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More than a foot of snow. that system is now heading east. let's get straight to senior meteorologist rob marciano. tell us what we can expect. >> well, linsey, this is another strong system, but different from the others. it's going to kind of stall, maybe break apart a little bit and send bits and pieces across the eastern two-thirds of the country, and that's going to lead to some problems. here it is on the map, low pressure moving into northern california. heavier rain and mountain snow you mentioned, avalanche warnings and watches in parts of colorado, but you see the rain already starti...

To show you the weather maps. you can see the areas shaded in red. those are the areas that have received more than six inches of rain and the areas in northeast louisiana and central milsz mi mississippi is where the greatest threat is. it's been stuck in the south since the weekend. we have flash flood warnings in effect for areas in eastern louisiana and central mississippi. the rain goes over the same spots over and over for hours on end and that's where we could see potentially two to three inches per hour in some of the heaviest rainfall areas. so the area shaded in red, that's where we ...

Be very high to lead to additional flooding. portions of rockford, areas of northwestern illinois and eastern iowa, that is where the most significant rains have come down, north of 6 inches in those spots. a little farther toward the south still seeing thunderstorms around st. louis, points to the southwest under flood alerts and eastern areas of kentucky. and again with the amount of rainfall observed here the last two weeks, it won't take much to lead to additional flooding. so looking at the risk and zones of tuesday into wednesday, generally going to be in the marginal to slight risk in t...

That is bad news for the east coast of the united states. of course, the less interaction with land, the less interaction with mountains allows the storm to maintain and strengthen beyond what is currently forecast. you notice the hurricane hunters, reconnaissance aircraft, ten-second sustained winds already up to 70 miles per hour at one point within the last couple of hours. this is already getting close to hurricane force on approach toward puerto rico. and again, has the potential here to skirt the eastern coast of puerto rico. certainly going to impact portions of the virgin islands. with...

Threat of flooding and even the possibility the mississippi river could crest over the levees for the first time in modern history. joining me now is mark sclesteen who has been watching and covering the storm closely. mark, what are the three -- what are the major concerns for the army corps and the folks in new orleans who are at moderate risk? >> well, the biggest one really is the rainfall potential. this has the potential of being a huge rainmaker, and that's a real problem for new orleans on a regular day, much less while you've got hurricane-force winds or even tropical storm-force wind...