probably like everybody else, thought it was just a tropical storm. and the last i heard, it was supposed to be about-2 inches, which we would never get water with 2 inches. but obviously, that was incorrect. now, the good news about flash flooding is, as quickly as it comes in, it does tend to go back out. for now, it does appear the the rain has stopped and this area will probably start to dry out in the next several hours. but that storm is not done, yet. it is going to move inland. it is moving inland across mississippi, alabama, and into georgia. and then, eventually, the carolinas. so still, a lot more rainfall to occur. and the bigger threat, now,set tornados. with a lot of these tropical systems, the threat of tornadic activity is very real. and those happen very quickly with very little warning. so, that is definitely a cautionary note to the people in those states, inland, that are going to be facing claudette, next. guys. and i know one of the concerns with these types o
grids there. it could even fuel the spread of wildfires if there is an outage. power operators are asking homeowners to conserve as much energy as possible to avoid any massive failure. and the west coast isn t the only part of the country having a rough time with mother nature right now. tropical storm claudette has officially formed bringing heavy rain to parts of the gulf coast. take a look at this video from new orleans. the storm is expected to pound the southeast throughout the weekend. about 7 million people are under tropical-storm warnings. you see the path right there, how it s expected to progress throughout the weekend. some 14 million are under flash-flood watches, from louisiana to georgia. nbc news correspondent, catie beck, is in new orleans for us this morning. good morning to you. that warning from the national weather service just coming within the last couple of hours. calling this a possible life-threatening flash-flooding storm. yeah, good morning. well, the