the hurricane warning will extend from new orleans to the florida panhandle.here are fears the hurricane will bring a deadly storm surge and flooding. bill gates used to think of the fda as the premier authority. not anymore. the banner discussed

rain is now all the way along the gulf coast especially the florida panhandle. into mobile, very heavy rainfall. any time one of the storms rolls on shore, you can get a waterspout or a small tornado. we have seen some on the area here with the winds gusting on off shore. it's the potential that an eye can do when you move a storm closer to land. when there's a true eye, all the way around, it can also the storm to breathe and get deeper. some of the hurricane hunters are seeing slightly lower pressures this morning which is more disturbing. not coming on shore tonight, but maybe tomorrow, so 24 hours because it's only moving at 2 miles per hour. i'm not sure how you even figure out to left or right or up or down and even the director of the national center said it's wobbling back and forth. it's not doing anything significantly. it can make a run up to the north. maybe dauphin island or mobile or far left as biloxi. but no matter where you are across the gulf coast, 20 inches of rainfall and even ken at the hurricane center said maybe 30. there's not a place in

life threatening flooding tonight tropical watches and warnings extend from louisiana to the florida panhandle. morgan chesky is in the storm zone tonight. >> reporter: tonight a slow motion disaster hurricane sally slogging to the gulf coast. its drenching rains flooding parts of florida. putting mississippi on high alert >> if it shifts west we'll see a good bit of it. >> reporter: and shifting to hit alabama head on where water is already rising >> we still hope and pray sally will not bring that type of pain and heartache but my fellow alabamians, hurricane sally is not to be taken for granted. >> reporter: a storm surge warning now stretches from louisiana all the way to the florida panhandle. while hurricanes are rated by wind speed water is the biggest threat almost 90% of hurricane related deaths in the u.s. are water related from surge, rip currents, and flooding sally promising a lot of water forecast in some areas now calling for more than 2 feet of rain. >> this storm is moving slower than any storm i've ever seen >> reporter: carlos finley who grew up in mobile is already watching

to hit very close to hear and even potentially eastward toward pensacola and that area of the florida panhandle. to give an idea how strong this wind is i will anchor down here, we are in of 5600 pound tahoe and it is whipping back and forth, we are here in mobile bay. be mindful if -- if you don't have to get out in this wind and this hurricane don't do it. we saw semi trucks moving around, those will tip over. i have seen them tip over in much less then this right now. this storm is expected to bring billions of dollars of damage. back to you guys. todd: stay safe out there in mobile. jillian: senior meteorologist janice dean, did you get a 5 am update? new information? >> janice: not much new. it is moving a bit quicker relatively speaking, 3 miles per hour, still a crawl, still will bring potential for hurricane force winds and heavy rainfall and storm surge along the coast, flash flood emergency for gulf shores alabama to pensacola, florida. that is something rare that you rarely see but because we are dealing with 6 to 7 foot storm surge and upwards of 30 inches of rainfall that is why pe

more than half 1 million people are without electricity in south alabama and the florida panhandle. uthorel continue to live to the back to you. >>> one east bay person is being described as a fire danger zone. grizzly peak sees visitors stopping by to take measures of the majestic view. officials say trouble starts once it my fault that some people are lighting fireworks, bonfires, and there have been eight small fires in the area since june. >> we are a ticking time bomb of swords. it is not a matter of if but a matter of when. >> do not come here at night. if you are here during the day, you should not be smoking. >> they are beefing up nine time patrols and it is not a curfew but officials say there is a new rule. no stopping in the turnouts along grizzly peak from 9:00 until 6:00 unless it is an emergency. >>> san jose unified school district has announced distance learning will contue through at least the end of december. officials say conditions remain unsafe for in person learning. we are just one month into the new school year. santa clara county entered the red tier under

situations what we had with hurricane harvey along the coast of the mississippi, alabama and the florida panhandle. i know we are always focused on the category. it's not about that now. it is about the water and it will continue to push all of that gulf of mexico water inland for 36 hours straight. that is the problem. we will continue to monitor. shannon: we do remember harvey and it was devastating for that area because it just sat there for what seemed like forever. >> reporter: it wasn't a hurricane when it was bringing in all that water. it doesn't take a hurricane to cause catastrophic damage. if this is stalled out we have a huge problem because they can't get away from it. >> white house answering the call from gulf coast states as a brace for impact calling a residents to take caution. team rubicon mobilizing in the region. >> vice president of government relations and emergency management joins us now. thanks for being here, you just heard janice dean talking about if this stalls and is so slow-moving at this point this could be detrimental to that area. what are you preparing for right

here's where the florida panhandle starts right here. we've already seen some spots with over 20 inches of rain plus the surge coming in with all of that water getting pushed onshore. that's the saltwater flooding. they are combining now. we heard from one of our storm chasers he's out there all time. cars are actually floating around because there's so much water. under some of these buildings. another reporter reporting the same thing cars are floating because there's water one these condos that people put here on the beach. this is going a significant beech erosion problem and a flash flooding problem but right now the wind is the problem. some gusts over 115 miles per hour. the big change, if it's a big change at 5:00 is that it's moving north-northeast at three, three miles per hour. so not two. he we moved that up by 50%. it is still going to the to move very slowly over alabama into georgia and eventually even into the carolinas. we'll spread that six to ten inches of rainfall in places that can't handle it. it's not getting into

for the florida panhandle up towards alabama. there is the track..m. along with the latest coordinates of where the storm is. but again it really hasn't moved much. it is just offshore and it continues to push the gulf of mexico water in towards portions of the florida panhandle, alabama, mississippi. it if there is any good news it looks like new orleans escaped the worst of this. however, east of new orleans you'll certainly get a hit. we'll see the potential for two feet upwards maybe 30 inches of heavy rain depending on where the center comes onshore and continues to stall. we have flood warnings in effect for parts of mississippi through alabama and in towards georgia and the florida panhandle. storm surge forecast again east of the center where it comes ashore is where we'll see maybe 5 to 9 foot storm surge. again, because it is just offshore it will continue to push all that water. the counter clockwise winds pushing that ocean water well inland. the wind field. we think a potential landfall again sometime in the overnight hours. but it is g

we are still going to have ap major flood concern all across the florida panhandle as well as much of alabama as this storm slowly medicine lly heads to t. radar estimated observed rain. all of this area shaded in white is more than 20 inches of rain. we've had reports of pensacola received 24 inches of rain. panama city has received more than a foot of rain. a lot of this is offshore, but you can see a lot of it is onshore right around the florida panhandle and you see the areas shaded in hot pink, even red, that's six to ten inches of rain. as the storm slowly lifts to the north you'll continue to see the flash flood threat. the big box shaded in red is all the areas that need to watch out for flash flooding throughout the day today and tonight and as the storm heads to the north, of course, that's going to shift to the north as well. current winds, seeing gusts of 52 miles per hour. 29 in dothan. 61 mile-per-hour gusts in milton, pensacola still getting 61 mile-per-hour wind gusts. with the storm moving slowly, getting winds for a long, long time. that's why we're seeing lots of da

the timing shows you along the path, it will make its way then into the far north corner of florida panhandle and eventually outdly south carolina by the end of the week. but we've got a tornado watch. all the way here to mobile. so, watch for some slip in some of those outer bands. we also have to know the timing, because this is what's so critical. tonight, we feel that eye shield. the shield ahead o itse. tcat 73 t -me-r-ho, mobile. rit as lanwhe near gulrer orange. as it moves to the north, and i we all really feel the impacts along the bay here and then it should break up and allow it to move east, kicking it out with this trough. number one, it is all about the rain. 10 to 30 inches of rain right here through destin to the east of me and also the surge with the water pushing up, that combination could be life threatening with flash flooding, david. >> we'll be watching straight through the overnight hours into materially morning. ginger, thank you. and as you heard ginger report there, authorities are warning of potentially deadly flooding. the storm crawling its way toward land and mov

sally could dump 30 inches of rain in alabama and the florida panhandle. topping 100 miles per hour and hundreds of thousands of power outages are expected. >>> israel has fired back at hamas sites in the gaza strip after militants launched rockets into israel. it came after tuesday's historic signing at the white house. israel, united arab emirates and bahrain officially agreed to normalize diplomatic relations. palestinians called the deal a betrayal. >>> a suspect is in custody after a federal security officer was shot outside a courthouse in phoenix. the attack was described as a drive-by. the officer is expected to recover. no word on the shooter's identity or motive. >>> today's weather, showers not associated with hurricane sally along the mid-atlantic coast. rain also in texas and northern california. cooler today in the middle of the country. >>> and finally, a teenager overcoming the odds. he's at the top of his class and he's a football star. >> he's also legally blind. will ganss has his story. >> reporter: if you were on the sidelines watching

the storm battered the gulf coast of alabama and the florida panhandle wednesday with winds topping adred miles an hour. two and a half feet of rain and a surge of sea water. at least two people were killed. cbs' manuel bojorquez got a bird's eye view of the trail of destruction. >> reporter: from the air we saw how much devastation hurricane sally left behind, riding along with u.s. customs and border patrol. we have come across a bridge here in pensacola that is missing not just one large section, but two. and from up here it appears what happened is these barges that were on the water came loose, st thedge.ed boa scattered, areas cut off by downed trees or flooding. back on the ground everyone was busy today with rescues and cleanup. richard franzen wasn't just upset about his flooded house. >> i'm a veteran and i have a memorial back there. and it is underwater. i lost some of my friends in vietnam. but it's gone. >> reporter: there are just remnants left of the storm now, but it is still enough to deluge parts of georgia and the carolina. heavy rains are expected to continue to w

biloxi or indeed along the entire gulf coast from here, in mississippi to alabama and to the florida panhandlel: thanks, jonathan. 80 miles north of new orleans. going to bring in the mississippi golf now, tate reeves. good afternoon to you. the last storm, laura, she was big. she moved at 15, 16 miles an hour. not the same for hurricane sally. how do you get ready for a rain maker of major league status that could be there for some time, governor? >> well, thank you for having me on. as jonathan just said, the thing about hurricane sally is that it's been very unpredictable. the place at which it's going to hit landfall has been unpredictable. it was less than 48 hours ago. sally was moving 12, 13 miles an hour and slowed down. typically when the storms slow down in the gulf of mexico, they tend to intensify. sally has not intensified significantly. we do anticipate significant amounts of rainfall for the mississippi gulf coast region and quite frankly for alabama and the florida panhandle as well. >> some of these storms parked themselves over houston, texas, eastern north carolina. you saw

of course, along the florida panhandle coast as well.t has brought to mobile gusts of 70 miles per hour. those are expected to continue for several hours. then the rain is coming back. it will keep coming down and we've had rain now very heavily, trace, for more than 24 hours across this area. so the kind of flooding that they're talking about as you've heard officials say is potentially historic and it is certainly life threatening. now that's the situation in mobile, alabama. take a look at pensacola, florida, which appears to be one of the worst-hit cities. it is suffering very badly right now from flooding. again, emergency services to some extent can't even get in there right now to survey the extent of it and to help people who did not evacuate from those low-lying areas. we've also seen along coastal alabama's gulf shores for instance there is extensive flooding there, too. this event is far from over. the rain is going to keep coming for many hours as we get another pretty intense gust here in mobile. it is going to keep coming.

right now, you got a torrential amount of rain coming down in the florida panhandle, all across southernis is a slow motion disaster it is not expected to let up anytime soon watch for it to crawl through the northern gulf coast throughout the day joining me again, ali velshi along the alabama gulf coast the mayor of nearby gulf shores was telling us this thing hit like a sucker punch, and that some people including the mayor himself just woreren't ready for how much rain they were getting. >> reporter: i i''ve been doing this for 15 years, i couldn't believe as this thing was coming through. it came in as a cat diegory 2, . it was sustained it was vicious it was hard. look at it now this thing is 20 miles north of the shore and look at the force we're getting. look at the surf behind us the point here is that it is raining again, the rain is not finished these areas have flooded power is down. trees are down >> no surprise there that ali's shot went down go ahead, ali. >> reporter: as long as the wind continues to come, trees still come down. so we're not out of the woods yet. i'm looki

southern central areas of alabama all the while the rains extending right their way across the florida panhandle down across into florida and there will be some torrential rains with this storm it will weaken very quickly but it will continue to move across the southeast over the next couple of days as you can see and of course it will take that rain with it and just look at this because over the next 2 or 3 days this whole area could see as much as 375 millimeters of rain so a very powerful hurricane one we'll watch closely in the hours ahead. and record fires continue to burn along the west coast of the u.s. several states are still battling flames which have consumed entire communities oregon as a latest hot spot for president donald trump has now approved its disaster declaration making it possible for the state to access federal funds right reynolds reports as to cato in oregon. there's not much left of talent in phoenix in southern oregon the ferocious wildfires of recent days have reduced most of the 2 small towns to ashes the worst thing i've ever seen in my life it's the same up and dow

further south boats are being used to rescue people cut off by floodwaters in alabama and the florida panhandle reporter jay gray seen these storm damage in pensacola florida. a full day after the storm has moved through and we're getting a better idea of the devastation i want to give you a look at what sally did here in pensacola these 2 huge boats pushed up on to the ground here along with other debris from the water you see the chaser boat there in a piece of the dock that was picked up and pulled ashore when you get back to the water though this is amazing devastation you see all the boats that are crammed together the piers that have been splintered and thrown on top of each other understand that before the storm this little inlet this little area was empty there were no boats here there were no piers here all pushed from hundreds of yards away into this area again just a testimony to how strong this storm was when it made landfall current situation on the ground you've got more than a half a 1000000 people without power and that's going to take some time to come back flooding the water s

we could see historic flooding across places like mississippi, alabama, the florida panhandle is going to get a lot of flooding and not to mention the surge. the surge for this length of time, normally we see the storms get in and out. you see the surge for one high tide cycle, this will sit over the area for several high tide cycles and will have the surge for several of those and just going to increase the flash flooding across the gulf coast. here's the radar. satellite picture. see the rain moving on shore and not going anywhere any time soon. you are going to see a picture that looks very similar to this when we talk tomorrow and most likely see rain leftover on thursday. here's the radar estimated rainfall and see the batch of rain just offshore. 10 to 20 inches of rain creeping to the north, the rain is going to move inland and so basically you're going to see totals like this that are sitting offshore are eventually going to be covering the map with these coastal towns, places like pensacola, dolphin island, mobile, biloxi with totals like that, 10 to 20, some areas up to 25 in

water levels are rising off the florida panhandle's hurricane sally bears down on the gulf coast.eorologist adam clock is tracking this as the storm progresses. adam? >> we are beginning to see the heaviest bands of rain reaching the florida panhandle, wins are at 80 miles per hour with this one and it is absolutely crawling. that's the part of this big story behind us, such a slow mover which means if you are in these wins that are in some cases up to 40, or 50 miles per hour, and even though it's sitting right on the coast, likely i will not making landfall until tomorrow morning, thinking 8-10:00 a.m. so this will just be hovering there. what does this mean? by and large it means a lot of rain. i want to leave you with this tucker, this will be what people are talking about in the next few days. rain in some cases 20 or 30 inches along the coastline which will cause a whole lot of flooding in a nightmare for a lot of folks. back out to you. >> tucker: thanks so much for that. if there's one thing in this world that joe biden cares about above all other than an early dinner, its

yes, the rain is still dumping on all the florida panhandle, southern alabama, portions of georgia now. we've seen an area with more than two feet of rain. panama city beach, received more than a foot of rain. pensacola received more than two feet and those totals will go up and more data is released. here's a flash flood warning across the, say, florida p panhand panhandle, into georgia and lasting into this evening and tonight while the rain continues. this rain is going to slowly head to the north and east. so central alabama, northern alabama, even into atlanta is going to get possibly four to five inches of rain from this. and not to mention the wind gusts. i think that is what's so troubling. normally we get the storms in and out. with one that's sitting over an area say 24 hours with gusts, to 62 miles per hour, 56 to the north. that is going to create damage and in itself just for the longevity of how long these winds, rather, are sticking around over the same area. so 75 mile-per-hour winds now. slowly starting to die down. gusts of 100 moving to the north-northeast at five mi

coast all the way from the mississippi, the mouth of the mississippi to walton county in florida along the panhandle move inland and going to dump a ton of rain. 10-20 inches, isolated 30 years. so you know, those residents of mississippi, alabama, florida that live along the coast saying i'm going to get this surge and out of it, those inland have to be careful about flooding, flash flooding, you know, don't take the storm for granted. you have time to make final preparations. heed the directions of your local and state emergency managers and keep your families safe. >> neil: you know, we talked about probably so many in that region feeling a little bit of storm, hurricane fatigue. i mentioned earlier these other storms that are in the greater neighborhood from hurricane paulette, tropical storm teddy, tropical storm vicky, renee and on and on we go. have you ever seen anything like this? >> we have not. noaa had forecast this would be an above average season and lived up to that forecast. we're at the top of the historical peak of hurricane season in the atlantic. we expected to see a lot of actio

harvey brought to the texas gulf coast so flooded visors are posted from new orleans to the florida panhandle and well inland. this is a story will be talking about today through thursday and friday. very slow-moving and that is the biggest danger. the biggest threat from these topical systems is not necessarily the wind but the water. this is a prolonged water event. >> one of the maps you should look like the water will collect in that area with no out that if it goes thursday and friday that will be really tough. we appreciate it. >> some places may see feet of rain. i'm curious, you've been around town. of you seen people evacuating already? >> interesting to note a lot of the people we have talked to have not. a lot of them compared it to hurricane katrina, we are not leaving. that's what they told me verbatim. following on what todd said. a lot of officials have told me, louisiana, alabama, mississippi that the drainage and levee systems are going to be tested during this because it is so slow-moving, 2 to 3 miles per hour, superslow. don't know if you can see because it is very dark bu

areas as much as 3 feet of rain most that across the southern parts of alabama also to the panhandle of florida you can see sally has made landfall now so no longer hurricane still an extremely potent storm and just moisture laden has pulled all that moisture right out of the gold and continues to bring heavy rainfall not only that you can see the red here those are areas we've got possibilities of tornadic activity that continues to be some warnings there also watches out ahead of that and then you get the areas all the rivers are really looking at flooding along many of the rivers here and of course that storm surge coming along the coastline near goal shore last night making for a mass really a disaster in the southern parts of the state there. this storm system going to start a start tracking a little further to the north now as it moves the north is going to bring with it whole lot more rain sustained winds now of only 45 miles per hour. so tropical storm that is moving a little bit quicker that's the good news still not moving fast only 7 miles per hour but compared to one to 2 miles per

the river that's just rushing flow through an aerial really from when you get up through the florida panhandle different than the rain of water is going to be the most serious if you were going to be from storm birgitte their ears are forward. the white house has approved oregon's disaster declaration make it possible to access federal funds several wildfires continue to burn out of control in the western states hundreds of homes have been destroyed. japan's emperor has appointed a new prime minister yoshihiko no nation was confirmed by parliamentary vote on wednesday is a longtime ally of the former prime minister shinzo who resigned last month for health reasons senior palestinian figures say they've been betrayed after the united arab emirates and bahrain signed u.s. brokered agreements to normalize ties with israel had been protests in gaza and in the occupied west bank u.s. president donald trump says the pax mark the dawn of the new middle east. israeli army has resumed strikes into the gaza strip hitting several hamas targets it happened hours after a rocket fired from the territory inj

flooding rain and potentially life threatening storm surge, particularly in parts of alabama and florida's panhandleling the brunt of this storm at this moment while we speak is pensacola, florida we're going to go there where we find nbc news correspondent sam brock on the ground for us sam, i talked to you 30 minutes or so ago. things looked rough at that point. talk us through what you are experiencing right now >> reporter: yasmin, when i last spoke to you, there were street lights on over my shoulder right now. at the moment, i apologize we're getting feedback there at the moment you can see there's virtual darkness there's a river behind me that once these lights come back on f they, you will see is several feet deep on the streets i'm looking at debris from trees just floating along the street level here the national hurricane center, yasmin, just announced that this is historic and catastrophic flooding unfolding right now with increases in rain projections now in isolated areas up to 35 inches. what you're looking at and i'm going to step out a little bit as far as i can get you can see i'm

originally taking aim at mississippi and it turned east taking greater aim at alabama and the florida panhandle. let's go live to florida right now. this is the coastline in santa rosa county, you can see the waves churning up there. sally has been packing winds up to 100 miles per hour while drenching the area with rain and cutting power to tens of thousands. taking a live look at new orleans, louisiana where you can see the water line there is right up to the pavement. and sally moving so slowly right now, forecasters say that up to 30 inches of rain may fall in some of those areas. so we are going to keep an eye on this all morning long. as the storm is going to be wreaking havoc all day long. meantime, some local breaking news here. here's emily. >> reporter: yeah, anne, it is a big crime scene here in san jose. i'm live just a few blocks away from the san jose state campus and i'm going to hop out of the way so you can see how much of the active crime scene this still is and it pretty much has been since 10:00 last night. there's a shooting investigation underway. what we know right now is

the outer rain bands of sally although i moving onshore in the florida panhandle and we

flooding a major problem in the florida panhandle. rst responders rescued nearly 400 people near the alabama border, and they fear many more could be in danger in the coming days. our correspondent rosa flores joins us this morning in pensacola, florida. good morning, rosa. we're hearing that some counties there have set up curfews just, you know, trying to keep residents inside and safe. >> yeah. you're absolutely right and they are also afraid of looting, poppy. here's the good news where i am in pensacola, like you mentioned. there's a lot of rain, a very slow-moving storm. 30 inches of rain in about four hours, but it has recede. take a look around me. you can see that it has recede, but there is still some ponding. can you see some cars are underwater. there's a car back there that's tipped over and there's still some debris. now the water has receded significantly, but there are still a lot of signs of the damage. on this road if we were to keep on walking, you would see that the blacktop actually lifted off, peeled off and then

alabama, the florida panhandle, louisiana, mississippi, all those states on alert.his morning louisiana's governor is expressing concerns about climate change >> quite frankly, we still have our hands full with trying to recover from hurricane laura if you've got 100 scientists and 99 believe one thing and one believes the other, there really aren't two sides worthy of equal time so climate change is real. i think we need to make sure we're dealing with that in an effective way going forward. otherwise, these natural disasters are going to continue to become more frequent and more severe >> that was also perhaps the best explanation i've ever heard anyone give as to why climate change deniers are so ridiculous right now biloxi, mississippi, in hurricane sally's past, bracing for the possibility of life-threatening storm surges. i want to bring in marianne drew gilich thanks for your time i know you're very busy today. mississippi has declared a state of emergency what are you doing to make sure biloxi is ready for this storm >> hi, craig appreciate you taking the ti

it is battering the gulf coast, all along alabama and into the florida panhandle with torrential rain. historic and life-threatening flooding is expected. our gary tuchman is right in the middle of it. he's live in pensacola beach, florida. gary, we've been watching you standing upright, somehow, with these fierce wind gusts and this pounding rain. give us the latest. >> well, if i weighed a few pounds less, john, i probably wouldn't be upright. but so far, so good. i will tell you, allegedly, the sun rises here at 6:33 a.m. central time. it's now 6:32. so once the sun comes up and there's a little more light, we'll take a look and see the damage, what kind of damage we have here. but i can tell you now, from what we've seen during the night, there's extensive flooding and extensive damage. and we know about the damage, just because we've seen roofs flying off buildings here. for example, that building right over there, there's a scaffolding and a roof that's been peeling off. we've seen signs blowing around. officials here, emergency officials here in pensacola beach and in pensacola

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turning east and really taking aim at alabama and the florida panhandle right now. let's go live to florida. this is the coastline in santa rosa county. and you can see the waves just churning up there right now. sally has been packing winds up to 100 miles per hour. drenching the area with heavy rain and cutting power to tens of thousands of people. a lot more rain is expected. we're going to keep our eye on sally all morning long. back to you. >>> on fire watch now, this morning we've learned more than 5 million acres is burned throughout the west coast. it's wildfires continue to rage. in southern california, flames are marching closer to an historic site in los angeles. the famed mount wilson observatory is under direct threat from the bobcat fire. at last check, the flames were just 500 feet away. fire crews are working to protect the 116-year-old landmark. several communications towers atop mount wilson are also in danger. >> we were really lucky that we don't have santa ana conditions right now because if we did all bets would be off. >> now closer to home in

concerned we came ashore in the early hours of wednesday morning slamming into alabama's coastline florida's panhandle also bore the brunt of 165.

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so you can already see the rain pushing on shore, the florida panhandle, the gulf coast here. this is pretty much going to be the same picture we see tomorrow. this storm is not going to move much farther north. so you're going to see places with 10, 20, 25 inches of rain. you're also going to get that surge that we talk about with storms, hurricanes. the storm that's going to push north, push inland all of that saltwater pushing north for several high tide cycles. normally we get these storms, they come in, the surge of water comes in, and they get out. this will be a constant push of water to the north with this storm. with it, sitting there for this long of a duration basically. so you can see the spin right here. here is the storm, still sitting just offshore and it's most likely not going to make landfall until maybe midnight tonight through some time midmorning tomorrow. that's how slow the storm is moving. here is the estimated rainfall. this rain that's basically to the south, this indicates 10 to 20 inches of rain has fallen just offshore. by the time we get into tomo

these totals, we're talking 10 to 20 inches of rain for portions of coastal alabama, the florida panhandle, even getting inland into alabama. some areas in here could see 30 inches of rain. but it progresses. if you think about our track going northward, some of these areas, that orange area right here, that's 6 to 10 inches of rain. and some places could get 12 inches of rain. not just on the coast, but inland. you start getting 20 to 30 inches of rain, that's flash flooding, it's a very dangerous situation. >> that's so important for people to hear, ken, at this hour. obviously, we always look at the coastal cities, but you're saying this will have possibly deadly consequences inland. so chad was just telling us that he is thinking biloxi, mississippi, for landfall? is that what you're seeing at this hour? >> yeah, it will be close to that area. we've been seeing some wobbles. when you're moving that slow, there's not a lot of steering current. it will start wiggling and wobbling a little bit. but either way, whether it goes left or right a little bit, we're still talking about this mass

of course the florida panhandle included in this.idespread rain. when it eventually moves onshore, there could be spots, eight to six 10:00 inches of rain. in a couple of locations could talk about 24 inches of rain especially ray along the coast, melissa. rain will be a big part of the story mostly taking place on tuesday and wednesday. back out to you. melissa: wow, adam, thank you for that. leland vittert joins us now live on the ground from new orleans. reporter: melissa, new orleans is bracing for a direct hit f that 11 feet of storm surge proves true, and sally lives up to the forecast it would be the first real test of the post-caterpillar levee system here in new orleans -- post katrina. there are warnings for south of new orleans, down to the bayous. they have evacuated, a number of roads down there have closed. states of emergency and evacuations in alabama, mississippi and louisiana. for people in new orleans they wonder if the tourists will ever come back. welcome to bourbon street in new orleans. during ordinary times, b

it is leading to high levels of rainfall across areas like the florida panhandle. pensacola using some of the worst flooding right now with some areas in the city measuring three feet of rain this morning. the storm knocked out a section of the pensacola new three mile bridge. we are in mobile, alabama, to shows conditions there. form xle is causing with the national weather service says is a catastrophic and life- threatening flooding as she works her way north. >> reporter: heavy rain pounded coastal states as hurricane sally made landfall. the storm moved near gulf shores, alabama, as a category roads, while significant storm surge covered beaches from southern louisiana to the florida panhandle. the storms effects are being felt all along the gulf coast. sally drenched southeast louisiana as a storm surge flooded low level areas. impact 105 mile per hour wind when it crawled ashore, knocking over trees and power lines. hundreds of thousands of lost power. >> i'm on the 12th floor here, and the wind sounds like little babies, little noises and things like that.

parts of southern alabama and florida, the florida panhandle were inundated with more than 2 feet of water. pennsylvania got four months of rain in just four hours. that's pensacola, right there. we're seeing incredible images of the hurricane's widespread destruction. ed lavendera is live in gulf shores, alabama, where the hurricane made landfall. ed, what are you seeing. >> reporter: good morning, john. the eye of hurricane sally came ashore on this stretch of beach on the alabama coastline. and residents we've talked to over the last day to who emerge from their homes after the storm all share kind of the same theme. they were stunned at the amount of force and power this storm brought. hurricane sally barrelled into the gulf coast, leaving behind potentiallily life-threatening floodwaters and a devastating path of destruction. >> the house was shaking. it was really shaking. the winds were high. it was whistling like i've never heard anything before. >> reporter: in alabama, a dollhouse view inside this hotel in gulf shores. the storm ripped off its side, showing beds and sheets

the storm causing catastrophic flooding in southern alabama and the florida panhandle. as you can see on your screen there. more than half a million people are still without power along the gulf coast. cnn's ed lavendera is live in hard-hit gulf shores, alabama. it's nice to see you drier than yesterday, ed. >> reporter: good morning, alisyn. well, you can see behind me that the remnants and some of the floodwaters still have not fully receded here in gulf shores, alabama. and city officials say it could be at least ten days before tourists are allowed back here. hurricane asally barrelled into the gulf coast, leaving behind potentially life-threatening floodwaters and a devastating path of destruction. >> the house was shaking, it was shaking, it really was. the winds were high. it was whistling like i never heard anything before. >> reporter: in alabama, a dollhouse view inside this hotel in gulf shores. the storm ripped off its side, showing beds and sheets blowing in the wind. sally's strength left these homes destroyed, bringing down trees and power lines. and even

rainfall totals already topping 6 inches in portions of alabama and the florida panhandle.icane center warning that that total could get as high as 30 inches in some spots making life-threatening flooding a serious concern. let's talk now to cnn's polo sandoval. he joins us from mobile, alabama. polo, hello to you. so, this hurricane sally making landfall over the next few hours. look at you. what's going on? look at the conditions. >> reporter: yeah, don, you've stood out here before, you know, that usually those storms that are slow to arrive, those are usually the ones that pack the biggest threat. yes, we see those windy -- windy bands that sweep through the mobile area, but it's the rain we've been seeing since this afternoon that's sort of the biggest concerns here because consider, obviously, the storm surge that we're expecting mainly here in alabama and add that rain we're going to see well into tomorrow and that's what's leading to the flash flood threat not just along coastal areas but also inland. we're actually looking over the mobile river right now. so if you

off by flood water, they say at times they could only reach their home near panama city on florida's panhandle by boat. >> this is the worst we have ever had with rain and eventhrough -- >> that water is probably about four feet deep in the road in the car >> they say the waters brought by hurricane sally are starting to recede but are still too high to travel through safely. god en as itmothug states rth us, just remember that widespread river flooding is ongoing and it could continue moving in next week in different parts of florida. >> at least one death in georgia is being blamed on the storm. one man died after a tree fell on his home. >> he had the greatest personality. he would help anybody. >> they said he was a recent graduate prepared to take the bar exam. forecasters expect sally continue moving farther north, bringing severe thunderstorms to the mid-atlantic. laura podesta, cbs news. >>> i want to get to our weather in the bay area and g indicating the clean and fresh air. definitely get out and enjoy it . in the meantime, good to moderate air quality as we go through the day. take

flash flood watches and warnings have already been posted across much of alabama mississippi the florida panhandle as well the storm system going to slowly track a little further on shore as it moves inland, we're going to see that heavy rain band just continuing and it's not going to weaken whole lot so sustained winds now of 80 miles per hour. so it's come down from a 100 yesterday making it a category one. it's only moving to the north at 2 miles per hour that is it so very slow moving storm unusually slow as it's bumping right and i pressure slowly making its way on shore there you go by wednesday, 1 o'clock it has made its way just on shore right there making its way into alabama and all that rain continuing to fall some places may see upwards of 24 inches of rain from the storm system so certainly that kind of rain catastrophic specially along the southern parts of alabama and mississippi and parts of florida after that looks like we'll start to kick a little further these making its way toward atlanta by thursday. but that's a very slow-moving storm. outside right now we've got some skies a

now a tropical storm sally was swirling north of the florida panhandle with winds of up to 45 miles an hour. this tropical storms brought a lot of damage to the gulf coast and joined now by reporter jonah gilmore live in pensacola florida jonah thank you for being with us is the calm after the storm right now that. >>you're in a quiet area there in florida. what was it like there today. >>today was very quiet around the entire air, you know people are starting to get clean the process the porches inn do you are just getting that debris out trying to cover up their rules if it was damaged, but we talked about this a little early at the ball just just to show you how strong those winds were just take a look at this this is a barge that broke away that literally floated feet away from a sidewalk where we are standing and another hit a bridge, causing part of that bridge to collapse, you know is just sight to see. so how close this really isn't just like a wow factor just seen those winds push this all the way here near the sidewalk. here in the pensacola area, you know everyone is just cl

hurricane sally causing catastrophic flooding in parts of the florida panhandle in southern alabama. jonathan hunt live in mobile, alabama, 35 miles from where it made landfall. jonathan, how goes it now this afternoon there? >> well, bill, sally is now moving on and inland. boy, has she left a mark along the gulf coast of alabama, and indeed florida. here in mobile there is extensive damage. you can see behind us here, just one of the properties that has all its windows blown out. you come across the street here, they are boarding up another one that lost its windows. as we go to the left a little more, a lot of the famous trees that mark mobile's parks have lost a great deal of branches. this is not, by far, the worst of what sally brought. bill, the worst was in pensacola, florida. it's still more to come, but we understand some of the streets there are already standing in about 3 feet of water. we understand, as well, from officials down there, that they are undertaking rescues already and they expect many more of those rescues to be necessary in the coming days. the reason for t

just had a briefing from the state's governor, ron desantis, who warned people in florida's panhandle, which is the worst hit of the states affected by hurricane sally, not to be complacent. he says it's going to rain for a couple of days. rivers could crest, the flooding could get worse because this is a slow-motion event. is not so much the power of the storm. a category two storm in the scheme of things is not that powerful for the gulf coast, it's the fact it is only moving a six part -- six miles per hour, so there is a dire warning from the governor of this state, and alabama got hit really hard as well. i just saw some drone shots with the storm made landfall. some of the residences are simply ripped apart, and of course, there are several other storms currently brewing in the atlantic. to bring some perspective, the hurricane center has predetermined names it uses for every hurricane season using almost every letter of the alphabet. the next name storm will be wilford. after that, they will have to start using the greek alphabet, and that has only happened in the history of re

when it struck the florida panhandle and south alabama. in fact some 150,000 homes and businesses have lost electricity this morning and you can see on your screen. some of the video of the damaged boats that have been tossed inland and a lot of debris around sally. rapidly gaining strength as it approached land as i mentioned it is a cat 2 storm with winds. sustained at about a 100 miles per hour and you can see the kind of damage that winds like that can wreak this is the latest out of that part of the country this morning. >>the berkeley city council approved a new hiring policy that the city's police department to try to prevent abusive repeat. offender officers from being hired by the city, yeah kron four's reyna harvey live at berkeley with more on these changes reyna. >>yeah good morning. why this is so significant is it means that officers are at the state level a similar bill. those trying to be passed but it was not able to be passed but what that means is an officer can not be in a city and fired for misconduct and they get a jo