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Challenge of evacuation, the challenge of appropriate housing on top of them, the challenge of the storm itself, so very worrisome. we have not seen a disaster of this complexity in our time period. this is a tremendous number of moving parts. >> i know you've got a lot on your hands, we appreciate you taking the time this morning. dr. ed racht, chief medical officer. we appreciate your time. let's bring in bill karins, we were just talking about the heat in louisiana as we turn the page to september. pushing 100 degrees with heat indexes. what does it look like there as we think about those p...

How we live with rising water? >> yeah, these storms, hurricanes, when they make landfall are particularly damaging from a water standpoint because in addition to the surge that we have been talking a lot about today, you have additional amounts of rainfall that comes from the storm itself, and often times these impacts from the rain can last for days. as the storm continues to rain as it moves inland, often times water can rush in the rivers, and flood a few days after the storm. this is something that we need to continue to watch. >> before i let you go, what are you expecting for the rest o...

There is some leverage that are run by the parish. i'm not quite sure exactly what you made reference to. when we have hurricanes come to that area, it's not unusual to have some flooding or some levees that fail -- from what i can tell, so what the big thing -- from landfall up towards new orleans, that have problems and that have been. >> so talk to me about this stage of hurricane response, and here we are, in the middle of the night, so there is danger out there both in terms of the storm itself, but also the fact that you cannot see anything. tell me what needs to be done right now. >> th...

The night, so there is danger out there, both in terms of the storm itself, but also the fact that you cannot see anything. tell me what needs to be done right now. >> there is search and rescue -- i think the difference between now and katrina 16 years ago, we have a lot more communication. people are communicating more, which means we should be able to know where they are, to navigate and to get to them. but that being said, we still got the challenge of roads that are closed with downed trees, so this is gonna be a challenge to search and rescue missions because the area that we're looking ...

And an adult male was trapped inside the house. twenty-two barges got loose they are blown around the river. we know in one town one bridge they are or at least a barge hit a bridge and officials are warning people to stay away from the bridge because there is no way for them to check the structural integrity while the storm is so here. in terms of the storm itself , we certainly have seen a lot of wind damage but it is about due east of new orleans according to radar so that's why we have so much intensity of the storm upwards of 80 miles an hour in terms of what we have experience but the ke...