting rain and with heavy winds. and then it dies down. and that is because this comes in waves. it comes in bands if you will. a band after band starting to come on shore. and that is also this huge storm pushing the waters up on to shore and that is what will cause the catastrophic damage and the flooding. but now that we're at a category 4 storm, derek van dam is in a place that is already seeing that storm surge, that is already flooding. and it isn't even near the eye of the storm. you are in tampa, derek, tell us what you are seeing. and we can certai...

Orleans. ali velshi, i will start with you. what is the latest in new orleans and what are you seeing? >> power is completely hot in new orleans and in a lot of louisiana. the vast majority of them was because of a transmission, a transmission failure. that happened a four hours after dark. one of the things we could tell about it is while new orleans missed the brunt of the storm we still got a lot of it. the winds were very, very high. 150 miles per hour. not here, we're getting gusts of 100 miles per hour or more in new orleans along with that pelting rain for hours and hours and hours. thi...

The winds, they've been around 30 toee 40 miles per hour but t biggest difference is definitely the rainfall. if you can see out there, as i turn my tback, you can see the pelting rain across this area, but the seas, they are starting to pick up. we'll continue to watch that storm surge as high tide cycle is expected to come in. kendis. >> janessa, we'll continue to watch t. be safe out there. bill karins, thank you. let's bring in ken grant. what are you going to be looking for over the next few hours? >> yeah, we're getting that rainfall already producing some flooding in some areas. i've se...

The bahamas have years to regroup. we'll be all good in a couple of days. >> reporter: i have to ask you with so many hurricanes like this impacting business for days at a time, do you ever have second thoughts about staying here and operating your business? >> no, it's a great place. charleston is a great place. 99% of the time it's beautiful and sunny and everything is perfect. >> reporter: brett, thanks very much for joining us. good luck to you. i hope you can get that business back up this weekend. he says he's going to be back open this weekend, we're hoping he can. just about every othe...