we understand in many places around waveland and bay st. louis, in the lowing lying areas, there was thigh-high water. on this beachfront road, you see all of the sand that you see here is what was brushed up and pushed inland from the shoreline here earlier today. officials here tell us they anticipate that that will continue happening during the next 24 hours. but it comes in waves at this point. for the most part, when you talk to folks around town, they kind of feel like the worst of this is already over. that even though it's raining a little off and on, we really haven't seen any significant rainfall now for several hours. so -- and in areas in the lower lying areas that were getting flooded out, the water was quickly dissipating. so that was good news. but there's a concern throughout the region because mostly this is a slow-moving storm as it continues to push north into inland louisiana and mississippi and communities not just along the gulf shore here. there's that threat of continued flooding. so we'll be on the lookout for that

this is waveland, mississippi, where we are, and absolutely devastated almost six years ago to the day that hurricane katrina blew through here and changed this town forever. some residents are telling us that one-third of the population has ever returned here back the waveland after hurricane katrina. in the grand scheme of things they also know that this storm is nowhere close to the power and the fury that katrina brought here, and they are taking it in stride, but they took their preparations, and considering ate rainmaker. it is pushed inland and the officials say that flash flooding exists over the course of the next 24 hours further inland and north and not the gulf coast shore, but up to louisiana and mississippi as well. susan? >> ed lavandara in mississippi. jacqui jeras in the weather center with what this is expected to do overnight, and as ed said, it is a big rainmaker. >> yes, and it is not moving a lot. that is a struggle with trying to pinpoint where the worst conditions are. most of it offshore in terms of the heavy downpours, but several areas in the mississippi rive

we have one warning right now in effect that includes waveland, mississippi and bay st. louis.terior room at the lowest level of your home. we'll continue see the little spinners, flooding rain a problem through the overnight hours and throughout the day tomorrow. this is a slow-moving storm that will isn't going away soon. we have an update on katia, looking at winds of 70 miles per hour here out in the middle of the atlantic, not bothering anybody. it is going to be bringing in some waves though to the reward and windward islands. the track brings it towards the u.s. late in the week. and still too soon to tell whether or not we're going to get that perfect curve up to the north or this is going to get guided in and hug along that coast. we'll continue to track both storms. >> lee slow-moving but very powerful. jacqui, thank you. you would think maybe lee might bring some relief for the fires in texas or oklahoma. not so. wildfires in those two states have left a trail of misery as you know. fires in oklahoma city has destroyed more than two dozen homes. in texas, the state f

unofficial in waveland. up to a foot in carrollton. and seven inches in gulfport.ng with a cold front along the east coast, suck in a lot of people for a lot of people for labor day weekend. coming up, we'll talk what you can expect for travel, susan, and for those people trying to maybe get a barbecue in here and there. >> yeah. a lot of people c, vacation pla out the window. jacqui jeras, thank you. >>> mitt romney is with the tea party express speaking right now. let's take a listen into what he's saying. >> -- political freedom, powerful as that is, their brilliance in seeing that the states should be the servants and the citizens should be the sovereign was groundbreaking and changed the world. but they also gave us another freedom. the freedom to choose our course in life. individual freedom. economic freedom. americans can be free do whatever they wanted. as a result of these freedom, people from all over the world wanted to come to america. come here to craft for themselves for themselves and for their children a better life. this is the greatest nation in

this is the situation in waveland. you can see it here along beach boulevard during the time of high tide with winds changing direction this afternoon. tomorrow morning's high tide cycle will certainly not be as bad. oort way lee is going to stick around. an enhanced tornado threat across georgia and alabama including birmingham and metro pal tan areas. there's the flood risk that will probably linger through a good part of the week. texas continues to burn. a lot of impacts from lee and what's left of it. craig, back to you. >> jim, thank you. >>> back to politics now. again, we are expecting to hear from president obama somewhere around the 1:15 mark. he is in detroit, michigan, addressing a group of union folks there when the president speaks we will of course bring it to you live. president obama spent the holiday weekend putting the finishing touches on that major jobs proposal. all of which which is going to be unveiled before a joint session of congress this thursday night. the president expected to among other

waveland, mississippi, that was unofficial, more than 14 inches. carrolton, slidell city.e have flood watches in effect and tornado watches through the night tonight. they could spread northward. still a big mess, a lot to deal with. this is sticking around, staying in the forecast probably for a good week before we can kiss it good-bye. >> not a good thing, considering labor day weekend, a lot of people will be traveling home tomorrow, trying to. we are looking at delays? >> lots of delays. coming up in about 30 minutes, we will have the labor day forecast, talk about the cool down and what to expect for travel delays. >> busy day for you. thank you. appreciate it. >>> a tropical storm warning as she mentioned is in effect from intercoastal louisiana to did he say continue, florida. reynolds wolf is near the eastern edge of the storm, you can see the flag behind him. it is tempting, i am sure, for people there wanting to take a swim for labor day. officials say don't do it, it is dangerous. >> reporter: absolutely. one of the reasons they came here is the pristine beaches

i don't think there is one house up for every ten destroyed in waveland today.hat's how hard this work is. it doesn't happen automatically, but mississippi is working hard, louisiana is working hard. so i can only imagine how these states feel. joplin, missouri, the state of missouri hit by tornadoes that i understand the winds might have exceeded 250 miles an hour. unheard of. this is not time, to my friends on the other side, to sit on your hands or to take out your green eyeshade and pencil and figure out how we're going to pay for it this week. we have all year to debate that. we need to send them emergency funding now and worry about how to pay for it later. this is the number of -- this is what our map looks like. green is too pleasant of a color for this map, but this indicates the destruction or the number of disasters that have been declared by the president. you can see for the first time, i believe, in our nation's history a disaster has been declared in every state but two -- michigan and west virginia. now, michigan technically could be declared a d