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We have about 122 people in the four shelters that were open. and we put out the information that your in an area where it normally floods, or you feel the potential and feel unsafe in the structure. by all means go to the one of the shelters. and like i said we have had about 122 that did so. >> steef, what are you seeing when you look outside? >> well, it's there's a little bit of rain here. emergency operations center. but it's not anything real severe at this point. >> you didn't have any problems with tornados? there are a bch of reported water spouts. any damage in the area? >> we had re...

Lookout for the vet kalty of my map and the dots that are right behind us. wee seeing more of that moving north. >> the winds were parallel to the coast when we started. and now all the arrows are from south to the north. the water can pile up in the coast. as long as we keep the fetch from south to north the water can't escape. that's where you -- that's where you get the greatest concern. >> mobile, alabama because of the water coming downstream. and we see at least from your map here, these white dots pushing up. do they get smashed in the middle causing more storm surge? water is coming fr...

This the second land fall the firs land fall in a broadly unpopulated area at the mouth of the mississippi river. now we're seeing the second kp final land fall. we hope as bill karens likes to say. of the this hurricane season. it's bp a tough season for this part of the country. gulf as well as the united states. and territories. a loive peckture from biloxi, mississippi. 12:42 a.m. believered to be the location. according to to in the eye. >> there in the center of the storm. you don't see the trees blowing around much whatsoever. >> single digit winds at the mol moment. and the power is on...

Geography there of alabama. that well. talk about the amount of trees that the storm has to cross over. we could be talking about power outages near birmingham, montgomery tomorrow. >> you have a lot more of the forest areas. as you move on throughout the state. mobile is much more tropical. birmingham is a densely populated city. a there's a will the to be concerned about as far as the geography there. and the trees. also mobile is has a lot of forest as well. i'm standing over looking on the seventh floor. looking over the government street area. which has a lot of older trees. that with the...

Let's go to bill karens. we news about nate. >> exactly 12:30 central time. hurricane nate made land fall over biloxi. mississippi. wi winds estimated maximum 85 miles per hour. it moved inland. it will begin to quickly weaken. so we would expect this become lower down to possibly the tropical storm by 5:00 a.m. east coast time. only a couple hours from now. >> what does ha mean for the rest of the coast. mobile, we have pen sa cola? >> it means woer on schedule. wind were not as bad as feared in the biloxi area. 70 miles per hour gusts as far as we have heard. there is not widespread power ou...