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Five hours removed from landfall, still maintaining category 4 strength. now, notice the rainfall amouamounts e the estimated. the flash flooding threat is going to be significant. new orleans in particular has seen the second wettest year on record with over 62 inches of rainfall in the first eight months of 2021. this is before ida moved ashore. so the flash flooding threshold is a lot less. so this is going to be a very difficult night in this area. >> terrifying for those people. many thanks bringing us up to date on the situation. the danger of flash flooding is keeping people awake acros...