swamping the gulf coast. the tropical storm was downgraded to a tropical depression late last night. lee is headed east northeast, it has 35-mile-per-hour sustained winds, but hurricane consultant david bernard said it s the threat of flash floods that s the real problem. it s going to merge with this cold front and move to the northeast, that means a tremendous flood threat in the appalachians and also potentially the mid-atlantic and northeast. that yellow area is two to five inches of rain, the orange area could mean as much as five to eight inches of rain, so i m real concerned about flooding in these areas. louisiana took the brunt of the flooding when lee came ashore. drew levenson has more. reporter: lee dropped more than a foot of rain along the gulf coast. low-lying communities are taking the brunt of the storm. lafitte, louisiana, is under several feet of water because of overflowing bayous. sandbags in some places are failing to hold back the floodwaters. a
good morning, everyone on this labor day, good to see you. i m terrell brown in for betty nguyen. this morning the big rainmaker named tropical storm lee is slowly making its way across the northern mississippi, after swamping the gulf coast. the tropical storm was downgraded to a tropical depression late last night. lee is headed east northeast, it has 35-mile-per-hour sustained winds, but hurricane consultant david bernard said it s the threat of flash floods that s the real problem. it s going to merge with this cold front and move to the northeast, that means a tremendous flood threat in the appalachians and also potentially the mid-atlantic and northeast. that yellow area is two to five inches of rain, the orange area could mean as much as five to eight inches of rain, so i m real concerned about flooding in these areas. louisiana took the brunt of the flooding when lee came ashore. drew levenson has more. reporter: lee dropped more than a foot of rain along the gu
hattie kauffman or why jerry lewis s absence at this mda telethon is no laughing matter for some comedians. and ten years after 9/11, a look inside the memorial opening next sunday at ground zero. captioning sponsored by cb this is the cbs evening news with russ mitchell. mitchell: and good evening. residents along the gulf coast tonight continue to battle tropical storm lee. the stubborn, low-moving storm dumped a foot of rain on new orleans and areas of alabama and mississippi as well as louisiana, are dealing with tornadoes, wind damage and massive flooding. we have the latest on lee, the aftermath and what is ahead. and we begin with bigad lf of mexico. the an-cuh la fam through knee high water in lafitte, louisiana. their 12-year-old son paddled ahead by boat. here tropical storm lee brought a surge of water, now surrounding nearly every home. seeping into many. been living here for 40 years, about. fifth or sixth time we ve dealt with it. reporter: in the near
lee has 35-mile-per-hour sustained winds, but hurricane consultant david bernard said it s the threat of flash floods that s the real problem. it s going to merge with this cold front and move to the northeast, that means a tremendous flood threat in the appalachians and also potentially the mid-atlantic and northeast. that why el low area is two to five inches of rain, the orange area could mean five areas of rain, so i m real concerned about flooding in these areas. drew levenson has more. reporter: lee dropped more than a foot of rain along the gulf coast. low-lying communities are taking the brunt of the storm. lafitte, louisiana, is under several feet of water because of overflowing bayous. a couple days ago this wasn t a named storm. i d hate to see if a hurricane really came up. reporter: parts of crown point are under nearly two feet of water. people are gathering their belongings and looking for dry land i don t know if i can survive another starting all
on the east coast all eyes are on katia which is now a hurricane, this as thousands of residents in the northeast face another day of high water and no power. a judge in aruba holds gary giordano 60 more days looking them to search for more evidence in the disappearance of his travel companion robyn gardner early this thursday, september 1st, 2011. captioning funded by cbs good morning. i m erica hill. i m jan kraucrawford. chris wragge is off today. thank you for being here. one of the towns cut off from hurricane irene, one of those tous had a few folks in town for a wedding over the weekend. everything went great for the big ceremony on saturday and then sunday is when disaster struck. the wedding party was stranded there and many of the guests, from europe, were stranded there. they didn t sit around and mope. they pitched in and now this great group of people who were there for the wedding, fantastic story. mark strassmann took a chopper in to get that story