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Primarily the wind picking up and blowing us around, curfew has been lifted about 25 minutes ago. now the tropical storm-force winds are making their presence known. we're supposed to expect about 16 to 20 hours of this. and again, the rainfall is what we are bracing ourselves for. this city, morgan city, st. mary's parish, really hoping for these kind of breaks in the rain. they're not as concerned about the wind. but that rain, they really hope that it comes in waves with breaks like this in between. erica? >> reporter: all right, thank you. natasha makes a great point about rainverts us win...

Refer to as mezzo votertices. it was common, common among disorganized storms like this one. but as we were flying around, those mezzo vortices created their mini environments where the wind whips up. and then as we continued flying, we climbed to 10,000 feet, and were able to see the larger level picture. yeah, it's definitely a storm that is just now starting to make its way on shore. and louisiana's starting to feel the impacts really. >> reporter: in terms of looking at it from above, if we look at it, maybe the satellite pictures, it's clear that there's a lot happening on the south side ...

It aep's giving people i think e a false impression that things aren't going as forecast. we knew it would be a slow-moving system, and it is doing exactly as billed. and that will be a difficult thing as we move through the day. as the rainfall comes on shore, people will start to see the full effects of barry. >> this is oftentimes when we cover storms, we talk so much about the wind. we talk about the power of these winds. i don't want to downplay the fact that there are powerful winds that will be coming on shore, as well. there is the primary concern is the water here. it is the rain, it'...