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Number for sure and that is the last thing that folks here in baton rouge, an a waa, want to and they are concerned about the flooding and we have to wipe our lens to see what's going on here. and there have been some small, little baby white caps up there and it's gotten rougher and the trees are still blowing pretty good. the gusts here are pretty strong. they come and they go, probably about 65 miles an hour as chad was saying, but it's definitely rockin rocking this river here for sure and from what i understand is the worst will hit baton rouge as it gets into midnight and 1:00 a.m. and a...

6:00 local time they'll try to restore power depending on weather conditions and that all depends on how things go and some people may see power restored sooner than others. i also want to update the level of the river here has risen even higher. this is the highest we've been here all day and i think i pointed out this trash can to you before and it is almost all the way submerged under there and we have definitely seen water levels rise and the rain is not helping matters. the city is hoping that the pumps they brought in will work in this situation and of course, there were voluntary evacua...

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The shelters are filling up. there are two shelters and they're pet friendly and that's good news that folks won't stay at home to keep an eye on their pets and they'll stay safe and get to shelters when they need it. ana. >> we know the rain is climbing there and we see them wiping the lens and the storm in 2016 that cost billions in damages and taken sif rally lives. given that is in the background of this i wonder what they've done in baton rouge to try to prevent a similar scenario and prevent the vulnerability that existed at that time from happening again. >> they're really doing the bes...

Mayor of morgan city, the power there completely out, and we also just heard that the water is beginning to lap across highway 23 that is down by the coast and they are trying to evacuate that parish, but that's going to be problematic if that road 23 is covered in water. there are now, i believe, partial evacuations in four parishes down towards the coast. here in youngsville, we are low lying and we are flood-prone and we have been getting bands of wind and rain coming through the past couple of hours and they are forecast to continue until maybe sundown on sunday. so the question is just ho...