part of the city, around times square, around central park. it's all results, we're told, of a manhole fire. we're staying on top of this story but also need to check on tropical storm barry. barry roared ashore from the gulf of mexico into louisiana as a category 1 hurricane earlier today before weakening, but the worst may still be yet to come. forecasters are telling people along the entire gulf coast that flood waters are coming and rain could be dumping and those floodwaters could remain high. well into next week. let's get right to meteorologist chad myers in the cnn weather center. chad, what more can you tell us? >> this is a real head scratcher here, ana. this storm has stayed offshore, almost all day, even though the eye or the center is now onshore. the heaviest rainfall has remained off, except for one band that moved over new orleans about an hour ago, even some tornado warnings to the east of new orleans about an hour ago or