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like major hurricane laura is. and there is a false sense of security when the eye of a hurricane moves inland. a lot of times people will get into the eye, the calm quote/unquote part of the storm. they will inspect to see if they had any property damage. but what they don't understand is that at a moment's notice the back side of 9 storm will come their way, change wind directions and pick up in a moment's notice as well. so whatever debris or whatever damage there has been left over from the north side of the wall will wrap back in and potentially blow that across their property and putting them in danger as well. most people have evacuated the area, but again, when we go hurricane chasing, this is a game of miles. we are on the outer fringe of the strongest part of hurricane laura which has been good for broadcasting because we can actually get to air. we still have electricity. but the same cannot be said for the hundreds aof thousands of people dealing with no power and that number will sky rocket. we talked

exact strength of hurricane michael but the way hurricane laura ramped up beginning late last night all the way through yesterday into this morning all the way to landfall reminds me almost exactly like hurricane michael in 2018. jillian: you've been doing this for ten years, thank you for joining us, stay safe and keep us updated. >> have a wonderful morning. todd: this other news. fox news alert breaking overnight, tick-tock ceo kevin mayer stepping down after donald trump signed an executive order to been the apps in the us, the mayor writing to employees, quote, in recent weeks as the political environment is changed i have done significant reflection on the changes required and what it means to the global role i signed up for. against this backdrop i have decided to leave the company. 's resignation comes days after tick-tock sued the trump administration over that executive order. he was ceo for less than three months. jillian: demonstrations remain peaceful in kenosha, wisconsin following days of arrests. >> a teenager charged in the shooting death of two people during those

six to 10 hurricanes and three to six major hurricanes. therefore, it is imperative that the american public understand the steps being taken to prepare for and respond to natural disasters, including hurricanes. on top of the efforts to stop the spread of the coronavirus, the pandemic will further complicate fema's challenges and responding to extreme weather events that are increasing in frequency and severity as a result of climate change. one example is the management of mac evacuation -- mass evacuation and sheltering. territories known to be hardest hit by hurricanes also base the highest rates of covid-19 cases. this year's predicted higher than average hurricane season increases the chance of large evacuations of people, including north, to areas previously hard-hit by the areas, bringing with it the potential of an increased spread in the areas. in addition, according to fema, state, local, tribal governments share responsibility for coordinating emergency shelter support after a disaster. for those who are lower income and forced

this is the strongest hurricane in 150 years in the gulf of mexico, and the strongest hurricane ever in the state of louisiana. but it's still nighttime here. and what i keep thinking about right now is how frightening this is for the families who didn't evacuate. it's really important to point out that a lot of people were scared about evacuating because of the pandemic. this is the first time in our modern meteorological history that we've had a pandemic during hurricane season. so people were frightened about leaving. and i'm thinking right now, it's still dark outside here, people in their homes, some very small homes with their children, how scary this must be for the children here in this city. but right now, this hurricane is not over. this is the back half of it. and when it becomes daylight, we'll get a good look and we'll see what has happened to this city of lake charles, which is the largest city in southwestern louisiana, the fifth largest in the state. john, alisyn, back to you. >> gary, listen. i know the winds are fierce there. and not over yet, but one of the big con

hurricane laura could spring the storm surge that has not affected the gulf coast since hurricane katrina in '05. let's get to katie beck, who is live in lake charles, louisiana, in the direct path of this storm. we were talking about 45 minutes ago, and it was really starting to ramp up. bill cairns was just telling us in your area, amazing wind gusts of over 130 miles an hour. you are certainly seeing that. >> reporter: absolutely. that explains why several of the windows have blown out in our hotel. we've seen street signs just tossed down the road. if you hear those loud noises, that's likely what it is. there's lots of signage flying around at this point. we are under cover, so i do have some safety, but i'm keeping an eye on what's going on behind me, because there are objects flying around. we have been told within minutes, the eye will be coming over us. we have been experiencing the impacts as that eyewall came ashore earlier tonight. and they have intensified with every passing few minutes it seems. it went from gusts to steady winds and now as i mentioned, objects are flying an

the hurricane coming effectively the same week marking 15 years since hurricane katrina. what lessons do think fema and the federal government learned in terms of response to hurricanes in particular? guest: i think the biggest lesson was that we don't wait until we are asked to start getting ready. to be ana, there seem lot of confusion about the governor having to make requests and what fema's role was going to be. congress, after katrina launched substantial legislation. governors are going to be is he dealing with this. the federal government doesn't have to wait. we start moving resources and i think you see this response has increased. we are not waiting for these assessments. you talked about states being prepared and fema being prepared, but what about individuals? do you think u.s. households are better prepared than they used to be to handle things during a natural disaster? guest: we get better at some things and not as good in others. if you look at what has happened in hurricane laura, we were fortunate. there seem to be very low loss-of-life due to the impac

hurricane katrina.national hurricane center is expecting catastrophic damage with widespread power outages, we are seeing 150,000 at least without power already. some towns could be submerged by the search, hundreds of thousands of residents did flee the gulf coast ahead of that surge. what is it doing, rick? >> reporter: the katrina record was record storm surge of 28 feet and is storm is around 20 feet. it will do a lot more damage like we saw with rita which was the same year as katrina and a lot of that area, i have this map up, this graphic for you, september 10th is the statistical peak of hurricane season, we are not there yet and we are through our m storm, next storm, maybe a week or so away it looks like, nothing that threatens the us but the next one is next, we can look forward to that. the center of the storm, lake charles in the eye, you get a little bit of a break but you on the edge of the i wall and where it came on shore in cameron, that side of the i wall, 90 minute break or so and we

they said, i survived the storm 15 years ago, hurricane rita. then they realized, because of the wording from the national weather service and the local officials, that this was going to be worse. and that's what we're seeing right now. you can see -- look at this. this door being pushed in by the wind. unbelievable. you know, being at night, obviously, it makes it that much more scary. so as far as my experience goes, this is very much like hurricane ike back in 2008 where the eye wall came overhead for a good -- the eye itself came overhead a good 50 minutes where we had calm. we haven't seen that yet. but that came in the middle of the night too. that's just unnerving, to say the least. it's unbelievable out there right now. better believe it. >> rob, we should tell our viewers, yes, your love shot we're seeing, yes, it's taking hits, but i'm actually a little surprised that we can hear and see you right now with those wind gusts. and also something sobering you said yesterday on "world news tonight," you said life will be flat-out different

of course, we stay on top of hurricane laura throughout the coming hours. the republican national convention wrapping up night number three with vice president mike pence giving the keynote address. take a listen. >> let me be clear, the violence must stop, whether in minneapolis, portland, or kenosha, too many heroes have died defending our freedom to see americans strike each other down. we will have law and order on the streets of this country for every american of every race and creed and color. >> will vice president pence's message there in support of law enforcement, it came on the third straight night of protests in kenosha, wisconsin, that after the shooting of a black man by a white police officer. the wisconsin doj saying wednesday jacob blake admitted he had a knife in the floorboard of his vehicle at the time of the shooting but was unarmed. blake was shot in the back seven times sunday. that happened in the evening while his children were in the car. he survived but is now paralyzed from the waist down. the shooting was captured on video and w

laura is not that other hurricane. use mentioned, it ties as the strongest in the history going back to 1856 before they even named hurricanes. but when you look at the top ten now of hurricanes to ever make landfall in the continental u.s., this is an elite group. storms such as camille and andrew, michael that devastated, of course, mexico beach in florida. we're going have images like that tomorrow. well defined eye making landfall at 1:00 a.m. local time at winds of 150. that ties that storm back in 1856. and again, the town of cameron, where we had landfall, elevation is only about 5 to 10 feet. it's just a few meters. it's mostly completely underwater. there will not be a chance to get to that area until late in the morning. i want to jump to the forecast first, and we'll go back and look at the radar. this is local time at 2:00 a.m. so we've got it making landfall. lake charles, right now may get into the eye. now that's not a bad thing, because the winds will really lighten up. they're calm inside there. but a

hurricane haner. this is her second experience several different strategies use different times. different from hurricanes, we did the best we could. we families want to evacuate, locate and hotel rooms instead of large congregate settings for the abuse setting with a wood more easily transmit covid-19. to assist evacuees as well as assist local communities. we provide a tremendous amount of ppe, hand sanitizer and things like that for people who were looking to other regions. if i understand correctly they were provided what was needed to covid-19 test, is that correct? >> that was before we have a congregate shelter we will have covered testing available. everyone and make congregate shelter will have access to a covid test to make sure they have not been exposed. strategies that we have learned, have proven to be effective. because if you look in the aftermath of hurricane haner through the no aces county corpus christi all the way down to the valley, three weeks after that the number people testin

so still a category 1 hurricane.rm, then a depression and extra tropical low. we still could have wind gusts in excess of 20, 30, 40 miles per hour as he moves closer to the east coast. the flooding threat is the number one killer when it comes to these land falling hurricanes. it's the water. you have to be sure you are on higher ground when the floodwaters come in and know what to do if there is a watch or warning. 4 to 6 inches present sip in addition to that they've already seen and totals getting close to a foot of rainfall and just to let you know and make sure you are not off your guard here but we have the potential for more hurricanes in the next couple of weeks we haven't even reached peak season. this is very reminiscent of 15 years ago, the year of katrina and rita. we'll continue to monitor it for you. >> trace: rita happened one month after katrina. it cast a cat 5. a total different scenario trying to deal with rita after katrina. thank you so much. >> sandra: shifting now to our big story this morning

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a violent ride for our hurricane hunters. you to those men and women who risk their lives to help us save lives here. devic guys, back to you. >> thank you so much for all of that. >> a lot of damage being reported, especially around lake charles, louisiana. krista st. patrick hospital is reporti reporting damage. paul herd lives in lake charles. we understand he had to evacuate his house as the storm started to pull the roof off. paul joins us now. are you safe? are you safe, paul? tell us what happened. >> i am safe. it's about an hour and a half, it just started taking the house apart. the house it's still dark, a lot of the shingles are missing, and my roof is clearly leaking. abandoned it about an hour ago and got into the car -- excuse me, about two hours ago, and i'm in my car hunkered down because i'm fearing that my house is going to collapse on me. the surprising thing is i see no storm surge. i'm southeast in the very, very corner just five miles north of grand lake, and so the damage that i have has been exclusive

her name is hurricane laura. she made landfall as a category 4 near cameron, louisiana at 1:00 in the morning local time. maximum winds at soo miles an hour. >> at least one person, a 14-year-old girl, in louisiana has died. well over 500,000 people have lost power. officials are just beginning to assess the damage. tony is in lake charles, louisiana, about 30 miles from where the storm came ashore. tony, you've just been able to get out and start to take a look around. >> reporter: we've just been able to get out guys. you might see me looking around from time to time. we hear search and rescue helicopters beginning to sweep the area. at least two so far. you can tell what they're looking for. take a look at the damage behind me. this is what we feared we'd find. this is bill's bar along the river, 20 miles inland from where hurricane laura made landfall. powerful wind and indiscriminate wind. the pictures on the walls are intact. something as heavy as a giant metal fan blown to pieces now on the ground. speakin

she has been tracking hurricane laura for us good morning so where is hurricane laura as we speak >> it's just making its way outside of lake charles. the eye of the storm system is sitting in lake charles right now t. we'll continue to watch the backside of this system make its way up into this area, but this is a destructive storm system this is the strongest storm on record to ever hit southwest louisiana. i do want to do some live tracking right now morgan city, there is that potential of tornados that are going to be sparking up throughout your afternoon. this is far from over. this storm system has still maintained its integrity from landfall what that means is it went in as a cat 4 and it is still a cat 4 hurricane. it will continue its way to the north and we're currently have 200,000 people without power so the winds are going to be an issue throughout the afternoon but i think the next big threat that we are seeing for louisiana to lake charles is the storm surge. this is the deadliest part and that right front quadrant went into this area river levels sparked up to 9 feet

it was 15 years ago this week that hurricane katrina killed more than 1,800 people and that hurricane right now is hitting louisiana, it's even more powerful than katrina. >>> let's begin with cnn's martin savage, who is in hard-hit lake charles, louisiana. so what's happening at this hour? >> hey, alisyn, as you say day light is going to tell everything here. you know, one of the frustrating things we know this storm has done a great deal of damage but when you're in a big resort which is where we had to go to find safety and shelter in the ferociousness of the storm, and take a look at this. this tells you a story about the impact. this is a tree, most trees usually in storms they all come down. that's broken off at the base, snapped, twisted, torn. it's just a very small example of the incredible power. trees are down all over the place like that. you have steel poles and lampposts that are bent and moved by the wind. you have a lot of street signage that has been torn out of the ground. so again, this just gives you small insights into the power and the ferocity. we can attest to

man, did we have flooding from hurricane harvey. but right now, texas is faring pretty well. we dodged a bullet. we are very grateful for that. reached out to our friends in louisiana to see how we could help those offices but you know some of the companies, trucks and crews are headed that way to help them get back on their feet so all in all in texas, no lost lives we are aware of, no flooding we are aware of, just a lot of soon to be hot, sweaty people with power out at home. >> you know how long the power will stay out? >> it will depend on each individual case, it's across the line, it didn't do damage to the polls but they have breakers on just like your home does. if you took the transfer off-line, they can get that straightened up and get a break. we like people to be home so they can make sure everything is safe on the house. the wind just open up a gas line and somebody's got a stove, then they filled the house with gas. they like people to be home, they could give most of it because we get a lot hurricanes on the gulf coast. most of it in a day or two, the major st

is a category for storm hurricane. winds exceeded 80 miles an hour and the storm surge was an estimated 2.5 to 3.5 feet texas national wildlife about 34-mile an hour sustained winds with gusts up to almost 90 miles an hour. lindsay 30 miles an hour sustained winds with gusts up to 51 miles an hour, orange county airport, wind sustained 29 miles an hour with gusts up to 54 miles and bouma regional airport, 59-mile an hour sustained with gusts up to 66 miles a. tree damage has been reported in jefferson county as well as the other surrounding counties around this region. i hear from some reports that we would expect to see even greater tree damage as you go further up north into east texas. other damage reports will come in over the course of the day. we do have teams in this region already, whether it be search and rescue, law enforcement, the national guard, assessment teams that are covering every city, every county, every region to make damage assessments but also to go about the process to determine the safety of ev

. >> presidenpresident trump for g for hurricane laura. he told them that he plans to visit impacted area this weekend. [inaudible]. [inaudible]. hurricane laura, louisiana. think of that. category four. 150 miles per hour. up to 180 miles per hour. i had never seen that before. coastal storm surge, were still learning a lot about the storm. pres. donald trump: and we will find out over the next couple of days. signed emergency declaration, louisiana. underground, they been insisting in the search and rescue effor efforts. delivering by saving supplies. over 600,000 households and businesses lost power in texas and louisiana. i've spoken to all of the governors, worked everything out in the being very efficient. and very aggressive in getting everything back and going as a should. i want to think all of the people fema. i want to thank and congratulate on the nomination. i hope it is very quickly. and without and i will take some questions please. reporter: thank you for being here at the national response center. the situation on the grou

the story making landfall as a category 4 hurricane. jillian: live team coverage of the howling winds and an survivable storm surge. >> striking the third night of the rnc, the convention honoring america's bravest who devote their lives to defending our freedom. >> since 9/11 i have seen america's heroes, some saved my life. >> >> services more than a word to me. it is a mission, a way of life. >> heroes who help is forced took their stand for life. liberty, freedom and the american flag. jillian: "fox and friends first" continues right now. good morning on a busy morning. todd: moments ago laura downgraded to a category 3 storm, it landed in louisiana and texas as a category 4 causing flash flooding and catastrophic storm surge in southwestern louisiana. >> 5 team coverage with janice dean tracking the storm's path and in holly beach, louisiana. >> how have things changed since we checked in with you? >> reporter: the wind has continued to pick up on the backside of the eye, 30 minutes things were calm. i will back up a little bit in

just as louisiana stepped up and helped texas a particular with hurricane harvey but other hurricanes as well, we are now stepping up to help louisiana. one of the things that is really impressive also is the level of coordination. mayor ames and i were laughing about how we've got an inadvertent and unfortunate expertise right now and that texas has been through major, major disasters. what we see consistently is a degree of interaction between the city officials, county officials, state officials, federal officials, where you don't get bickering, you don't you get jockeying, everybody working together. as these disasters have come, you have reached out repeatedly and i still remember talking to you when hurricane harvey was in pasoulf and i was in el and you said and then and it was the case then and is the case now, you said everything texas needs, the federal government resources will be there. thank you for that leadership. it is important and a testament here to the strength and expertise of the texans at this table working with the federal government that we minimized the damag

according to the national hurricane center. they will look a lot different in the morning light. scattered power outages have already been reported. widespread outages are expected. somehow the power, though, is still on where we are. we're live tonight in orange, texas, jessica willie, abc 7 news. >> jessica, it's going to be a long and destructive several hours. reporting tonight. thanks very much, jessica, in the hurricane zone. the category 4 storm now moving ashore. >>> and now we move to politics. it was night three of the rnc tonight. vice president mike pence officially accepted the party' renomination as he spoke from fort mchenry in baltimore. he delivered a speech calling for law and order, and this all comes amid racial unrest and hurricane laura, as you saw. abc 7 news liz kreutz is live with the highlights. >> he spoke a lot about the economy as well. and warned about what he said would be the dangers of a biden presidency. he covered a lot of ground in this speech, but something we didn't see once again tonight w

the rainfall with this hurricane is going to the future hurricane once it gets that status again, is going to be a really big story because look at your legend here. six inches in the red. we're seeing a lot of reds and oranges here from raleigh, north carolina all the way through washington, philly, new york, and also boston. that could cause some potential flooding. the wind threat i think right along the coastline from juno beach, florida up to titusville, you could possibly see that hurricane-force conditions, those hurricane-force conditions which will be 74-plus-mile-per-hour winds. that is if the track verifies and it does graze right on up your coast. storm surge too from juno beach up to jacksonville, ponte vedra beach, you could see two to four-foot storm surge for sure. there are a lot of impacts coming from this system, michael, even though it's just a strong tronical storm or low-end category 1. >> all right. tyler malden, thanks so much. appreciate that. now the tropical storm already being felt in south florida. last hour i talked with the administrator of palm beach c

hurricane to strike the louisiana coast in more than 160 years. take a look at the images. hurricane laura made landfall near cameron, louisiana about an hour ago, as don and chris have been saying. it is a strong category 4 storm. now winds topping 100 miles per hour, or 160 kilometers an hour as the storm approached. the national hurricane center says the storm surge up to 20 feet, or 6 meter, is unsurvivable. well, that unprecedented warning came as flooding already engulfed coastal areas. officials expect the devastation to be immense over very wide area. anyone who did not evacuate is told to prepare for hours of destructive winds, heavy rains, no power, and record flooding that could last days. tom sater joins me now with more on the path of the hurricane as it moves ashore. i know you've had a busy night. the superlatives in trying to describe this hurricane as it makes landfall are also out of

typically when a hurricane comes, first of all, we have hurricane parties. this is real, we go drinking. this will be nothing and, or if you leave, you grab a bag for a couple of days because it will pass, it's nothing. we'll leave. i can tell you this, i went down there. my family evacuated because of hurricane katrina all those years ago but -- let me finish this story. when i was down there covering hurricane katrina, my family left, i went in to do my job as a reporter. so finally about a month later, i went to go see my mom who is in texas and i walked into the hotel where they were staying and she had a small bag of a few things because she thought she'd be gone for two or three days, no big deal. i saw that she only had that and i realized that was all she had some driving home, mostly think it's going to just pass and thankfully, the good folks of lake charles because of all the impact of hurricane katrina, they realize, let me get out of here so the president is still there taking first-hand questions for the people who can speak about the current h

many people still talking about hurricane katrina so the president visiting louisiana talking about hurricane laura, on the anniversary of hurricane katrina. leland: the memory of katrina in louisiana was used ahead of laura to get people moving and taking these warnings seriously and no doubt saved lives. david spunt is at the white house. gillian. gillian: following on the state of louisiana with president trump, residents of lake charles are picking up the pieces of their lives. they're going to need assistance after the full force of laura as it ripped across that region. fox news' casey stegall is on the ground with the latest. tell us what you've got. >> well, gillian, we're south of downtown lake charles and really, everywhere you go around the city, there is damage. 360 degrees. wind 150 miles an hour at landfall, almost all of the businesses and routes -- businesses and roofs ripped off. this here is a chunk of the portion of the roof i just showed you and the other problem is widespread power outages. downed power lines absolutely everywhere you go. the wooden pole there, snapped in

this is now a category 4 hurricane. hurricane katrina was a cat 3. we all remember the devastation. i remember reporting right in the middle of it as it was hitting. so tonight, across louisiana, new orleans, points west of there they're all taking this very seriously. meteorologist rob marciano on that part of the story tonight. >> reporter: tonight, the time to evacuate is over. laura's coming ashore, packing 1 140-mile-per-hour winds and what the national hurricane center is calling unsurvivable storm surge. here come the first bands of hurricane laura. it's only going to get worse. hurricane hunters flying into laura's eye today. the storm now more than 400 miles across. the surge from this storm is going to push water for miles inland, at a height of 10 to 15 feet. that's water easily up and over my head. that's up and over this roofline. the surge will be even higher than that near the coast. an the night. we met freddie rosteet who has to ride out the storm at this lake charles blood bank. >> we're hoping that this wall does what it was made for. >> reporter: so that he can s

you could feel hurricane force conditions. that's where we have the hurricane warning from palm beach county up to flagler county. the area shaded in blue, that would be in the inland communities of the florida peninsula. you are seeing tropical storm warnings. tropical watch along the georgia coast, carolina coast. you can see as we go through the track. her's the track. it pushes to the north. treasure coast and space coast should be on guard for a possible direct hit from isaias and by then it will be a category one hurricane. it continues to push up to the north. it weakens once it gets off the florida and georgia coast. it will be a tropical storm then. late monday it's possibly making landfall towards charleston. continues to move to the north and impacts virginia, philly, new york, massachusetts and maine. you'll be feeling tropical storm force conditions, too. so you're going to see that push all the way up from south florida all the way up to the extreme northeast. we're going to see a lot of rainfall in short order.

for this year's hurricane season.the response operations. the louisiana governor's office said the other day they're trying to prioritize evacuees into hotels rather than collective shelters because that helps to bring down the risk of covid transmission, if they're packing fewer people into large enclosed spaces and large groups. they're factoring it in. again, the duration of the displacement will be a factor here as well. most people, especially people from the lower end of the income spectrum can't afford to sustain a long-term displacement. but if their homes are destroyed, their apartment buildings are destroyed, they have nothing to go back to. that's when you have a real risk of more covid transmission, having them packed together for a long time. >> jeremy konyndyk, thank you for your perspective and expertise. >>> we have a new update on hurricane laura. our weather team will join us with the latest right after the break. during this breaking news coverage here on msnbc. book two separate qualifying stays an

the legacy of the storm is how far inland it's still a hurricane. we had landfall at 1:00 central time. here we are nine hours later, still a category 1 hurricane over land. when we see the damage and power outages, it's going to go straight from the coast and go due northward toward shreveport. this was the landfall radar image, the historic part of the storm coming onshore as a strong category 4, only seven miles per hour away from a rare category 5. we haven't had or seen a ton of pictures of incredible storm surge. they said the worst case scenario was 15 to 20 feet. we know we did get at least a ten-foot storm surge. one of the people i talked to made a good point, the highest water levels were to the right of the center, over a wildlife refuge area. there's nothing 20 feet high, there's nothing to measure it. we may have had those, but we'll never know it. as far as what we're dealing with now, still 75-mile-per-hour winds, almost parallel to the shreveport area. it's going to track towards little rock as we go throughout the day. if there's a

in fact, next time you see people cleaning up after a hurricane, it is pretty much a lwa ys hurricaneys sunny because all the air that goes inside the hurricane gets blustered out the top and clears the air once the top and clears the air once the hurricane leaves. fascinating to talk to you. see you later. a number of major sporting events have been postponed in the united states, in response to the police shooting of a black man, jacob blake, in wisconsin on sunday. baseball, basketball, football and tennis matches have all failed to take place as scheduled. from kenosha in wisconsin, here's aleem maqbool. the latest night of protests in kenosha was mainly confined to marching through the streets of the city. there was none of the violence and destruction of recent days, and no sign of the armed vigilantes who had intimidated and killed protesters. well, this courthouse had been the focal point for protests. but during the night, we barely saw anybody here at all. but that's likely to be because of a new police tactic to drive by, round people up and detain them for breaking a curfe

and of course were watching hurricane laura, the major hurricane making landfall last night. being described as an survivable storm damage with large and destructive waves that will cause catastrophic damage. that is coming from the hurricane center. and they are predicting a storm surge of around 15 to 20 feet in a few locations. and you can see what a 12 foot storm surge would do. you are basically pushing a water well inland of water of 30 miles an hour in length. this is happening right now. very situation is the hurricane could do to just push up to the north. landfall happened at 1 a.m. central time in cameron, louisiana. that is the line showing up at the hurricane and the winds of 150 miles an hour. here is the progression to the north. and of course as the system interacts with land it will weaken. but here is a look at some of the storm reports. we will just click on a few of these from some of the storm watchers. structural damage here, 82 mile an hour wind gust showing up close to the north. right now a category two storm with 100 miles an hour winds. this is fore

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four hurricane. we have the latest on the storm as it moves over land and where it is headed right now. >>> the bay area protests turn violent overnight, what happened in oakland and the destruction that is left behind after demonstrations command racial justice. >>> from ktvu fox 2 news, this is mornings on fox 2. >>> good morning, thank you for waking up with us on mornings on fox 2, i am pam cook. >> good morning, i am dave clark, mark tamayo is right next to pam. he is right here and telling us more about hurricane laura and our weather. good morning , mark. >>> good morning, our forecast is very stable, minor changes of course. the hurricane laura, a major category four storm that made landfall earlier this morning, late last night to early this morning. i am showing you this as we take a look. it made landfall as a category four storm with winds over 150 miles per hour. we will be watching out for that all day long. in the bay area, the current numbers are 50s. san jose is a warmer spot. this i

i was there the day after hurricane rita.rita into cameron parish. most of the people have been evacuated and those two navy ships led by the admiral with 1500 marines, puked their guts out to get into a place called pecan island where they rescued several dozen people that hadn't evacuated. louisiana is in a different state. during hurricane rita, we had 5,000 of our national guard patrolling the streets. they're home. they're strong. the governor has them in position. they're well led and they're in a position to be prepared to go in there. we were assisted with a brigade of the army national guard working together to go into cameron parish, the city of lake charles. nothing to compare with the storm that's coming. this is a lot more tidal surge and it looked like the wind is going to be stronger and it will put the lights out, literally, i think, from this path, from lake charles to shreveport. and that's a lot of pine trees. it's going to take a long time to get that power back on, besides all of the wind and roof damage.

we expect hurricane laura to still be a hurricane when you get up to shreveport on the arkansas border. >> we're still very much in the now. this is still very much a dangerous hurricane that is hitting population centers and will for some time to come, to be sure. light hasn't come up yet in lake charles. what do you think we will see when we begin to assess the damage? >> definitely going to see some of that storm surge damage. the other part of it is, you can't put 150 miles an hour winds anywhere without seeing structural damage. you'll see structural damage. and not just that, we're not done yet. if you think about this big picture, when this storm is moving due north, what happens is, these rain bands go over the same areas, over a prolonged period of time. so we're still going to see some active areas, you'll see damage, water damage, wind damage, and it's still ongoing. >> what are the cities you're most correspond about? >> right now, definitely around lake charles. anything right on the coastline there with the storm surge. holly beach, any of these areas going to have some b

. >>> tonight, the catastrophic >>> tonight, the catastrophic category 4 hurricane, bearing down on the. as we come on the air. hurricane laura, the extremely dangerous monster storm on a collision course with texas and louisiana. 500,000 under mandatory evacuations, storm surge expected up to 20 feet. forecasters warning it's unsurvivable. our team in the storm zone al roker has the new track. >>> also deadly chaos during the jacob blake protest in wisconsin the disturbing video of a gunman on the ground opening fire. two people killed in late today the young suspect under arrest. >>> and the extraordinary moment on live tv, the nba players angered over the police shooting of jacob blake, refusing to take the court, all tonight's games now postponed. >>> night three of the rnc, mike pence setting the stage for president trump's acceptance speech on thursday and melania trump's message on race. >>> the u.s. coronavirus death toll surpassing 180,000, and the sudden reversal from the cdc on testing, why critics say it will cost lives. >>> and the new firestorm for washington's nfl team, t

i think when hurricane what will be hurricane isaias gets close to you, it will be very close to making landfall. if it doesn't brush up against your coastline, it's definitely going to brush up right against i would say around melbourne to titusville as a category-1 hurricane. it continues to the north and weakens, once again, to a tropical storm somewhere around charleston to myrtle beach. it pushes onto the northeast, new england states, you will be dealing with a tropical storm as well, unbelievable stuff w. every tropical storm, can i say this, because i used to work in the power industry with every tropical system, you will get power outages. we are looking at the possibility for big power outages across the entire eastern seaboard f. you live in florida, you don't have time for the power outages. up to the northeast, you still have time. make sure you prepare. a hurricane during a pandemic will cause the restoration process to be a little longer than it typically would f. you lose power, make sure you follow these safety tips. make sure you have that carbon monoxide detector work

than anybody here starting in six the one with hurricane carla -- 61 with hurricane carla. i have never seen this kind of responsiveness from the federal government. you, thank you, thank you. our great state people are here too, our governor, lieutenant , younor, attorney general have done everything you said you would do for texans and more. my district loves you and we appreciate you. >> thank you, randy. >> thank you mr. president, i want to thank the local andcials and texas mayors county judges are the only ones to make a mandatory evacuation. , the decision you did save lives. thank you for doing that. to the leaders here thank you for giving us the authority and funding to go do good work, but from our regional administrator and secretary wilkie, thank you for the dedicated leadership. think 17 or 18 major disaster declarations, we have never had to this festival response, so thank you for that -- this festival response, so thank you for that. >> great people, great state, we have to keep care of the people of texas. >> thank you, mr. president, i echo everything th

according to the national hurricane center, the fast-moving hurricane explode yesterday and gained strength into the night. with that, i want to go to nbc meteorologist bill karins who's standing by for us and has been tracking the storm all night. bill, take us through what we're seeing and its trajectory as it made landfall with those really high intense winds. >> yeah. you're not going to see dramatic pictures yet. this happens all the time when we cover these big major hurricanes especially when they're at night. there's this period like what happened, what's it look like, it's dark. we'll probably have to get a helicopter up there to fly over houston to see what happened in those small towns like cameron. here's what we do know. the winds were as ferocious as they've ever been in louisiana. at 1:00 is when hurricane laura made landfall. the highest tide ever recorded to make landfall in louisiana with 150-mile-per-hour winds. that's just off-the-charts-type stuff. yes, it did make landfall in a remote populated section of louisiana, but for those who live there, it's devastating. lake

>> because we had trouble getting back in here wherever hurricane rita come through. and i swore i would never leave again after that >> reporter: the cracked trees and splintered roofs >> last night, heard a crash, and of course this oak tree is in the middle of the house >> reporter: destroying homes, but not shaking foundations. we've done it a few too many times in the last 20 years, but anyway, we will rebuild. we always do >> reporter: they batten down their property as in past storms, but this one bore a new threat coronavirus. >> being in a large shelter or a large building with a lot of people, it was a huge factor in my thinking of evacuating. >> reporter: he also said he couldn't afford to evacuate. the five-year marine corps veteran tied up his life savings in a yoga and jiu-jitsu gym. he just opened last week along with his fellow veteran partner, tyler pete the pair weren't sure what they'd find. how relieved were you when you walked up here and found your gym still intact >> it was insane i walked in and it was literally like someone had taken a 45-poun

hurricane laura had made landfall overnight as a category four hurricane. it has weakened now down to a category two storm. carolyn shively is joining us in lake charles, just to tell us about the impact of that storm. carolina? >>> good morning, we can show you what lake charles look like. rushing through here, this is the devastation that it left in our hotel complex, a strongly built area. it used to be a cabana, what you are looking at on the ground. the red spot over there was an awning, maybe one of hours. it ripped off with the winds. you are looking at the pool over there. this is the story in lake charles. worse throughout parts of the state. >> it does not do you good to save your property if you lose your life. your property can be replaced, your life cannot. >> reporter: the national hurricane center warned seven on survivable storm surge. it could be as high as 20 feet and reach up to 40 miles inland. the search combined with ferocious winds and massive waves are expecting to cause catastrophic damage and submerge entire towns. >> flooded stree

overnight though, hurricane laura has intensified. now a cat 2 be sustained winds after 1205-mile-per-hour and that will increase throughout the afternoon. right now's about 300 miles off the coast of louisiana i think when you see this forecast from the national hurricane center and our 5:00 avm update that's going to change you'll see the impacts and a potential landfall tonight but the impacts are going to be widespread even though that he we are another going to see a wide hit, tropical storm winds, the storm zij, i i'll talk about that coming up. >>> the republican national coop vengs is mount the case for a second term. speechers kouted president trump's economic accomplishments and a softer tone from first lady melania trump >> since march our lives are changed drastically. the invisible enemy swept across our beautiful country. >> to those who want to stand up and fight the socialism tojing our schools, join me in supporting president trump let's rebuild america together >> they do gnat low line with their own. >> the biden/ha

as a category 4 hurricane. the death toll growing tonight. the hurricane making landfall in louisiana in the middle of the night. winds 150 miles per hour. homes and buildings leveled. roofs torn apart. a skyscraper shredded. half a million customers now without power tonight and those who didn't evacuate are now calling for help. powerful winds derailing a mile-long train. and the new danger as the skies clear. hurricane laura causing a chemical plant fire. nearby residents told to shelter in place. meteorologist rob marciano, part or our team riding out the storm, he's standing by with the latest track and where this storm will cause significant trouble next. >>> there is also news tonight about the teenager who came from a neighboring state, now accused of firing into a crowd of demonstrators who had been protesting the police shooting of jacob blake. the interview he gave moments before the chaos and that gunfire. two people were killed. and authorities tonight now revealing the name of the officer who shot jacob blake seven times in the

according to the national hurricane center.y will look a lot different in the morning light. scattered power outages have already been reported. widespread outages are expected. somehow the power, though, is still on where we are. we're live tonight in orange, texas, jessica willie, abc 7 news. >> jessica, it's going to be a long and destructive several hours. reporting tonight. thanks very much, jessica, in the hurricane zone. the category 4 storm now moving ashore. >>> and now we move to politics. it was night three of the rnc tonight. vice president mike pence officially accepted the party' renomination as he spoke from fort mchenry in baltimore. he delivered a speech calling for law and order, and this all comes amid racial unrest and hurricane laura, as you saw. abc 7 news liz kreutz is live with the highlights. >> he spoke a lot about the economy as well. and warned about what he said would be the dangers of a biden presidency. he covered a lot of ground in this speech, but something we didn't see once again tonight were

category 1 hurricane. it's right now about 100 miles or so from galveston, texas. but take a look at where this is going. it's a category 1 with nothing but open water in front of it. norah, that water is so warm, it's going to get stronger with each passing hour. we think it's going to make landfall as a major hurricane, a category 3, winds 115 miles-per- hour, and the circulation around that storm, wherever the landfall is-- and this is the third model run in a row that puts it right on the texas- louisiana border, so our confidence is high on that's where it's going-- if you're on the left side of the track, you're going to get the water heing pushed away from shore, but if you're on the right-hand side, you're getting storm surge up to 13 feet. right now it's saying for portions of western louisiana, but the whole thing could wobble by 15 miles and then galveston, you could be catching the worst of it. in terms of what will happen if with the storm surge, we think the worst of it will be tomorrow night

and on top of that, the state is now facing a possible hurricane.ricane isaias is now pounding parts of the caribbean, leading to mudslides in puerto rico. florida's governor declaring a state of emergency for parts of his state. officials there are scrambling to shut down beaches and parks, along with most state outdoor covid testing sites. the president was also in florida today, holding a mini rally there at the airport, though few were seen wearing masks. the president today continued his attack on mail-in voting as questions arise on whether new postal procedures may deliberately be leading to delays in service, and how that's going to impact the election. well, tonight, florida is one of at least 16 states where deaths continue to increase, and 28 states see cases continue to rise. and in just a few hours, federal funding will officially run out for american families hit hard by the lockdown economy. it is a remarkable combination of events, and we have a team of correspondents with all the latest details tonight. cbs' david begnaud is going t