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But overall if you've decided to stay in a mandatory evacuation zone, we're not going to jeopardize our first responders to come out and get you if you have an emergency. it's a sad fact, but we've given plenty of warnings. >> mm-hmm. in any storm this size, ed, flooding obviously a big concern. and dorian is just really crawling along. is that storm surge what concerns you the most of everything, even more than wind and rain? >> you know, yes, it is because we have a very interesting community here. we're on the ocean, and then we have the intercoastal. but we also have a st. lucie river inle...

Really, we have the best river system probably in the world when it comes to levies. then we have the best hurricane system definitely in the country. so we are in good shape, confident in the integrity of the levy. a big concern is height. >> harris: and any change in winds. i know you're not expecting overtopping on those levies right now, but i can change, as he pointed out. is this goes on as a hurricane, that means the wind speeds with up. i'm curious about people who have chosen to stay behind. >> you know, what we are seeing in the modeling, there hasn't been an evacuation order for the...

Month of july in the gulf since 2008 and that was bonnie -- or dolly that moved into texas. tropical storm watch from the pearl river to the mouth of the mississippi. in peak is a hurricane watch from the mouth of the mississippi across all of the way over toward cameron, louisiana. there is uncertainty of where this will make landfall but there are a couple of things we know for sure. a precursor today, tremendous amounts of rainfall, two tornado watches, a flash flood emergency, with over 250 emergency calls today, as the system brushed through the area. the river system can't take any more ...

A big issue there in australia why now though why is this coming to the forefront now well i think because the straight ins are seeing the effects of climate change for example last year was the hottest year on record they've been fires and floods and droughts a drought that contributed scientists believe to the deaths of a 1000000 fish in this really critical agricultural river system there is a frustration among virtues too that. successive governments have sort of tried and failed to put in place lasting climate policy climate and energy policy is really contentious and just rather it's bee...

People are referring to as biblical. highways are now fast flowing streams and more flooding is in the forecast. we are in winslow. stephanie, show me what you're seeing. >> this is the first time the people of this small town a town of letsss than 200 people are getting to see what their homes look like. this is winslow, nebraska. you can see picnic tables that have been pushed out and if you look out there you see these homes. this is just a small pick cltur what's happening throughout the state. they are saying that every single river system within this state is experiencing some type of fl...