near new orleans. the lower lying areas, where you are, some 80 miles southeast of new orleans are still very very tender area. can we pop up the radar quickly, so people get a big sense of where the storm is at this hour? it made landfall as we mentioned just about two hours ago, it is over the town. the town of baton rouge could get up to 18 inches of rain by the time all of this is over, luckily, lieutenant generous sell honorae is there, but he knows the logistics. good to be with you. we spoke about possibly new
water is flowing, and continuing to push into lake pontchartrain. you have many streams and bayous that come into the lake pontchartrain. when you do that, when the rainwater comes, there s no place for the flooding to go. we did not see this during katrina because of the surge. that s alarming, a lot of people will be taking note of the high tide. our thanks to lieutenant generous sell honorae. the damning new information in a sex abuse case. how much he paid to keep potential witnesses quiet. our coverage continues on the back end of now tropical storm barry, moving inland. within the last couple hours, we ll go to the national hurricane center for a closer look at the flood threat and where the storm goes from here.
levees every day to see if there were problem spots. there was a projection of 20 and now we re down to 17. 20 is flood level. there s good news, where it was 2 to 3 inches below what was expected, so we don t expect the mississippi to flood. we ll check back to you, michelle grossman. let s move on to lieutenant generous sell honorae. i m sure you re going to be hit pretty hard. they expect your area to get up to 18 inches of rain. how significant is this storm and how should residents be prepared? you should be prepared. you should be prepared for the lights to go out. the fact that this is no longer