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Troops, i attended a briefing where we had urban search and rescue team, some coming from buffalo to work with us, really gives a sense of how people come together when have you a crisis like this and a storm like this. benjamin: communities come together. it's really important. what is your biggest concern right now? >> well, this storm isn't over yet. we are cautiously optimistic that we avoided the worst predicted impacts but this storms is in some ways breaking apart and we're going to continue to see heavy bands of rain, torrential rain at times. we've gotten reports of localized flooding...

Starting to transition from a hurricane, tropical system, a warm center storm to a traditional storm you get across parts of the northeast, that means we're seeing the energy field expand out. we'll see the wind expand out. that's why we'll see a lot of place there's the 40 plus mile an hour wind range. we've got tropical storm warnings in effect the entire state of connecticut, parts of massachusetts, still in effect across parts of long island because it makes a slow trajectory off to the northwest but also that energy spreads out. that spreading out of energy is also bringing a lot of rain ...

Inland flooding, especially once you get to the higher elevations around the berkshires and catskills. take a look at this, anywhere you see green we have flood warnings going on. where you see the red areas, those are flash fluting that's ongoing right now across parts of connecticut and jersey and across parts of the hudson valley towards new york city as well. so flooding threat will continue. this storm isn't out of here until about tuesday, early morning. so a long road ahead for this. >> fox weather chief meteorologist rick reichmuth, thanks, rick. >> staying with the storm's impact on l...

Bahamas, thank you for taking time to speak to us. >> you're very welcome, jo. good luck to our residents in florida, too. >> joining us on the forecast, nbc's al roker. hearing from the general directorer there in the bahamas. we know is that the stalling storm has had a real impact on people. but what's in store for people? >> i da d is from the bahamas. i have bahamian descent. my heart goes out to them. as far as this system is concerned you know it's a head-scratcher in a sense, jo. because right now, we don't have really anything steering it so we've seen a little change in the direction...

Things blown apart hurricane andrew scenario extreme winds. i would be most concerned with the stall. just water. just too much water. when the storm is here, it's throwing walter and rainfall inland and then we have the storm surge on top of that. all the rain falling in the rivers, falls in north carolina and then it flows to the coast. so at the same time we have the water pushing it in and they're wangs out and that water levels -- even inland areas, like the nuse river here new newburn area, there's so many implications for a stalling storm. it's all water issues too much of it. >> prayin...