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Some areas in extreme drought. many spots going to be dealing with flooding going forward this week. >> all right, jim dickey live from the accu-weather center. thank you for that. i did an interview earlier tonight with a man who handles emergency management in the city of new orleans. the pumping system is far better than seven years ago on this day when katrina hit, spent billions to upgrade it. so we are talking 15, 20 inches of rain or even more that will test the limits of what we can do. some flooding in the area. >> corps of engineers designed that $14.4 billion. let's hope the pumps d...

In new orleans, some spots not going to see this rain end for 24-plus hours going forward. we are going to watch this storm track its way farther northward. slowly. good news, could bring rain to some areas in extreme drought. many spots going to be dealing with flooding going forward this week. >> all right, jim dickey live from the accu-weather center. thank you for that. i did an interview earlier tonight with a man who handles emergency management in the city of new orleans. the pumping system is far better than seven years ago on this day when katrina hit, spent billions to upgrade it. so...

i'm t.j. holmes. take a look, we got a new advisory and some new information to tell you about. tropical storm lee. in the gulf of mexico. yes, indeed, it is getting stronger. we'll have the very latest from our meteorologist alexandria steele standing by. keeping an eye on politics as well. a major tea party rally in just a few hours and the headliner is not in the presidential race. at least not yet. sarah palin. what will she say? will she say she's getting in? we'll take you there live. also, another apology from another comedian for something he said on stage that people are c...

Outlet's for the troubled reactors, only increasing fears for what that may do to the fishery. radio active water inside unit number three had been leaking from the reactor itself or the pumping system. the fact discovered after workers stepped into that contaminated pool this week, exposing their skin to 10,000 times the normal level. the owners of the plant apologized said they knew radiation near unit one had spiked but did not disclose that until after the workers had already been exposed. >> i will worry until the reactors are completely sealed with concrete. i would like to evacuate from...

In the sea waters near the plant? that has to be cause for concern. >> it is, alex. it's still below levels they say are harmful, but it's the second time the radiation levels have spiked and this time it's more than 1,000 times what it should be. that's going to spark monitoring systems along the coastline far more than the systems that are already in place. the higher than normal concentration of iodine in sea water is the latest worry for those struggling to get the nuclear plant stabilized. the levels are more than 1,000 times near the legal limit. only increasing fears of what that may do...