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>>> WELCOME BACK TO MORNING RUSH.
RUSH.
RUSH. >>>
RUSH. >>> WE ARE STAYING ON TOP OF
HURRICANE LAURA AS THIS MAJOR
STORM POUNDS THE GULF COAST.
IT MADE LANDFALL AROUND 2:00
A.M.
A.M.
A.M. AT
A.M. AT CAMERON, LOUISIANA.
HERE IS VIDEO OF SOME OF THE
DAMAGE FROM THE STORM AT LAKE
CHARLES, LOUISIANA.
CHARLES, LOUISIANA. YOU CAN SEE THE POWERFUL WIND
GUSTS
GUSTS
GUSTS OVERTURN.
OVERTURN.
OVERTURN. NOW WE TAKE A LIVE LOOK AT LAKE
CHARLES WHERE IT IS RAINING
HEAVILY.
HEAVILY.
HEAVILY. THERE IS ALSO A HEAVY WIND.
WE HAVE JAY GRAY IN THE AREA
WHERE THE STORM MADE LANDFALL.
>> Reporter: YOU CAN SEE
SEVERAL HOURS AND WE GOT A FEW
MINUTES OF A BREAK WITH THE EYE
MOVING THROUGH.
MOVING THROUGH. THIS SEEMS TO BE JUST AS STRONG.
TENS OF THOUSANDS ARE ALREADY
WITHOUT POWER.
WITHOUT POWER. THE TREES ARE SNAPPED AND SOME
BUILDINGS HAVE RIPPED APART.
IT WILL BE LIKE THIS FOR AT
LEAST A FEW MORE HOURS.
THAT'S THE LATEST RIGHT NOW
FROM LAKE CHARLES.
BACK TO YOU, SHIBA .
>> CERTAINLY OUR HEARTS AND
PRAYERS ARE DOWN THERE WITH THE
PEOPLE IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA
WITH THAT HURRICANE LAURA
MAKING LANDFALL THROUGHOUT THE
EARLY HOURS OF THE MORNING.
IT WILL MOVE THROUGH ARKANSAS
THIS AFTERNOON AND CERTAINLY
POWER OUTAGES WITH TREES
KNOCKED DOWN
KNOCKED DOWN WE WILL YOUR ABOUT THE FLOODING
WITH THAT STORM BRINGING A LOT
OF HEAVY RAIN.
WE DON'T EXPECT TO SEE MUCH
RAIN AT ALL TODAY.
IT WILL BE A DRIER DAY FOR US.
THAT MOISTURE IS STILL IN PLACE
WITH FOGGY SPOTS REDUCING
VISIBILITY DOWN TO 2 MILES IN
BLAIRSVILLE WHICH WILL
FLUCTUATE THROUGH THE MORNING.
WE HAVE SUNSHINE HELPING TO
HEAT US UP A LITTLE BIT WITH A
MIX OF SUN AND CLOUDS TODAY.
85 BY NOON WITH 91 THE
AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURE.
BUT WHEN WE FACTOR IN THE
HUMIDITY IT WILL FEEL LIKE
UPPER 90s.
UPPER 90s. HURRICANE LAURA HAS MADE
LANDFALL AS CATEGORY 3 ARE
HIGHER CONSIDERED A MAJOR
HURRICANE.
HURRICANE. IT DID COME IN AS CATEGORY 4
AND STILL A MAJOR HURRICANE AT
CATEGORY 3 AS HE CONTINUES TO
TRACK TO LOUISIANA.
IT WILL GET WEAKER MOVING OVER
LAND BUT STILL A TROPICAL STORM
STATUS INTO ARKANSAS THIS
AFTERNOON.
AFTERNOON. RIGHT NOW HERE'S THE LATEST AND
IT JUST DROPPED TO CATEGORY 2
WITH THE WIND AT 110 MILES AN
HOUR.
HOUR.
HOUR. WE
HOUR. WE WILL TRACK THIS TO THE NORTH
AND TROPICAL STORM STATUS
MOVING THROUGH ARKANSAS.
IT WILL START TO BE AND BACK TO
THE EAST MAKING ITS WAY TOWARD
KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE.
AS IT GETS CLOSER TO US IT WILL
INCREASE OUR CHANCES OF RAIN
WITH THE WIND TO PICKING UP AS
WELL.
WELL.
WELL. I
WELL. I THINK IT IS FRIDAY NIGHT INTO
SATURDAY WHEN WE SEE THE WIND
AND ESPECIALLY IN NORTHERN
GEORGIA.
GEORGIA.
GEORGIA. WE WILL HAVE A COUPLE OF
THUNDERSTORMS THAT COULD BE
AROUND AS WELL HEADING INTO
SATURDAY.
SATURDAY.
SATURDAY. SATURDAY LOOKS TO BE THE
WETTEST OF THE TWO WEEKEND
DAYS.
DAYS.
DAYS. WITH THE FORECAST TRACK MODEL
SHOWING IT STARTING OFF PRETTY
MUCH DRY WITH CLOUDS MOVING IN.
WE ONLY HAVE 20% CHANCE OF
ISOLATED SHOWERS OR
THUNDERSTORMS THE POP UP.
FOR THE MOST PART WE WILL SEE
ANYTHING AS FAR AS THE RAINFALL
GOES.
GOES.
GOES. TOMORROW MORNING AND INCREASING
CLOUDS WITH CLOUDY SKIES IN THE
AFTERNOON WITH 30% CHANCE OF
RAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
BUT
BUT
BUT EVENING.
EVENING.
EVENING. IT IS THE NORTHERNMOST COUNTIES
IN BY SATURDAY OF 50% CHANCE OF
RAIN TO BE AROUND THAT
FORECASTED AREA.
FORECASTED AREA. AGAIN, VERY HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE
WHICH COULD LEAD TO ISOLATED
FLOODING IN OUR
AREA.
AREA.
AREA. WE
AREA. WE WILL WATCH THAT, OF COURSE.
91 FOR THE HIGH TODAY AND
TOMORROW 98 FOR THE HIGH.
97 ON SATURDAY WITH 60% CHANCE
OF RAIN.
OF RAIN.
OF RAIN. THE BETTER OF THE TWO WEEKEND
DAYS IS SUNDAY WITH 88 FOUR A