of rain a year. already 65 inches. so this is going to really add to some of the record totals. we also just found out a short time ago, jim, two sewage pumping stations east and west banks of new orleans have been affected by power outages. so that could lead to some sewage backups. that s another problem they ll have to be dealing with in the coming hours. but they are going to address those sewage backups with a generator at the pumping stations. i m going to swing down here. you can see again just the violent nature of this wind and rain as this has really picked up in the last hour or so. it s going to get worse in the next few hours. both the governor and the mayor have said people, do not go out in this stuff. if you call 911 right now, we don t think we ll be able to get to you for the next several hours. you have to hunker down right now. of course, people trying to evacuate. but the mayor did say before this, they couldn t order a
falling, again 20 inches possible in some spots. here are your warnings. warnings all the way from lake charles to the border with mississippi. where you see that red color, new orleans, baton rouge, morgan city, that s where we see hurricane warnings. so you want to evacuate if you have been told to evacuate. tomorrow s your day to prepare, because sunday is going to be tonight. torrential flooding and rains starting on sunday. let s talk about tuesday into wednesday, awful amounts of rain. it s like a bowl effect, hard to get water out. that s why we have those pumping stations and we are going to put them to the test this weekend. by monday also seeing a sunday and monday, those winds as well. when hurricanes get closer to land, or at least this one, we will see the winds stretch out. these could span 250 miles. wet that will do is bring strong winds onshore, maybe bring some power outages, but also pushing water on land.
it is still really strong storm. and there is water of course, torrential downpour, of course, sunday. we could see 20 inches of rain. we will see the pumping stations and levees tested. so these are your tropical alerts. all the way from lake charles to the mississippi alabama border. but where you see that red, and that includes baton rouge and morgan city, if you have not heeded those warnings you want to do so tonight, tomorrow, tomorrow afternoon. because sunday will be too late. these are the rainfall impacts. this is just a dire situation when you see these numbers, generally 8 to 15 inches but we could see up to 20 inches, about 15 feet. meteorologist michelle grossman. thank you very much for that update. joining us now is dr. mark kline, physician in chief in
early sunday morning. now, look what happens. we re mentioning new orleans. the coast of louisiana. we are expecting a landfall now of a category 4 storm with 140-mile-per-hour winds. it s not out of the realm of possibility to see this blossom that we category 5 storm. we ll see in the advisory that s coming out in 40 minutes. we ll watch over the next 36 hours. when you think of hurricanes, you think of water, of course. torrential downfall will fall on sunday, we ll see 20 inches of rain. we ll see the levies tested, pumping stations tested as well, 24 purposeful stations. we re looking at tropical alerts spanning from lake charles to the mississippi/alabama border. where you see that red, and that includes new orleans and baton rouge and morgan city, we re under hurricane warning. if you have not heeded those warnings, you want to do so tonight, tomorrow, tomorrow afternoon. sunday will be too late.
tuesday into wednesday. but just awful amounts of rain. we could see flooding in new orleans, it s like a bowl effect there. that s why we have the pumping stations, and they ll be put to the test this weekend. sunday and monday, winds as well. when hurricane gets close to land, we ll see them really stretch out. these could span 250 miles. that will bring strong winds onshore, maybe power outages, and also pushing water on land. storm surge is a wall of water, the ocean water, the saltwater pushing on to dry land. it s life-threatening. 10 to 15 inches in the pink, 4 to 7 in the red. it happens fast. that s why you want to evacuate and be inland, away from the coast, if we see that storm surge. also power outages, the maroon color, morgan city, new orleans, where we could see widespread power outages sunday and monday.