staged at mocep. we have a shelter ready for individuals who might want to go to a shelter. so we re ready. reporter: and it s really important to point out, obviously they want people to stay safe, but they also don t want them to stay home with their pets, just because they have pets. so it s important to mention that these two shelters that are open here in baton rouge do allow pets. so they can bring their pets with them. they don t have to stay home. but if you can stay home and be safe, that is ideal. we ll have much more from baton rouge. we ll continue to watch the waters here. for now, back to you. okay, randi, we re glad to hear that the mayor there is confident. we know that area is already so saturated. all of the region from so much rainfall over the past few days. thank you. barry made landfall as a hurricane, now a tropical storm, continuing to hit the louisiana coast. the concerns and the rainfall this afternoon are getting deeper by the hour. louisiana s governor t
we re there for we ll come down to get them out. flooding is not going to be just here the coast some of the greatest damage could be far finland especially in towns along smaller rivers, across mississippi which is already had tremendous flooding. jon back to you. all right steve in st. louis, thank you. our meteorologist adam is tracking barry from fox extreme weather center and has latest on that. hey there jon. still a slow-moving storm picked up three to five miles an hour, not fast enough that it is going to stop all of this flooding potential. center of circulation now is off to the west of lafayette, louisiana, this is going to continue to track to the north and you do notice most of the action is being pulled behind this system. usually we get a little bit more balance this one you see almost all of the rain still hanging offshore. so as this continues to track north it is going to pull that rain with it and heaviest rain are is on the way. winds currently in the 30s to 40 m