on the ground with more >> reporter: heavy rains and winds more than 50 miles per hour battering gulfport. >> my level of concern has definitely gone up >> reporter: as officials beg those who stayed behind to seek shilter. >> we're on the dirty side of the storm so there's propensity for a lot greater damage >> reporter: with the governor declaring a state of emergency, tornado watches are in effect. >> hunker down it's too late to get out now >> reporter: first responders bracing for significant flooding gulfport has not seen a storm this strong since hurricane katrina. where i'm standing now, 16 years ago it was completely washed out. katrina destroyed thousands of homes here in one day, killing more than 100 people in this county alone an aftermath that now haunts those fleeing to emergency shelters >> nobody wants to lose anybody. i don't think nobody that lost somebody during hurricane katrina thought that they wouldn't be here afterwards. >> shaq for that report >>> let's go ahead and go back to meteorologist janessa webb. janessa, what are you looking for in these next few hour >>

jon: from gulfport mississippi, thank you t15. next we had to baton rouge louisiana moving north in that direction as he heard from the lieutenant governor now we are live with the latest. reporter: good evening. and very long night ahead that is safe to say not only in coastal louisiana facing the brand impact of the storm but as far north as 80 or 100 miles. here in the capital of louisiana of baton rouge they are under a hurricane warning. a curfew is going into effect once the sun goes down that is mandatory in a lot of the parishes across the region. apples and oranges when you compare our shot to new orleans but it is on the way it will be get in here kidding here into the overnight hours. grand i louisiana look at this incredible video south of where mike tobin is with storm surge and rain there is 6 feet of water covering highway one most residents did he do the evacuation orders and got out officials say 40 decided to stay and now they cannot be reached for help. >> we have gotten request for rescue for people who stayed

nbc's shaquille brewster joins us now from gulfport, mississippi. again early this morning after braving the storm yesterday. what's it like right now where you are? >> reporter: you see some of the wind, some of the rain that is continuing to happen here as the storm makes its way through the country. you know, one thing that we noticed yesterday is just how quickly conditions can, there ws over the course of the day where there would be sun breaking through the clouds, and there wouldn't be much rain and wouldn't be much wind. then 20 or 30 minutes later, you have wind going horizontal -- or rain going horizontally being carried by the wind. gusts up to 60 miles an hour in this area. then there's also the concern of the storm surge. so not only do you have the idea of the wind picking up debris or causing tree limbs to go down, there's also the flooding concern that you're seeing i'll tell you we're right along highway 90, which is right along the coast here some of the road is already essentially washed up. it's impassable in some areas. that's t

want to bring in the mayor of gulfport. what's the situation where you are?w that there's daylight. we're in good shape. we have taken damage from tornadoes that continue to spin up. this is a wind and rain event now, but seeing it taper as the storm moves inland. what we are concerned about is people getting out, curfew laws are still in place. need to be sure there aren't downed power lines or gas mains. we are fortunate the fact that storm surge while it came in, didn't manifest to the degree we feared it might. that will be the difference in a huge way. >> hospitals in your state are already overflowing with covid patients. what is the storm going to do to the health care system as people evacuation to shelters and vaccination rates are low. shelters get crowded fast. >> that's a great question. we didn't have mandatory evacuation orders except for low lying areas. shelters didn't get overrun, hospitals were seeing a taper from the load. with this storm being tight as it was, we took a hit, it was steady. i am not aware of abundance of situations where we

vaguely near gulfport, on the gulf coast. went there to try to understand what this kind of situation in mississippi means on the units. what it means for doctors and nurses in mississippi right now, who are in the midst of what is a national level crisis. trying to hold back this tidal wave of new very sick patients, as the state exhausts its resources. part of what ellison heard was that the fact that so many young people are getting so much sicker now is driving a lot of how hard this is on doctors and nurses. here's the director of critical care at singing river health in ocean springs, mississippi. >> there are often family members who want to talk to us one of the most difficult things is discussing end of life, and worsening status with family members of these young patients. so whereas before, we were talking to children of these elderly people who were often prepared in their minds for their eventual demise. now we're talking to parents. we're talking to young spouses. and they tell us that this patient has a 10-year

you're definitely still feeling that in gulfport. we talked to the mayor yesterday and the police chief. their biggest concern was the storm surge and the possibility of the storm surge and the closures that would lead to it. highway 90 right now, we're kind of in the same fog bill was talking about in terms of it being the middle of the night where you hadn't been able to go out and assess the full damage and assess what's happening. sprinklers are going on right now. highway 90, which is the main road that goes along the beach, that's washed out. in some areas it's completely closed, in others, completely impa impassable. that's why a curfew has been in effect. you saw throughout the day where this storm really shifted and it shifted very quickly. it would go through periods of light rain, light wind. sometimes you would see the sun break out and 20 minutes later wind bets really whipping up. gusts that bill said yesterday were getting up to 60 miles per hour. that's enough to do significant damage, enough to bring down tree limbs

>> shaq live in gulfport, thank you. meteorologist bill karins, before we get the latest on ida, you're following developments from alliance and the levee failure there. what are you seeing? >> we've only had a couple levee failures. the one was in alliance and another john lafitte areas, had about 200 people bravely at risk and needed to get them out of there. the alliance area is where the fill phillips 66 oil refinery highway 23 along the mississippi river, that's a grave concern not just for anyone left there, hopefully everyone evacuated but start worrying about the environmental impacts of all of the storm surge and levee breaks and everything else. we'll see the aerials and pictures throughout the morning. the sun is coming out. the coast guard are out there trying to assess and rescue people if necessary. we had 18 inches of rain near hammond and down to laplace and we have emergencies also for those locations, so yeah, we have our hands full still. even though the storm weakened significantly, it still can produ

. >>> let's go to mississippi, gulfport, where we find shaq brewster. shaq, how is it looking where you are? the seas behind you look pretty rough. >> reporter: pretty rough, alex. it goes from periods where you see the sun behind me to periods where there's straight wind going in your face and blowing at the high velocity. the thing about gulfport, it is not in the direct path of this storm. they are not bracing for those high sustained winds that new orleans or baton rouge area is experiencing and bracing for it but instead officials are saying don't let your guard down because you see the weather behind me. you see how on the road, you have highway 90 behind us, you have a situation where some of the roads have water over them and you have cars that are trying to go through them and plow through them. there's been a curfew here since 8:00 a.m. this morning. the entire county. the governor here declared -- or asked for a predisaster emergency declaration fema approved. i want you to listen to what the mayor told me. again, the concern is that people s

or we might be right in it in terms of gulfport mississippi.'t take this for granted. don't take it too lightly just because you are handle the wind and rain that you are seeing right now. >> shaq, in context here, as you look behind you and the level of the water, which was different from four hours ago to right now, to give us a sense of relativity. >> i will say the level of the water has stayed fairly consistent at least where we are right now. but i will tell you, compared to last night when we came in, where you see that wooden fencing, that was full of sand. that was the entire shore that you saw there, the beach area. now you see that all the way up until that point you get to the sidewalk. so you definitely see some surge there. in this area experts and officials are excepting three to six feet of storm surge. not sure if they are getting that yet but this storm is only getting closer. it is only getting more intense. i will tell you in terms of sustained winds, in terms of the amount of rain, the combination that we have been saying t

nbc's shaquille brewster is on the ground for us in gulfport. is it looking at the moment, my friend? >> how does it look, alicia? i'm doing a different kind of braying now because the winds are really getting intense now. i tell you, this is the strongest wind i have experienced here in gulfport, mississippi. you get the wind with the combination of the rain and that is really what is becoming so threatening. i want to widen out our shot a little bit because you can see what this wind does. remember, this is not the center of the storm. we are not in the direct path of the storm, and look at the damage that you're seeing at the parking garage that we have been taking shelter at for most of the day. that is the concern that you hear from local officials that are telling people to stay off the roads, to stay outside areas like this, because it's just too dangerous. especially in areas when they're dealing with storm surge in low-lying areas and also when the flooding is at risk. i want you to listen to what the mayor told me to the comparison abo

shaquille brewster in gulfport, mississippi. let's start with ali velshi, who is standing right in the middle of everything. as i was watching the reporting over the last couple hours in new orleans, you were noting that the power was going out in your location. it comes and goes. looks like also maybe wind and rain has gone down a little bit, too. >> yeah. yeah, in fact, an hour ago when bill karins was saying he thought he saw a gust at new orleans airport of 95 miles per hour and he thought i might be getting about 75-mile-per-hour winds, things have changed dramatically. the rain is generally speaking falling straight down right now. winds are lower. i will say there's pooling of water, which wouldn't be a big deal in a hurricane under normal circumstances. it's always a concern in new orleans because this is a city that is below sea level. but they have invested $16 billion since this very day 16 years ago when katrina hit to avoid floding. we're a little more conscious of water pooling in the streets. it does not seem floo

the singing river hospital in gulfport, mississippi, is bursting at the seams. the waiting room is full. well, yeah. i wonder if i check haitians are being treated in hallways and hospital administrator. tiffany murdock is just trying to make it work. a couple of hours before we can take, or the state of mississippi is reporting some 3500 new cobit cases a day, its biggest surge since the start of the pandemic. only 36 percent of residents are fully vaccinated and its the unvaccinated now filling hospital is frustrating period. yes. that towards the individual personal patient. no, because we're at work and look at them as they're coming in. they have a problem. we have to fix that. we're going to take care of you, no matter right. but now you're like learning your science from facebook and that's frustrating with the regular and has a hard overflow with the patients a hospital 3 weeks ago created. second, i see you through used to be for people recovering from surgery. the fact that we've been very sick over patients. delta very changed everything. i mean it, t

fox weather multimedia journalist, is live in gulfport, mississippi.l, what is the situation where you are? reporter: you know normally peaceful beautiful gulf is angry place to be tonight, we're about 5 hours in to the relentless wind. and rain it is wreaking havoc here. a little bit of a bright spot in our coverage, updated numbers, mississippi power saying that customers not in the dark here, in gulfport area. power outages only numbering in hundreds of customers, not in thousands. that is a testament to amount. work they have done on infrastructure here. last year was a big test, now another test, we have flooding on highway 90 that is to my right. i am in a parking garage waterfront, we're intercepting power and strength of the wind as it comings onshore, it has been relentless so far tonight. there will be that temptation once it begins to subside for people to come here and survey the damage. they urge everyone here not do that right now. give them time to get back assess damage, but it is hard to think about that right now. when we still have h

that's what we're seeing in gulfport. comparing it to one other note we're seeing in louisiana, power outages. you're seeing a million people without power. in mississippi, it's about 93,000 people that are reported to not have power right now. you sigh we have power. you see the light behind me. while power did go out for a portion of the time last night, it returned fairly quickly. we still have it right now. so you get a sense of the difference and the distinction between what a tropical storm looks like. again, tropical storm still brought a wind gust of 74 miles an hour at one point last night to what a hurricane looks like, what you see in new orleans and louisiana, complete lack of power and a much different situation there. still a serious situation, but a much different situation than what they're seeing in louisiana. jacob? >> shaq, i'm glad that you pointed that out. the hurricane ida may be downgraded to a tropical storm, but the tropical storm-storrs winds are no joke. thanks so much for that update. >>> join

. >> south and the marlins, this home in grand isle, louisiana flood shared in gulfport, mississippi,odwater pressure on shore. president biden visiting fema headquarters for a briefing on the storm. >> we are praying for the best and planning to prepare for the worst. as soon as the storm passes, we are going to put the country's phone might find rest re-and covered. -- terrestrially -- countries full might behind rescue and recovery. >> the storm is expected to move toward baton rouge. officials are warning hospitals are at capacity with covid patients. >> some concerning images. the oakland fire department is sending a task force to louisiana in the wake of hurricane ida. cruise packed up equipment today ahead of their departure. oakland fire is the host agency for california task force four, a team of 14 local agencies. they specialize in urban search-and-rescue and are trained to deal with dangerous storm surges. we have developing news in the sierra where the weather has helped to se growthf a fire but it is still very active. this video was shot along highway 50. you can see th

coastline home and garden supply in gulfport, can't keep ivermectin on their shelves according to one employee. the stories now having a difficult time finding the product because all locals have priors are out. when we get it, it is sold out almost immediately, and every time we try to order, it's back ordered, the employee said. all of my suppliers are running out. feed sack farm and garden supply in van cleave, mississippi, also cannot keep supply and their shelves, according to a manager, who said they've also had trouble buying the drug from suppliers. about three weeks ago. they want to be on the safe side in the long run, but i don't recommend it because we sell a four dogs and horses and cattle. said the manager. a home and garden center in gulfport mississippi said they've sold a lot more of the veterinarian medicine in the past months. the owner's in sun says they owner -- it's definitely gone up. a manager at the george county co-op in mississippi said over the last few months they've seen a sharp increase in ivermectin sales. quote, oh yes, we've seen a lot more. they say

ijlal babar is the head of critical care at singing river held in ocean springs mississippi, down by gulfport mississippi. he went on in the interview to say that one of the challenges that they are growing into now is nurses who are working so hard and working double time, triple time, nurses finding that ultimately they cannot keep working in the icu, they can't take it anymore under the circumstances, in part because of the frustration as he put it, that almost all of the suffering could be prevented if people just got vaccinated. frustration over that is driving nurses to leave critical care, at this critical time also with these increasing numbers of sick people, they are just exhausted and can't go on. >> we have a solution by getting the vaccine and wearing our masks and doing what we need to do. we're tired. nurses are so tired. it's getting to the point where we need help. we've been helping as much as we can and we need help from our community. i respect everybody's choice to get vaccinated or not but when it comes down to it it's just gonna continue to get worse. and it's gonna get

biden approved emergency declarations for louisiana, and for mississippi, where the coastal city of gulfporttered by intense rain as the hurricane approached. newshour correspondent roby chavez is in new orleans and he joined us this afternoon with more on the hurricane and what is ahead over the coming days. roby, tell me, how is new orleans preparing? >> well, hari, it's going to be a long night. the hurricane made landfall about 11:00 this morning, and officials expect this to be a very significant event causing catastrophic damage. currently here outside, you can see the wind is already blowing. we've had some gusts up to 74 miles an hour. and the storm is still a bit a ways away. in south louisiana where they're taking a big hit, officials there told folks hug your kids, say a prayer and hunker down. this storm is comi. we expect this to be the most powerful storm since the 1850s. we did see a lot of rapid intensification with this storm overnight. we saw it increased 45 miles per hour. keep in mind, on friday, this was a cat one with 74 miles per hour. it is now onshore with 150 miles

and in gulfport, mississippi, the hurricane's effects far and wide. very strong winds and rain there. and the hospitals in new orleans unable to evacuate patients, because of the covid surge. they're sheltering in place. and the hurricane hunters flying inside the eye of the storm. the clearly defined walls of the storm 17 miles across. and look at this satellite image of the swirling eye as it was approaching land today. ida, at this hour, still a dangerous category 4 hurricane. winds 130 miles per hour. we'll have the newest track, where does this head next? this will be felt across several states as it moves north. ginger zee is standing by with where this is, and where it will head. but first, victor oquendo is live in new orleans with the latest. victor? >> reporter: david, we've been feeling these hurricane force winds for hours. and the strongest punch is on the way. watch as tn just rips right down the street here in downtown new orleans and the worst is yet to come. tonight, that monster hurricane ida roaring ashore. packing violent winds up

and louisiana needs all the help they can get fed. lavelle al jazeera, gulfport, mississippi. a wildfire has forced thousands of people to leave the resort area of lake tahoe in northern california. the council fire, which broke out 2 weeks ago as already burned through more than 700 square kilometers near south lake tahoe. hundreds of buildings have been destroyed. the scientists say climate change has made the region warmer. in the past 30 years, the u. s. has been removed from the european union's list of safe countries. as cases of coven 19 continued to rise. the you is recommending a pause on all non essential travel from america daily hospital admissions in the u . s. a prison, past 100000 for the 1st time since last winter or the man who killed 4 people and several asian ron spars nearly us city of atlanta could face the death penalty. robert aaron law admitted the murder, it's in cherokee county, is accused of killing 4 more people in a neighboring county. south korea's prime minister says samsung's vice chair should be able to return to work after weeks. from his rele

still, darker days are to come. 6 carbon ammonia, and waited for hydro. castro al, jazeera gulfport, mississippi. ah, but continued to follow the situation in afghanistan, where more gunfire has been heard and stung grenades used to push back huge crowds, gathering their cobbles at port for the 5th day. thousands of people are there daily, hoping to flee. afghanistan on the taliban rule. more than 800000 have been lifted so far, but tens of thousands left. the country could still be eligible. the u. s. a. nato pledged to accelerate the number evacuations, but many afghans still face major obstacles from taliban roadblocks to problems with paperwork. make no mistake, this evacuation mission is dangerous. involves risks to armed forces and it's been conducted under difficult circumstances. i cannot promise what the final outcome will be, what it will be that it will be without risk of loss. but as commander in chief, i can assure you that i will mobilize every resource necessary. and as an american, i offer my gratitude to the brave men and women of the us armed forces are carrying out

phil laval al jazeera, gulfport, mississippi, and california. thousands of people have been forced to flee off to the entire resort city is south lake tahoe was ordered to evacuate because of a why fi? the called or fire, which broke out in august 14th, has already been 3 more than 700 square kilometers, destroying hundreds of buildings. find to say, climate change has made the region woman in the past 30 years and will continue to make the weather more extreme on the wildfire more destructive. we can speak to christian monta rosa. he is a california based photo journalist. he joins us from echo lake, looking at the image behind you. you clearly in the thick of it described to us exactly where you are on what you will see. yeah, sure. i'm standing currently on highway 50 below echo lake this with a major highway going through cal door or into south lake tahoe. and it was very important because firefighters were trying to keep the fire from jumping this road into communities that were down below. and at this point in the day that has already happened, i'm seeing flames on both sides of

and louisiana needs all the help they can get filled. lavelle al jazeera gulfport, mississippi me health officials in new zealand say the number of new code 19 cases is likely to continue falling countries when dealing with its 1st major outbreak in more than a year during the past 2 weeks. but as wayne, hey reports, now the government is now easing restrictions. the new zealand government's decision to lock the country down 2 weeks ago was met with shock and even ridicule in some parts of the world. the prime minister jacinta roger, made the announcement when just one new case of covey 19 was found in the community . new zealand 1st in 6 months. in that 2 week period there have been 612 new infections and the peak of the outbreak may have already passed. today there are 49 new cases of code 19 to report. all of these are in oakland. obviously that's a fair the decline on yesterday. daily case number for fewer and is the lowest number of cases in 6 days. it does provide for the reassuring indication that our public health measures rapidly slowing the speed of the bars. the largest city,

we expect it to reorganize, restrengthen and head towards this part of the gulf of mexico, gulfport to pensacola, late in the day on monday and tuesday, as a moderate to strong tropical storm. linsey? >> rob, we know you'll be keeping an eye on that for us. thank you so much. >>> now to the other breaking news. president biden announcing he is sending additional troops into afghanistan to help evacuate u.s. embassy personnel and afghan visa applicants. and moments ago, the president doubling down on his commitment to withdraw u.s. forces, despite the taliban's rapid advance, the militants are now closing in on kabul, the capital. the afghan security forces on the streets with a strong presence, but so far, elsewhere across the country, they have not managed to stop the taliban's advance. afghan civilians desperately fleeing, the airport packed. commercial flights fully booked. many who work for the u.s. forces searching for visas to get out. one former translator pleading for americans to help. abc's julia macfarlane is in london tonight. >> reporter: tonight, with the taliban on kabul

and louisiana needs all the help they can get filled. lavelle al jazeera gulfport, mississippi, and california thousands of people have been forced to flee out of entire resort city of south lake tahoe was ordered to evacuate because of a wildfire the called a fire, which broke out on august. the 14th has already been through more than 700 square kilometers, destroying hundreds of buildings. santos, a climate change has made the region a woman in the past 30 years and will continue to make the weather more extreme. and while fires more destructive, when we spoke to photo journalist christian monta rosa, who is in eco leg, that's just south of that resort, has been threatened by the wildfire. he said the weather conditions are lowering the fire spread further and foster the calendar fire is currently one of 2 major incident in the up there being the fire, not 2 hours north from here. this area has now become known as fire country because we're seeing dryer winds less rain and more tender, basically more feel for the fires to grow. and so it's been a real challenge for firefighters from what i'v

reported damage in gulfport from a believed to be twister that will be assessed later by the nationallooding threat as you see the rain continues here and water continues to pile up. it's going to stay this way for hours to come. we are in that portion of the storm that is just a fire hose. a pipeline of water that is going to continue for hours. and on to that breach that you mentioned we are getting word plaque mine parish flood gate is believed to have failed and they're trying to get people in the alliance area of highway 23 to safety. we will be tracking that for you in the hours to come, guys. steve: all right. thank you live report from mississippi. ainsley: fox weather launches in october. you can watch for it. check in with janice dean for fox weather forecast. janice? janice: light is coming up and we will see damage. a lot of these places are hard to get into because we had storm surge over 1 feet of storm surge and over 12 inches of rainfall in some of these regions and new orleans is really one of the most if not the most vulnerable area in terms of below sea level and th

another in gulfport, all three of them are at or near capacity. at various points we have seen ambulances come up and have to wait. beds are not available here. everyone that we speak to they say they are at capacity, not just in terms of the levels of bed, of staff they have, but also just emotionally. they feel like they are fighting a battle that does not have to be so bad right now. we went on to the covid icu floor at this hospital and we met a nurse that was finishing up one of her final issues. the doctors, the nurses, they say they understand if people have questions and concerns about the covid-19 vaccines. questions they say they say far too many people are relying on information they see on the internet, not from any credible source instead of talking to them, the doctors, the nurses, the respiratory therapists on the floors treating this virus every single day. i spoke to one therapist and asked her what it is like in those moments before when they're having to inintibated patients. >> what do they say? >> please don't let me die. they

trey: stay safe mike turning to will in gulfport, mississippi.orter: we're in the part of the storm about 3 hours into this. relentless wind and rain that is pounding gulf port, biloxi. we're aiming away from the oncoming wind. it is not just the wind itself that is a huge concern but also everything in it. street signs and light fixtures they can become projectiles with the tree limbs that are falling, we have thousands without power highway 90 to the right is flooded and storm surge covering that. also few cars on the road, that is a good' thing, authorities have worked all day to get theme off of the road, a curfew put into place at 8:00 this morning, it will remain in place until further notice, they are trying to keep people off of the roads during the height of the storm but in the crucial damage assessment that has to come once this passes. we're in the parts of the storm we'll see this wind and rain pound us for hours. if you are having to shelter in place during a storm like this, at some point after a few hours, you ask yourself, when i

company, and there is going to be a railroad to panama and get them on the ships and get it to the gulfport or the east coast ports. there is no way in the world that the railroads can compete with this for carrying freight, and freight is all they are. all of these are freight railroads and not passenger railroads, and he says this is outray, you have and this is jay gould saying that it is outrageous to try to compete with the steamship company, and it is outrageous to carry our california businesses at such low rates. very little had changed by the 1880s. charles francis adams testifies before the railroad commission that they could reduce the rate until it makes the business worthless to us, and yet make something itself on traffic to the east coast. any time the steamship company wished to do so, they could have bankrupt the central pacific and later the southern pacific railroad. why didn't they do so? it was a lazy and corrupt corporation that depend on subsidy. the second part is that what the associates did is pay them the associate. the government has subsidized the union pacific

shaq brewster is in gulfport, mississippi. >> we were about 150 miles away from where this hurricaneopical storm-force winds, the wind gusts that are increasing. we heard from the fire chief himself, he's warned residents, once the winds get above 45 miles an hour it will get to a point where he with will stop sending officers out to respond to emergency. that's because of out of concern for their safety. he's telling everyone, all the residence to hunker down. i still see a couple police cars driving around, so that suggests we're not at that range, but i will tell you the gusts are getting aggressive. we know there's only more to come. this is the time period the mayor told us he was most concerned about, with the storm surge, about the possible flooding, the fact that you have the intensity of these storms, the threat from tornadoes sit you to listen to what the mayor told me about his fears with this storm system. >> complacency kills. these storms are unpredictable. every one is different. you have to take each differently. they can shift or have a torn spin up in the middle of

and hospital are full from memphis to gulfport, manchester to meridian. everything is full. >> and we just got off the phone with the mississippi state department of health. they have confirmed that they have reached out to the federal government to get more information on the the possibility of having the usns comfort hospital ship come to help. >> again, we are now talking about these hospital ships coming to the rescue in light of what is going on. thank you so much, layla. i appreciate it. >>> so in light of all of that, we're seeing more businesses and cities and government agencies moving to require vaccines. just this morning the health and human services department announced that it is more than 25,000 health care employees and volunteers must be vaccinated by the end of next month. los angeles is also taking steps to require covid vaccinations at indoor venues including restaurants, gyms and many more places. cnn's stephanie elum is live in los angeles. what is the latest with this? >> reporter: well, kate, what happened yesterday is that the l.a

from biloxi, between biloxi and gulfport. there's another to the south, pa passgagoula. it's rotating, could possibly be a waterspout that's coming on shore. that's what we're looking at today. looking back, this isn't what katrina was. katrina was a wider storm. it had lower middle wind speeds but katrina had 59 tornsd with it. tornadoes today are certainly possible. there may not be 59 but they'll be there. this is the rain that spreads to the north. it spreads into pennsylvania, even d.c. four to six inches, that's a lot of rain. just west of nashville with the rain -- that he all still there. the ground is not going to soak any of this rain in. there it goes. there's the storm system. 1.1 million customers without power, jim. i think that's a big distinction. not 1.1 million people. a customer, a house, building, hospital, whatever. you have to multiply that by two or three to get to the people actually affected. >> that's a great point. there's a multiplier there, no question. chad myers, thanks so much. as we noted there, a million customers without power in the st

that where he find shaq brewster in gulfport, mississippi.t like 20 minutes it will be really intense, you would get a little reprieve, and people would almost be out there on the shore taking pictures, taking in the weather. is that still the case? >> reporter: yeah, maybe a half hour we saw people going into the water, which is extremely dangerous, which common sense dictates, but they have since come back. the rain is picking up. the wind is picking up. you see some wind in the treats, and this is why there's been that curfew in place since 8:00 a.m. this morning. this is why officials are going through -- we've seen officers go through highway 80 here, the main road along the beach. officers telling people to hunker down. threat of flash floods, things falling down, tree limbs coming down, so there's definitely that concern will, despite the moment of reprieve. for that reason, the shelters have been opened all across the county, a place impacted severely by hurricane katrina, and for some people it's a scar that is still pretty fresh. le

and this is a lye look at gulfport, mississippi from fox 25 one of the big stories tonight there, thenal wheelchair softball association world series tournament takes place at the coast coliseum parking lot in biloxi. teams from all across the country are participating. the tournament was supposed to take place in biloxi last year. it was postponed because of the pandemic. that's tonight's live look outside the beltway from "special report." and we will be right back. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ so then i said to him, you oughta customize your car insurance with liberty mutual, so you only pay for what you need. hot dog or... chicken? only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ ♪ born to be wild ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ born to be wild ♪ see disney's jungle cruise. applebee's and a movie, now that's eatin' good in the neighborhood. new projects means new project managers. you need to hire. i need indeed. indeed you do. when you sponsor a job, you immediately get your shortlist of quality candidates, whose resumes on indeed match your job criteria. visit indeed.com/hire and get started today. whose

they have a hospital in gulfport and pascagoula and we have spoken to all of them and doctors and nursestory therapists and we went into this hospital here, and to answer your question, they they are past their breaking point, and they are exhausted beyond words dealing with this on the front lines, and the problem that they are up against sheer that many people in this community particularly, they just don't want to get vaccinated. one doctor who we spoke to, he told us that he had a conversation with a patient, a non-covid patient, telling her that she really needed to get vaccinated because she had a number of health factors that put her at greater risk if she were to get sick. she told him she would rather die than get vaccinated. the doctors here, they are hoping that anyone, each just one person, will see this, see what they let us see, listen to what they had to say and change their mind about getting vaccinated because they are really desperate here. i met one icu nurse who is leaving the icu floor because she's been in the covid icu ward since the pandemic began and she says she

that's what we are seeing, starting from coastal mississippi where we have been here, biloxi and gulfportower outages come even tornado damage being assessed today. as he moved closer to slidell and new orleans the picture gets even more difficult to see, guys. >> john: still not as bad i would think as he he saw during katrina. >> not at all. >> sandra: you are talking to be about an hour trip or so moving east from slidell louisiana. how would you compare the damage you saw? obviously where you are right now, pass christian, you are completely surrounded by water there. they are showing drone images of the new orleans area as we are trying to get a first look at just how bad things are there. but that's obviously quite a bit west of where you are standing. >> yeah, and we've spent some time out surveying damage here in gulfport and even over to biloxi. after katrina there was a lot of infrastructure changes around here. the ground level was raised in many cases, lots of fortifying of buildings, and that withstood pretty well, especially on the coastal front. highway 90 closer a while, w

one for the gulfport area of mississippi, and that storm has moved inland away from the coast, but that'ssibility of these outer bands producing isolated tornadoes and even through the day tomorrow. the story for our baton rouge friends, happy to say this is going to track to the east. that means you get the backside winds which typically aren't as strong as the winds on the east side. what's beter for you is worse for hammond and slidell. max winds have been shifted out of there. that storm will be near baton rouge around midnight, and as we mentioned, we have to deal with this thing all the way through wednesday, maybe even into thursday. thursday over connecticut. >> incredibly long tail on that storm. >> yes. taking a week off after this one. >> we'll keep watching. i'll keep you with me, bill karins. thank you. >>> today, louisiana's governor urging those at home to stay in place long after the storm passes through. >> once the storm has passed, you need to be prepared to shelter in place for the first 72 hours. we have every possible resource ready to go to help you. we'll get there

areas toward gulfport, bay st.nd, they'll have 24 hours or so, that water will be slower to go out, but near the center of the eye, the winds can completely switch direction. of course in you're on an island, it comes from the ocean, but also can get to you from the bay, too. those people chose to stay in there. they probably spent a ton of money to have the pie loans driven, and for their sakes, i hope they were right. >> thank you, bill, for this little bit. governor john bel edwards will hold a briefing at the top of the hour. meanwhile, president biden is getting a briefing at fema head cars. heidi pretty heidi. >> reporter: at this point we would expect short remarks. the president is very aware of the history of the natural disasters, 16 years to the date that hurricane katrina touch down. 1800 people were killed. it became a very indelible kind of memory for those of us who were around at the time that the president was confabbing with his fema director at the time, and he congratulated him on what a great j