Emergency preparedness officials are warning there are possible tornadoes as this storm passes. Mississippis governor has joined louisianas in declaring a state of emergency already. We have cnn meteorologist Allison Chinchar with us now who has just gotten an update. What are you learning this hour, allison . Right, the latest update still shows what weve been seeing the last 24 to 48 hours, that the storm is still continuing to intensify. Albeit slowly, but that in and of itself presents a concern because the slower this system moves, the more time it has to dump a tremendous amount of rain. Heres the latest statistics winds still about 65 Miles Per Hour. Keep in mind thats less than ten Miles Per Hour off from being a categoryone hurricane. Were close, were just not quite there. Forward movement is west northwest at about five Miles Per Hour. We need it to start taking that direct northward turn before we can really pinpoints the exact landfall point. We still expect it to be this m
A cat have been safely evacuated by the coast guard from rising flood waters in louisiana. We had some people on island road to the east of us that ignored that warning, decided to stay in their residence, then during the Early Morning hours this morning had to call for help, started taking on a lot of water. Their houses were flooded. Im not exactly sure how much water was inside the house but multiple feet of water inside their residence. They couldnt get to safety. They reached out to us for assistance. Unfortunately by that time, the water levels and the weather condition at that time, we didnt personally have the equipment to go and rescue them. We had to make a phone call to the coast guard. We have got reporters all across the area. I want to start in the Gulf Coast Region with cnn anchor and National Correspondent erica hill live in lafayette, louisiana. What are you feeling there now . Reporter theres almost a little bit of a lull at this moment. We have seen the rain come and
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