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Still a big system, no longer a hurricane but there is your center of low pressure there, what once was irma continuing to spend, looking through portions of georgia. it's really become a rainmaker as it will doubtless direction. everything you're saying here, the darker colors, that was getting up to 8-10, in some cases 12 inches of total precipitation. you add that on the east side and that's where we've seen a little bit more of this high water. the storm surge and the flooding from the rain has moved in. the east coast of florida are running up the east coast to georgia, carolina. all area...

Updates from the weather center every half-hour. back to you, isa. thank you very much, doesn't matter which way you slice it, east or west coast, it's a huge, huge hurricane and we need to treat it with respect, karen. let's get more derek van dam is at miami beach. derek, as we just hearing, you have so many elements to think about not only the storm surge but also the power of these wind winds. >> all right, i think we have lost isa there for the moment. we'll get her back. derek, can you hear me? finish that thought. what do you make of what isa was saying? >> reporter: -- >> derek, can ...

This is what it's like in downtown new orleans right now. these are the hurricane-force wind winds. >> as you try to turn north. >> just before the storm comes ashore, a fleeting bit of good news. katrina loses strength and drops to a category 4 hurricane. but sustained winds are still howling at 145 miles per hour. essentially the same destructive fury as a tornado but on a much wider scale. >> the winds are just incredible here in new orleans. we can see the roof of the superdome has been shredded. >> the storm is unpredictable. last-minute jog shifts the eye to the east. new orleans appears...