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Turn towards the coast there. so that s the latest with the run there. we re going to go out and take it out live. we do have is it we re going to will nunley. okay, thank you. okay, so we re going to take it out to fort myers are well, nunley braving the elements throughout the day? well, i am in awe of all of our correspondents. you started out the day with whipping rain, torrential rain and now a calmer scene in terms of what mother nature has been throwing at you. now, compared to what we ve been through for hours today, we still have a little bit of rain element. you can detect that between us right now and some wind as well. but this is the most calm we ve experienced in 12 hours so far as our conditions. meanwhile, we re using the fox weatherby s to light up this scene because the power is out . as you can imagine all around us , the only thing we re seeing the night when we look out on the highways here are the flashing lights of ambulances and fire trucks ....
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Case, one thing to tell from the live shot is, just sheets and sheets of water, and we have been watching this come down for hours, the new orleans is a bowl. as they developed there they drained a lot of wetlands they settled, the earth settled there, if you will, bringing city below sea level, and the levee system protects it the levee system has been fortified since katrina. the authorities here expresses confidence in the levee system that is now being tested to a great extent. but that levee system is getting tested but you still have rain from the top, they have a pump system to get the water out. the problem is that pump system can handle less than an inch of rain per hour, this rain was estimated to be 3 inches per hour. i can tell you, there is a lot of water coming down. it stands to reason you will have significant flooding here in the city of new orleans. some things that have changed while we have been ....
it was dry, i was wondering now, tobin talked about the fact that pump system in new orleans it can eradicate an inch of water per hour, the rain is coming down faster. you walk around robert, are you seeing localized flooding? what are you seeing water-wise. reporter: 45 minutes ago when we left mississippi river to come here, probably almost a mile we drove back in, i started to see, main drag in downtown was water coming up about 4 inches, here in the quarter, depends on where you are, right now you see puddling and pooling on the side, and debris in the background. stuff ripped apartment the 4 points sheraton has flagpoles that are falling, ....
For weeks. to our meteorologist adam klotz in fox weather center. reporter: well, the thing this continues to change it is such a powerful windstorm we re focusing more and more on the rain. grand isle it was close to 1 50s miles per hour, we had high wind totals enough to do wide spread damage. as it lifts closer inland and further inland, new orleans with 83 mile hour gusts, they are peak gusts, recent gusts in 40 to 50 miles per hour. still enough to do damage. as we continue overnight it appears we re more and more of a rain maker. still very heavy bands of rain in portions of eastern louisiana, stretching far east toward florida panhandle, there is a wide area talk about potential for flooding, eastern ....