that that quickly. that s what causes the flooding of the it runs off into the rivers, causes the rivers to swell. that s been a lot of what s been happening in the midwest and along the mississippi river all spring and why the rivers are already in a precarious state. rock and a hard place? you want them to move fast but fast often means higher winds. yes, it can. it can be a double-edged sword. with this one, because the main threat is rain, having it go so slowly is the last thing you want to see. you want it to move out as quickly as possible. which makes us worry for you, justice. as we look at how slow and the deliberate nature that barry is moving, leaving so much water behind, are the folks that volunteer and work at these service centers, can they make it through two days of this? yes, this is what they train for. this is where they really thrive, their talents and their
fox extreme weather center, tracking tropical storm barry, 85 miles off the coast of louisiana, morgan city, only moving west-northwest at 4 miles an hour a long time until this reaches landfall. likely early on saturday morning. continuing to intensify as we head through the overnight hours. once it hits landfall likely 70-mile-an-hour winds keeps this a strong tropical storm. but story isn t the winds as much as it s going to be the water. we re beginning to see the outer bands battering the coast of louisiana, stretching back to the florida panhandle. where the core of the system makes landfall that we re going to see the most damage. the most rainfall, i think rachl is going to be the big story with this. large area of flood watches and warnings from louisiana running up the mississippi. once this makes chand fall saturday, sunday, into monday
they say thankfully the river has started to go down which is a sigh of relief for everyone here. what s concerning is the water spilling onto the highway and everyone hoping and praying, as you just heard from the state representative, that it doesn t cut off these communities. that is going to complicate relief efforts and people wanting to get back to their homes. mariana, we ll be talking to you over the next couple hours. for now let s go over to nbc meteorologist michelle grossman tracking barry for us as well. there s been a change since the last time we spoke two hours ago. we have a new advisory. what s been the change in the last couple hours? the change is a decrease in speed a bit. looking at 65-mile-per-hour winds. again, winds haven t been the biggest issue. that s a lot of wind. we could still see power outages and trees down, roads being ripped up. forward speed of 7 miles per hour. still moving very slowly. went from five to six to seven
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