there. again the national guard assisting. some of the rescues had to be called off because the conditions are so extreme and difficult to navigate the boats through the waterways there, shepard. >> incredible day and night before and night tonight. casey stegall plaquemines parish, louisiana tonight. emergency management officials report severe flooding across a 20-mile stretch of coast line from long beach to biloxi. officials report a storm surge of up to 10 feet a significant danger but still less than the 19-foot surge in that area during katrina. a live look long beach, mississippi. we don't have control over this camera. it's a shot from a storm chaser in the region. we do know that he is just off highway 90 which runs along the coast. steve harrigan is about 20 minutes east of there in ocean springs, mississippi outside biloxi. steve, how is the flooding there? >> shepard, this is the worst situation we have seen over the last 24 hours here. the rain is coming down harder than ever before.