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Likely result in huge rainfall totals, according to the national hurricane center, the storm could produce 15 to 20 inches of rain, even 25 inches in isolated areas. now you may recall a similar situation in the houston area with hurricane harvey nearly two years ago when that very slow-moving storm dumped more than 60 inches of rain in some areas. the other factor plaguing new orleans, of course, is the geography. the city is essentially a bowl, and with the mississippi river on one side and lake pontchartrain on the other. and the combination of an already swollen mississippi following the w...

The track for this night ahead. hey, rob. >> reporter: hi, david. a dynamic situation unfolding in houston. already two reported tornadoes in that area. so, let's get right to it. a couple of lines of severe weather. one rolling across i-10. another one getting into the little rock area, where they just posted an additional tornado watch, that's up until midnight. the one in east texas, that's until 10:00. then we've got flood watches up north of paducah, in through western new york. so, the northern part of this system has a fair amount of rain. tomorrow, the strongest storms roll along i-10 ...

That then to chase it. the videos and pictures don't do it justice. reporting and change dangerous conditions help the public see what it's like, would you see that crazy hurricane video, you will think twice when you need to evacuate. it is not just public service. we do enjoy it. i like getting out there. there is definitely a good side to getting that video out and showing people what it's like. >> shannon: jay, you've written historically about florida and the carolinas with a number of fake hurricanes, people refer to hazel from 1954. i want to read something from a bloomberg article, say...

We do expect it to strengthen over the next several days. right now 105 miles an hour winds. we expect it cto be a category storm later this afternoon. by wednesday a category 4 storm. you can see it kind of stays on that trajectory, doesn't weaken at all, actually strengthens, has low wind shear. it's in very warm waters. that's going to help to strengthen it. we have steering mechanisms, an area of high pressure that will help to steer it to the southeast coast. what's going to happen that's going to make matters worse, we have that high in place that's going to block it from moving. it's go...

Pumping on up. we're going to see round after round of thunderstorm. yeah, perhaps you get a break from time to time, but it's never going to be enough to totally wrap it up. so more rain is going to be on the way. a lot of cases we've seen as much as 25 inches of rain so far. well, guess what? maybe another 25 inches. here's a look at our forecasted rainfall potential, and this is additionally. not what we've seen but still yet to come. we're looking, again, spots getting to 20 to 25 inches which is running closer to 50 inches of total precipitation. it's hard to imagine because what we've se...