valley and over to mississippi and alabama seeing heavy rain. where you can see the darker colors, torrential downpours. where you can see the brighter colors, the yellow, oranges red, the heaviest rains. generally two to four inches of rain in east texas and arkansas and louisiana and mississippi and alabama, especially where you can see the darker colors. we can see up to six inches, if not a little locally higher in some amounts. here is the problem. we have an area of low pressure moving very slowly. it s going to continue to move very slowly over the next several days. which i showed you the flooding today, it is going to be the same spot tomorrow, the same spot the next day, so we re looking at the potential for flash flooding as well. the temperatures only in the 70s in jackson. that s a look at weather. michelle grossman, thank you very much. we are thinking of those poor people in dallas today. new photos, this is my favorite for the show, from nasa, are giving earth lings
lightning, and we have seen some of that today. if you took a straw poll with the weather, i think it would be a split decision today, if you had scenes like this, absolutely glorious, feeling quite warm. but once the showers arrive, they really did mean business today. this photograph came from west sussex, torrential downpours. irate photograph came from west sussex, torrential downpours. torrential downpours. we have seen some and stones torrential downpours. we have seen some and stones and torrential downpours. we have seen some and stones and thunder- torrential downpours. we have seen some and stones and thunder and l some and stones and thunder and lightning. this has been the story over the last few hours, persistent rain easing its way through northern scotland, some sharp and thundery downpours across north east england, one ought to endorse it and along the south coast over the last couple of hours, they will be easing away this evening. you can see this line of cloud
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they re taking action here by building flood defences through the middle of the town. the project is expensive and late, but the chief engineer insists it s vital. there s been 1979, 1986. we ve had a couple of big events in the 20005, so they are growing in intensity and frequency. will this protect stonehaven in the climate change era? we are protecting almost 400 homes, protecting a school, some residential homes. so these all have a cost. if they get flooded, they have a cost to society, but it won t solve every problem. and i think people need to be aware of that. this is not the silver bullet that will solve every problem. containing this river is only part of the solution for stonehaven. it s also been hit by torrential downpours, which have simply swamped the streets. plus, it s on the coast in an era of rising sea levels. and, of course, it s not the only place in scotland facing those challenges. further north, in the old herring port of wick, they know all about the peril of