Also looking around right now at mobile, alabama. The track of sally is hard to gauge. The other part that is making it very difficult, the forecast, its so slow moving at 2 miles an hour. That can do a lot of damage especially since sally is packing a lot of rain. Back to the flooding issue that is front and center as are we with the latest from Jonathan Hunt right now in biloxi, mississippi. Jonathan . Neil, its a very wet day on the beach here in biloxi, mississippi. As you look out at the famous light house pier behind me, Hurricane Sally is out there, but my word, shes taking her time. 2 miles an hour is what shes moving at. Thats about the speed im walking at right now. Neil, you might be interested to know a sea turtle moves, bun when she comes, shes bringing with her so much rain. Its raining pretty heavily now. Its going to keep doing this and get more and more heavy over the next 24 hours. And theyre talking about historic flooding when you combine that amount of rain with th
Mississippi. Hundreds of thousands in the dark as the storm hammers the gulf coast and people in lowlying areas now being urged to head for Higher Ground. We thought it was heading to new orleans and it made a right hand turn. Hurricane sally is not to be taken for granted. We are looking at record flooding, perhaps breaking historic levels. A lot of people who live in lowlying areas and weve been in some instances mandatory evacuated the lowlying areas. Dont take the storm for granted. You have time to make final preparations. Heed the directions of your local and state Emergency Managers and keep your family safe. Sandra ashley is live in mobile, alabama for us this morning. What kind of conditions are you seeing as the sun comes up there . As far as the conditions the wind is not half bad but these squalls come through and basically pushes you off to the side. The flooding, sandra, is what is so bad in these areas after this hurricane came through. Catastrophic, deadly, historic in
Former vp biden says the disasters are clear evidence that something needs to change and shared by the vast majority of scientists, President Trump says the jury, well, it is still out. Weve got reporters across the country covering the latest on the natural disasters as well as the politics surrounding them. Lets start with Morgan Chesky in mobile, alabama, where they are starting to feel the impact of Hurricane Sally morgan, the big worry there with this storm isnt the wind. Its the water whats the level of concern where you are . The level is significant. I can tell you that. It just takes a few feet of water here in mobile before lowlying areas will be flooded. Im just on the banks of the mobile river as the storm surge starts to rise by just a few feet, parts of downtown could see themselves be submerged thats a real concern because this is such a slowmoving storm. 2 miles an hour that it could drop 15 to 20 inches of rain right where were standing right now. Mandatory evacuations
It is primarily a rain event, however, because you have 105 Miles Per Hour winds in a hurricane thats lasting for so many hours theres going to be wind devastation too. Theres a restaurant with a roof gone and the blue canopy flapping. We saw scooters blowing down the parking lot and the power lines and debris are down in the roads. However, the bigger problem is the flooding. We have been told as of two hours ago, 18 inches of rain had fallen. Now 18 inches of rain equals 18 feet of snow that gives you an idea of how much rain were talking about. How unusual this is. Flash flooding is going to be a problem. The beach right now is too unsafe for us to be on. Its like whiteout conditions yesterday, the sand and the waves were blowing. This rain is expected to last the rest of the afternoon. The great concern now that the sun is up and its gotten brighter outside, people will go out to take a look. Thats always the concern. A lot of people have stayed in their homes because of the covid
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