meteorologist karen maginnis has the very latest on the storm's path this morning. good morning, karen. >> good morning, dave and rene. yes, through the mississippi river valley, some areas will see 2 to 4 inches of rain. but some other areas right along the mississippi region could see as much as 10 inches as we head towards the weekend. it looks like it travels across louisiana and into northern sections of mississippi, right around tunica and oxford, pine bluff in arkansas. that looks to be a spotlight for some potentially heavy rainfall. then going into friday morning through memphis, towards nashville. as a tropical depression. the national hurricane center is no longer issuing any advisories. so now this becomes sort of a state issue and local issues as to what happens regarding the flooding. still, that area of low pressure, the remnants of what remains from tropical depression harvey will sweep through the lower appalachian mountain region. so some areas here could see significant rainfall as well. the center of this system is now just about over alexandria,

karen maginnis with the latest. >>> good morning. just to give you a perspective, all of the aerial flooding around houston and surrounding areas including those all critical reservoirs that heretofore have been recreational areas but have really become undated with the floodwaters here, now we compare the flooding around houston, even into western louisiana. 33,000 square miles, which is roughly the size of the state of south carolina. if you can imagine that. but we're not finished yet. in beaumont, port arthur texas, they saw 24 inches of rainfall in just 24 hours -- 26 inches of rainfall in just 24 hours. it's been dangerous for days now. the river runs through beaumont. they have a beautiful river park there. the river is continuing to rise. the pumps have shut down because of the high waters that they have seen the last several days. now the record was set back in 1994. it was set at 13 feet. it is now over 15 feet. we've already shattered that record. it continues to rise all the way into saturday morning. it should crest at j

. >>> let's bring in meteorologist karen maginnis in the cnn weather center. if you're talking water rescues, we could have days of this ahead here. >> yes. we're going to show you the forecast. a lot of information. we just got an update from the national hurricane center. essentially this is quasi-stationary, moving southeast at three miles per hour. there's still plenty of tropical moisture trying to feed into tropical storm harvey. moisture-laden air is shifting north and east. if you're in beaumont, port arthur, you're looking at pretty astounding rainfall totals here over the next several days, as well. here there's a lull around houston now. not completely, but you're not seeing significant downpours like you've been looking at over the last 24 and 48 hours. there's beaumont, port arthur, reporting heavy rainfall and fog. i watched what you're about to see realtime. it is nonetheless astounding. this is black and white video near katy texas, interstate 10 in katy. this is a half-hour drive to the west of houston. you see the suv. the water's rising up.

. >>> speaking of how long the storm might linger, meteorologist karen maginnis is live in the weather center. good morning to you. how long do we expect the rains to stick around southeast texas? >> reporter: already some coastal areas are seeing bands of precipitation, the winds picking up. the northeastern quadrant, the upper right quadrant, we're looking at the potential for problematic tornadic activity. the storm prediction center says certainly there is the risk of that. in addition, we've got the storm surge, we've got the heavy rainfall for days. there's nothing that's really moving this system along. very conducive atmosphere. upper levels, lower levels, also in the ocean or into the gulf of mexico. the water temperature here right around 85, 86 degrees, very warm. it adds fuel to the fire. this is pure tropical moisture that's going to wring out across the coast. it's not going to do it overnight. one thing i want to mention -- we're still at a category 2. a strong category 2. just about six miles per hour below where it would eventually become a category 3. here already ban

we have karen maginnis, karen, where is harvey right now? we know people have flocked from the coast inland. where is the storm right now? >> it's trekking along from the northwest at 6 miles an hour. 6 miles an hour, that's slower than what it had been moving yesterday. it was moving about 9, 10 miles an hour to the northwest. yes, it's now a category 2, oh, we can breathe a sigh of relief. no we can't. not for days. we cannot underestimate this. because the computer models no matter which one you look at, the american one, the european one, it is all significantly off. where they talk about it being catastrophic, historic, life threatening, they don't use those words lightly at all. all right. it is moving northwest. i want to point out a couple things. interstate 35 it moves from san antonio to austin. and it whips thup this great base. that is going to fill up. you will see hurricane harvey category 2, had been category 4. the fourth category 4 to make landfall since 1970s. 47 years. so, now we have a category 4 hurricane making landfall

. >> we have more from our meteorologist, karen maginnis, live in the weather center. tens of millions i guess in the path of this storm. and this will linger. >> yes. that is probably the worst aspect of this is that it is going to just meander right around this texas coastal area for days. not even the computer models can agree as to what's going to happen once it makes landfall. right now the winds at 105 miles per hour. that makes it a strong category 2 hurricane. very warm water here. no shear or very little shear. the two contributing factors to this quickly mushrooming into a category three right before making landfall. when is landfall? the computer models saying just about midnight on friday going into saturday morning. if it picks up speed, it will be earlier than that. those of you who made the decision to leave corpus christie, victoria, galveston down to brownsville, good idea because if i had to rank what is the worst that can happen with this system of all the terrible things associated with a category 3 hurricane it will be the flooding, the widespread

meteorologist karen maginnis is in the cnn weather center. we'll start with that. how much more rain do we expect with already 15 to 25 having fallen in some parts, karen? >> an additional 15 to 25. and you may have heard derek mention before there are all these comparisons to tropical storm allison. it wasn't even a hurricane when it was unindating houston in 2001 -- inundating houston in 2001. it did this curly-q thing exactly like what we'll see with harvey. back then they saw about 35 inches of rainfall depending which location you looked at. make make some more apples-to-apples comparisons. there were 21 fatalities associated with tropical storm allison. what can we expect going into the next several days? let's show what happened in 2001 and show you what occurred when we saw the rainfall totals at allison in houston. they saw 16.5 inches of rainfall. with harvey just over 48 hours, we're seeing just under 25 inches. we've still got four, possibly five more days to go. let's go back. i want to show what the european model is telling us. by that, this is just

let's get the forecast from meteorologist karen maginnis live in the weather center. hi there. >> christine and dave, if the entire state of south carolina were under water, that is the comparison to what we've seen over the last four days around houston, the upper gulf coast region of texas. and it looks like harvey's going to make another landfall. it is out over the open waters. it is still picking up the tropical moisture. where you see the purple shaded area, 10, 20 inches of additional rainfall. not until wednesday -- here we are, tuesday early morning, going into wednesday. it will be at the sabine pass along the border with louisiana, before it picks up speed and traverses more toward the north. memphis, a wet weather pattern. louisville, later on, houston is looking at rainfall rates of two to four inches per hour. the needs are really exceeding the ability to get to people. they need hot food, towels, blankets, first-aid kits. they need a lot of things. houston's hobby airport and bush international airport are closed. people are still going into houston and

thank you, karen maginnis. texas officials not spared the wrath of harvey. next talk to one official who had to leave corpus christi when the storm moved in. we will also think of what he thinks of criticism for houston's mayor who did not order evacuations ahead of that storm. >> we must put the interest of the city of houston and houstonians first. that's what we did. absolutely no regrets. s'cuse me. mind if i sit here? not if you want your phone to work. let me guess, you can't livestream your lobster roll. and my mobile pay isn't connecting and i just got an unlimited plan. right plan, wrong network. you see verizon has america's largest most reliable 4g lte network and now unlimited plans start at $40 per line, you know what i am saying? (laughs.) oh this is your seat. definitely. yep. just tucking it in. nah, i wasn't going to pull it out. when it really, really matters you need the best network and the best unlimited. now plans start at $40 per line for four lines. >>> texas public officials working on the emergency response have not been immune to h

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karen maginnis joining us for that.aren, you heard the mayor of houston there saying this is going to last four or five days. walk us through what we can expect in the next couple of hours going into sunday and then perhaps an outlook as well for a few days. >> yes. well, first of all asis standing here listening to all of this and looking at this radar, i was floored by just how broad this rain shield is. extending all the way towards san antonio and austin, edging toward dallas, extending toward galveston into louisiana. a huge broad deep tropical moisture laden area. the ground is saturated. the more the rain comes in, and there will be plenty more associated with this, and the ground is saturated, the bayous are filling up, we have looked at some of these reports and we may even blow away by feet what some of these by by yours have do by by yours have done. but there is no play for tce fo water to go. there are currently three tornado warnings in effect around houston, so it is the flooding, the tornadoes, wind dama

our meteorologist karen maginnis is live in the weather center tracking the remnants. karen, what can you tell us? >> george, and thanks for those great interviews. really enjoyed watching those. a lot of people doing very heroic things. right now harvey is a tropical depression. located in the vicinity of alexandria, virginia. but let's just go back. last friday evening, when it made landfall in the vicinity of corpus christi, rockport specifically. and then it meandered along that east upper coast and central coast of texas and produced the staggering rainfall totals that we have seen, just about 52 inches of rain. about a trillion gallons across houston. and then we shifted it yesterday towards beaumont, port arthur. and they saw 26 inches of rain fall in 24 hours. the mayor says the city is covered with floodwaters. now what happens? we've got tropical depression harvey. harvey is not giving up yet. it is going to move all the way across northern mississippi, southeastern arkansas and into western tennessee. and the computer models are suggesting you could see 4, 5,

karen maginnis, the cnn weather center in atlanta.uch. >>> we mentioned the city of beaumont, texas, has lost its water supply after pumps failed in the floodwaters. for more, drew griffin is live just outside beaumont. hats off to you going from reporter to rescue worker. of utmost importance is the water supply. what do we know? >> reporter: the city sent out a notice last night about 12:30 a.m. that it lost its main pumping station right on the natches river. the other two main sources of water have already gone out. those were groundwater wells. what's -- first of all, when you woke up this morning, you turned on the spigots. there was nothing but air coming out. you couldn't brush your teeth. that is going to add to the misery factor for the 118,000 or so residents in beaumont. plus all evacuees. not much of beaumont left. so all of those people are here. and all of those people are dependent on the water supply. here's -- here's the issue. the main pumping station is in the natches river. they can't get to it because of a flood.

. >>> let's turn now to karen maginnis to talk more about what they face in houston and those outlying areas. >> all right. we just took a look at this in the weather department. we have meteorologists galore that have been looking at the different computer models. and i want to show you the european model. the north american model is in fair agreement with this. all right. here is austin, san antonio. an area of low pressure, harvey, and then swings back around to houston. we go from sunday into next saturday. here we go again. let's play it again. low pressure, swings out into the gulf of mexico, swings back again across houston. we could see record rainfall, we already have in some areas, but epic. this looks to be a situation where all the emergency management people in the world will be struggling to keep things together. you can imagine all the resources that will have to be pulled in across this region to take care of things. i want to point out one other thing. look at this band. it's about to move into houston that has already seen record rainfall. we have another band which i

karen maginnis with the outlook. >>> what are you doing this weekend? if you are staying in new york city, chances are you'll be dodging some raindrops. we've got a stubborn weather system that's going to be pushing across the area, triggering showers and thunderstorms. not just new york city but the whole i-95 corridor. at least the temperatures are going to be running just about average. in the low 80s for the most part. new york city, low 80s expected there. philadelphia, low to mid 80s. washington, d.c., it's going to be pretty warm there. boston, can't rule out showers popping up there, as well. here's new york city's forecast. we look through the next seven days. yep, we've got 80s all the way. overnight low temperatures mostly in the 60s. about a 70% chance of some thunderstorms rumbling around there, going into friday night and then into saturday. here's what the forecast radar looks like going into friday afternoon. new york city, philadelphia, scattered back over toward buffalo and cleveland, watch out, but nothing very dramatic happening in t

let's bring in karen maginnis live in the international weather center with more details on both of thesetems. >> yes. and we start with what is now left of harvey. a tropical depression. but it still has legs. as remarkable as this is, it still could produce flooding right across the tennessee river valley. it's still raining in beaumont port arthur, although not to the degree we saw just 24 hours ago. in one 24-hour period, beaumont port arthur saw 26 inches of rainfall, about 650 millimeters. now it's going to be transitioning more towards the north and northeast. it is situated just about over alexandria, louisiana. but through the tennessee river valley and in towards the ohio river valley, as we look at this radar forecast, essentially going through thursday, this is wh when we're going to pick up the heaviest rainfall, in the vicinity of memphis, maybe nashville, toward southeastern sections of arkansas, the potential for as much as ten inches of rainfall or just about 250 millimeters. now let's take a look at what has happened around mumbai and indeed south asia. take a look at th