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'Bill' Still Drenching Parts of Louisiana, Mississippi
Aired July 01, 2003 - 07:06 ET
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RENAY SAN MIGUEL, CNN ANCHOR: Though downgraded, Bill is still storming the southeast. Heavy rains are threatening parts of Mississippi and nearby states, and the Hurricane Center says tornados are a concern.
Brian Cabell is live from Pascagoula, Mississippi, with the latest.
Brian -- good morning.
BRIAN CABELL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Renay.
When Bill came blowing through here yesterday it had left an awful lot of rain, dropped a lot of rain on the roadways here. This is one of the flooded roadways outside of Pascagoula, Mississippi.
Mostly, though, Renay, is it localized flooding that we have here. We had some blustery winds yesterday. It has stopped. Some were at 15-20 miles per hour winds.
But when it came through Grand Isle, Louisiana yesterday, heavy, heavy rains, heavy winds. Tornadoes spawned. A couple of them stopped in Louisiana. And we are expecting the possibility of more tornadoes again today throughout the southeast. Rains four to seven inches deep, we are told, at some places throughout the southeast; again, Alabama, Louisiana.
But right now along through the Mississippi coast, as you can see, it is just about 15 to 20 miles per hour winds, localized flooding. There were a few shelters set up last night for people in case of evacuations, but we are told by emergency management officials no evacuations needed so far.
So, at this point, Bill not a problem for the folk along the Gulf Coast, but we are expecting something perhaps a little more severe later on today -- Renay.
MIGUEL: And, Brian, that area that Bill swept through got a lot of rain last week, so it really -- I mean, it's kind of a waterlogged area of the country now, isn't it?
CABELL: It is very drenched. And again, we had about five inches perhaps here yesterday. We're expecting at least another inch or two today. So, it is going to be very wet. We'll have more of this localized flooding. But again, they expected some possibility of evacuations, but so far no major evacuations here.
MIGUEL: All right, Brian Cabell in Pascagoula, Mississippi, thanks so much.
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Aired July 1, 2003 - 07:06 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
RENAY SAN MIGUEL, CNN ANCHOR: Though downgraded, Bill is still storming the southeast. Heavy rains are threatening parts of Mississippi and nearby states, and the Hurricane Center says tornados are a concern.
Brian Cabell is live from Pascagoula, Mississippi, with the latest.
Brian -- good morning.
BRIAN CABELL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Renay.
When Bill came blowing through here yesterday it had left an awful lot of rain, dropped a lot of rain on the roadways here. This is one of the flooded roadways outside of Pascagoula, Mississippi.
Mostly, though, Renay, is it localized flooding that we have here. We had some blustery winds yesterday. It has stopped. Some were at 15-20 miles per hour winds.
But when it came through Grand Isle, Louisiana yesterday, heavy, heavy rains, heavy winds. Tornadoes spawned. A couple of them stopped in Louisiana. And we are expecting the possibility of more tornadoes again today throughout the southeast. Rains four to seven inches deep, we are told, at some places throughout the southeast; again, Alabama, Louisiana.
But right now along through the Mississippi coast, as you can see, it is just about 15 to 20 miles per hour winds, localized flooding. There were a few shelters set up last night for people in case of evacuations, but we are told by emergency management officials no evacuations needed so far.
So, at this point, Bill not a problem for the folk along the Gulf Coast, but we are expecting something perhaps a little more severe later on today -- Renay.
MIGUEL: And, Brian, that area that Bill swept through got a lot of rain last week, so it really -- I mean, it's kind of a waterlogged area of the country now, isn't it?
CABELL: It is very drenched. And again, we had about five inches perhaps here yesterday. We're expecting at least another inch or two today. So, it is going to be very wet. We'll have more of this localized flooding. But again, they expected some possibility of evacuations, but so far no major evacuations here.
MIGUEL: All right, Brian Cabell in Pascagoula, Mississippi, thanks so much.
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