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Some of the bulls eye we are talking 30 inches of rain. that's just dangerous. it's life-threatening and even far away from the coast you can get that with the terrain that could be really dangerous flash flooding. precautions what it is about being prepared. >> shepard: those who rode out hugo was a wind storm chopped off the top of pine trees. all you heard for a month is chain sauce. this you are seeming to suggest is more of a water storm. is that right? or does this pack a one-two? >> probably all of the above. you think about this forecast lingering. saturate the soils. what's that is go...

Technically blizzard warnings -- look at that. this was just updated on my map. parts of minnesota and into northwestern iowa, also, getting in on a blizzard warning this morning as the national weather service starts to update their latest advisories and warnings. by the way, winter storm warnings for denver. in order for a blizzard to occur you actually have to have snow falling from the sky, winds us is continued at 35 miles per hour reducing visibilities to under a quarter of a mile, and that has to happen for three continuous hours. so you can imagine just how difficult travel is going to...

Upgrade our power grid? >> absolutely we should, and it's a reminder other threats to our power grid like terrorism. yes, absolutely, we're hoping that the trump administration is taking this into account, that we're making the proper investments. that as we collect more taxes because of the growth in the economy, thanks to tax reform, that some of that money is being used to protect us. imagine what this could do to our economy and the lives that would be lost. i hope secretary perry and the president are thinking about this and this weather remind us about it. >> i'm sure the president is, b...

Roofs. you know, the other problem, of course, is the flooding not from that storm surge which is going to be the big legacy along that coastline once we're able to get out of this storm and see it, but the wind damage, the first part of the one-two punch that was dealt here. the wind damage has been catastrophic. it's just smashed everything in this area that we see and, oven, the flooding in -- of course, the flooding and the lakes rising, we have at least i would say a foot in the lake around us from rainfall. and having spent all that time just a week or so ago in houston in hurricane harv...

Will be under the eye very soon, and i know that it is a somewhat wobbly eye. they often become a little more disorganized once they get over the land. when you look around in your general vicinity there on fifth, steve, how does it look? >> reporter: it looks like a very powerful wind storm in this part of the city with a lot of debris on the roads, a lot of downed branches. i'm not seeing uprooted trees, i'm not seeing wanton, complete destruction of the kind we saw in katrina where entire buildings and vehicles were picked up and thrown. that might be because i'm in a very built-up part of ...