areas knows their county, they know what they need, how long it takes to get supplies in and if they need to evacuate how long to take out those or to order these at-risk population to get out of there. and especially their roadways and so you don t bottleneck traffic as people are trying to leave the area. but at the same time you don t want to order an evacuation if there are high winds. you don t want people out there on the roads and bridges. so, again, we have to look to our local emergency responders for the best advice. it doesn t matter what president trump was telling you. look towards the real experts for the advice. all right. president trump is also keeping a close eye on this storm from camp david. marsha ka troen, thank you very much. thank you. 2020 path to victory. why four states could determine victory in the battle for the white house. ir, you get more than free shipping.
harvest is the earliest on record and it is on track to be at least 15% smaller than last year. that drought also choking barge traffic along the mississippi river due to lower water levels that can affect all of us. elizabeth in atlanta with the latest. reporter: this all started in the winter when we saw little rainfall and snowfall in the northern states. now we are seeing extreme drought conditions translated to a shrinking mississippi river. what does that mean? bottleneck traffic, closed sections of the river and much less cargo transported to our marketplace. last week nearly 100 toe boats were backed up along an 11 mile stretch stretch near greensville, mississippi traffic is now moving intermittently. the mississippi river is the primary highway for barge traffic it takes up and down the united states from grain, corn, soybeans and scrap metal
virginia beach. city officials declaring local emergency. elizabeth pram is live in santa barbara. are the people leaving? it s hits or miss. people look outside and see this beautiful beach behind me and they decide to stay one more day. but what state officials are concerned about is they will wait too long and once the storm rolls in it will create bottleneck traffic. hotel owners are telling us they are biting the business and telling residents they have to be out by tomorrow. those who stayed in 2003 said they will be leaving this time. of course, widespread outages. megyn: what is the projected damage? can they assess that before the storm hits? reporter: locally it could be well over millions and across the east coast billions of dollars in damage. one particular area, 15 minutes