and what's the terrain like in morgan city?gency crews, first responders be able to get to your residents who did stay behind? >> yeah, we're not worried. we have a good levee system and a really good pumping system. we're not worried about that. first responders might have to cut their way through to them through the trees if too many trees have fallen. >> what are you telling your residents if they call for an emergency, call 911. do they have to wait it out or can your crews still get out at this point? what is the guidance you're giving residents? >> it's completely up to the fire department. if the fire department says they can go and they want to go they'll go. right now, they'll go. but if it gets much worse, they'll not be able to go. you can't put all of our equipment and all of our people in harm's way, you know. we're not going to do that. if the fire chief says no, it's no. so, it's his call. >> right. and you mentioned that many of the residents in your city are senior citizens. do you get the sense that because of

>> reporter: blue skies and sunshine here in morgan city won't last much longer. by this time tomorrow the hurricane is expected to make landfall and the storm surge is 15 feet high. the entire city sits seven feet above sea level, the outlook? good. jose? >> morgan chesky, thank you. >>> as louisiana prepares for ida, already packed with covid patients and going into lockdown. tom llamas reports from new orleans. >> reporter: tonight, nbc news taken inside one of new orleans busiest covid icus. the state already swamped with nearly 3,000 hospitalized patients. >> sometimes just spinning thinking dealing with a pandemic another saurngd now a major hurricane? >> yes. it does. last year we had a lot of uncertainty we thought hurricanes were coming. this one is headed right towards us. really terning. >> reporter: the timing couldn't be worse. hurricane ida is about to collide with the fourth wave of covid. icus like this one filled to capacity. this 62-year-old deborah alexander, during this latest surge has been praying she beats covid. tonight she's praying for ne

there are low-lying areas here in houma, also in morgan city just down the road. that's only seven feet above sea levels, so expect some storm surge issues there, about you the fires are saying their chain saws are out and as soon as it gets safe enough for them to go into the neighborhoods and start checking on people, we plan on cutting treats or of poles and checking power lines. >> there's wind whipping debris. we want to make sure you and your crew are safe, but we want to highlight something, you said if 40% have stayed, that means by 44,000 people are riding out the storm in that parish alone. are you seeing any, god forbid, cars on the road? any activity? >> the only people on the roads right now look tore storm chaser at this point. that's an absolutely good thing to here. nobody has any business being out in this business right now. it's only getting worse, lindsey. as frustrating as it's been to see the damage that ida has already brought here, it's what's to come that certainly gives you pause. >> morgan chesky, please stay safe. >>> we have to bring i

albert: podrÍa ser morgan city la que reciba mÁs afectaciones. el oleaje esta subiendo.rme a "ida" se acerque. podrÍa haber una subida del lago. "ida" ya es categorÍa 2 y sigue desplazÁndose a la misma velocidad, 16 mph. tocarÍa tierra esta tarde en louisiana y luego al norte. lluvias que veremos llegar en forma de tormentas. ayer tuvimos aguaceros en nueva orleans. posibilidad de tornado y bandas de lluvia de hasta 11 pies. acumulados de 12—16 pulgadas. fÉlix: hay una preocupaciÓn. parece que se ha movido a la derecha e impactarÍa mÁs a nuevo orleans. albert: es algo muy peligroso. no podemos estar en esta zona maÑana. fÉlix: gracias. estaremos pendientes. "nora" ya es categorÍa 1 en el pacÍfico, causando inundaciones y deslaves en varios estados mexicanos. rÁfagas de vientos de 80 mph. cientÍficos prevÉn que podrÍa tocar tierra en sonora el prÓximo viernes. el maratÓnico rescate en afganistÁn sigue enfrentando retos. el presidente biden dijo que podrÍa haber un nuevo ataque terrorista. hoy sonaron disparos alrededor del aeropuerto de kabul. reportero: disparos en el ae

look at morgan city and homa. we think those two areas could see the highest winds. that's where the destruction would be to properties, roofs, to trees and the power outages, of course, in that area would be the worst. again, if we shift this storm to the east or west, we would change who is going to get hit the worst. so we're only about 24 hours, maybe 30 hours away from landfall. we're going to watch so closely to see how much stronger ida can get until landfall. these are the dangerous storms. the ones that are getting stronger all the way up to landfall. remember when we dealt with matthew, we thought that was going to make landfall as a category 3 or 4, that got up to a 5 in the last 12 hours right before landfall. so nervous times for sure. >> it's good if it can hit land, let's say it hit some sort of land, nonpopulated, that would blunt it, right? we've got nothing standing in its way. >> yeah, it's some of the warmest, deepest water on the entire planet, the storm is going to be right over that. that is the fuel for the storm. some dry air could get wrappe

morgan city all the way down through new orleans and weakening somewhat as it goes inland. but we'll have a big surge with this, along the mouth of the mississippi river. outside the levee zones, it will be inundated. 10 to 15 feet of that and on top of that we will see rainfall in excess of 10 inches to 15 inches in some spots and that could be in new orleans proper where they could have a tough time pumping out the water. today for anybody in the storm zone, eva, is the time to prepare or get out. >> good advice for people in keep in mind today. >>> there are mandatory evacuations that have been ordered for those outside the levees in the new orleans areas but hospital patients are being forced to shelter in place. abc's victor oquendo is in new orleans with the preparations under way and the warnings from local officials. good morning, victor. >> reporter: good morning, eva. we are along lake pontchartrain. rob just mentioned it. today is the last day to make sure that you have your hurricane plan in place and the time something definitely eerie. tomorrow marks 16 years

, if i'm not mistaken, because it was the one-year anniversary of the storm that hit morgan city last year. when they were sitting there thursday morning, neither of them anticipated that ida was going to become a hurricane, much less a high cap 4 and hitting the gulf coast -- cat 4 hurricane hitting the gulf coast. one of those particular things that this storm reminded us is that every storm is different and we are looking at three different disturbances off the coast of africa right now, but most of them -- but they are not going to get in the golf or head up north for the next six to eight to 10 days. most of the storms that, for africa, you have a significant amount of time to watch, to look. this juan soto popped up and it popped up very strong, very quickly -- and this one sort of popped up in the popped up very quickly. from thursday at noon to today at noon, it has taken -- it has been busy, let's just say that, for all of these various partners. so, when you talk about what are our emotions? it certainly warms my heart and makes me proud to be a mississippian to see how

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morgan city on the left side.looking like ulna, louisiana. it will slowly weaken tomorrow. a tornado through mississippi tomorrow and watching the rainfall. as we go through the next couple of hours, the thing belle watching is the storm surge. all the winds will be oiling up the water. it will be water everywhere in southern louisiana. the bay of st. louis and mississippi is going to be a big issue with the winds blowing. all that water toward the west side of the bay it's going to be a huge problem. so we're talking 12 to 16 feet in those areas i talked about in southeast louisiana and 8 to 12 feet in the bay of st. louis to the east side of new orleans. the heaviys should keep the water out. that's what the $15 billion did after katrina build the levies up and increase the pumps and the other test is the predictive rainfall of 12 to 20 inches of rain. all of southeast louisiana and especially the new orleans area and then that rain goes up into mississippi. the bottom line is we're expecting that landfall likel

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we have hurricane force winds in new orleans, morgan city inland winds almost 100 miles per hour. this storm is going to have a lot of wind with it, it's going to have the storm surge with it and it's going to have the rain. that rain is little exacerbated because it's going to start to slow down in forward movement around the time it's making landfall. 18 hours of prolonged rains and 15 to 20 inches of rain, a lot of inland flooding with this as well. if you're right on the coastline, obviously, places like grand isle, morgan city, you're going to be watching the worst of the wind and the storm surge, but you go inland a little bit and we're going to have a lot of damage from the really strong wind and then inland flooding. way nt -- i want to point out last week we had the flooding in waverly, tennessee. we'll see a lot of moisture through that exact area and i want to point that out and a lot through the northeast that had fred last weekend as well. and the storm is going to be far inland and be with us for a number of days. jacqui: not a lot of time to prepare. thanks for that

first of all, i know there was -- we talked to the mayor of morgan city who said he believes maybe 35till 60% of the population there. what -- help give us a sense of what it's like there. what are people doing? >> yeah. so it's very early in the morning now and, you know, we have the big hurricane approaching. there are still cars driving around now. there's definitely people still here. it intensified rapidly to a category 4, people are deciding they're going to evacuate. there's plenty of time to evacuate. things will start rapidly deteriorating here at sunrise and as we get closer to the expected landfall which is probably late afternoon or early afternoon, potentially. it's a dynamic changing, evolving situation. i actually fell asleep for a little bit and woke up and we're category 4. when i fell asleep, it was a cat 2. it's a developing situation here. >> you mentioned how dynamic the situation is. i've been struck by how stark the warnings have been from publish officials. i understand there's reason to be cautious before any storm. these have been ominous. you've been through

that maroon color, morgan city, also new orleans where we could see some widespread power outages sundaynd monday. then it gets better as you go inland. the take away, further north, you will see heavy rainfall. 16 to 18 inches but possible 20. and then before i leave, i circled hurricane ida but we are also watching two areas of interest. we are one week away from peak season. and we are starting to heat up, and we are continuing to watch ida but also these other two areas. back to you. >> michelle, beyond those being told they need to evacuate, how are beeple being told they need to prepare? >> so you need to listen to your officials. a lot of people who live along the coast, they're used to this. so last year there were four tropical systems that moved on shore in louisiana. today, on this day, we saw a category four hurricane hammer louisiana. on sunday it's the 16th anniversary of katrina, so that's not lost on us. so you want to look at your local warnings, heed those warnings, listen to officials. i know it's a weekend, it's friday, saturday. no one wants to go out of their way. b

where you see that red color, new orleans, baton rouge, morgan city, that's where we're seeing hurricane you want to evacuate if you've been told. tomorrow is your day to prepare, if not tonight. rain and flooding, starting sunday. we'll see it monday as well. and it will rain itself out, tuesday into wednesday. but just awful amounts of rain. we could see flooding in new orleans, it's like a bowl effect there. that's why we have the pumping stations, and they'll be put to the test this weekend. sunday and monday, winds as well. when hurricane gets close to land, we'll see them really stretch out. these could span 250 miles. that will bring strong winds onshore, maybe power outages, and also pushing water on land. storm surge is a wall of water, the ocean water, the saltwater pushing on to dry land. it's life-threatening. 10 to 15 inches in the pink, 4 to 7 in the red. it happens fast. that's why you want to evacuate and be inland, away from the coast, if we see that storm surge. also power outages, the maroon color, morgan city, new orleans, where we could see widespread power outages s

i am here in morgan city right now. but it looks like, you know, as this thing comes ashore, it will wobble to the east, wobble to the west. and lately, the trend has been to wobble a little bit more to the west and looks like maybe, homa, louisiana, might be the dead center of where that eye hits but that can change. there is still probably, you know, at least 12 hours, maybe a little more until this storm makes landfall and a lot can change between now and then. >> absolutely. aaron jay jack, really appreciate your time and your experience on this. i'm -- i'm sure we'll talk some more. appreciate it. thank you very much. >> yeah, you're welcome. thank you. >>> all right. the u.s. has hit back after thursday's deadly bombing outside kabul airport. coming up, exclusive footage showing the site of an air strike against isis-k. >>> also, the final days of the u.s. military mission in afghanistan. the latest on the race to evacuate americans and their allies. that's coming up. with voltaren arthritis pain gel my husband's

our computer models are in pretty good agreement, landfall could be as far west as morgan city or as far east as grand isle. the storm surge is pretty much set in stone and along with it, the heavy rain. if you're not protected by an levee city, get out, from morgan city to houma down to grand isle. if you're not protected by the federal levee system, you have to evacuate. the levees are expected to hold in the new orleans area, they're plenty high enough to survive that storm surge. that will be one of the stories. the other story in new orleans is how will the pumps do, will they be able to handle the expected 10 to 20 inches of rain that is possible in new orleans? they have 99 pumps, 96 of them are working and functioning properly. we'll find out how they fare in this storm system as we get into tomorrow afternoon and evening when the really heavy rain arrives. we expect a lot of power outages too, alicia. we'll have our hands full tomorrow with this storm. hopefully everyone in louisiana is prepared and our friends in mississippi, get ready, you could deal with tornadoes and sign

and on top that lindsey and aaron, you have the storm surge, 10 to 15 feet grant isles to morgan city. that's as tall as a one-story building. we are forecasting potential of that going higher. it all depends on the movement of the system. right now i can tell you that the forecast is not solid. we could still see shift east and west, guys. >> janessa webb we know you will track the latest thank you. >>> still ahead mcpherson jaur in washington, d.c. it won't be empty like this for long. in a matter of house thousands of people protesting restrictive voting laws will march to the same place martin luther king junior gave in iconic speech. >> my poor little children, will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color their skin. but by the content of their character. i have a dream. >> reverend al sharpton weighs in with me next. >> before we go to break we honor the service members killed at the kabul airport days ago. lance corporal riley mccull up was expecting his first child in a few weeks. his sister says he wanted to be a marine his whole life. he dreamed o

the same for morgan city. they have a levee near their location.as the storm surge goes, here is how it works. as it moves in, it moves in quickly when you get the peak winds coming in. a three feet water depth you can picture what that would be. a little gauge on the side of the house. that's three feet. moves up to the bottom level. all of the houses in this portion are on pylons, on stilts and they have certain restrictions how high they have to be because when you get up there to nine feet and the water is rushing in, you have wave action on top of that nine-foot storm surge, too. you may get waves battering into your structures, also. even higher is when we talk historical when you get up 12, 15, 20 feet. when katrina hit went up to 18 feet. the last thing i will show you and this graph is interesting, this is -- we have the ability to follow the hurricane hunters through the storm. and that was actually showing the last flight going through the storm. our men and women go into the center of the storm, go through this 20-mile-wide eye, punch t

our friends in morgan city up to baton rouge. all of these folks who've got to really worry about this system. the big problem is, once it makes landfall and it starts to slow down. and it's a prodigious weather maker. and that's been the problem with climate change. climate change has made these storms over producers. because the atmosphere is warmer, can hold more water. the oceans are warmer. they generate more energy. a lot of folks have to worry about this. look, 16 years ago, people were caught flat-footed. the good news is, folks are ready for this. and they've taken the proper precautions. but, this thing is just getting wound up. we are -- this is going to be a marathon, not a sprint. it may come in a little earlier because it is still moving rapidly, as michelle will tell you. 15 miles per hour out of the northwest. that said, once it makes landfall, we expect it to slow down, guys. >> all right al,. we want to make sure you and your crew are all safe. there michelle, let's go to you. we see this rapid intensification g

we are thinking right now some of the strongest winds will be morgan city and houma. these are estimated gusts. i think they actually will be higher than that, lindsey. the bottom line is we are only about 45 minutes away from the new update and path from the hurricane center. everyone in new orleans will be watching this one closely. that little shift we saw earlier today, a little wobble of ida has made the storm get a little closer to the highly populated area that was hit by katrina 16 years ago. >> all right. nbc's bill karins. thanks for tracking that for us. we know you will keep us updated. we appreciate it. >>> here in the nation's capital a summer of voting rights protests is culminating with crowds of tens of thousands demanding lawmakers enact federal legislation to protect and expand voting access. right now you are looking at some of the protesters who have been out in the streets since this morning. we are also looking at the stage and some of the speakers there. nbc's trymaine lee joins me from d.c.'s national mall where speeches for the march on votin

. >> reporter: ida blasting southern louisiana, striking morgan city and houma, both just feet above sealevel. we arrived just hours before landfall to find some unable to get out. >> a lot of people got out of town why did you stay >> because we got off late and the traffic, it took people like 12 hours to get to houston that's where we wanted to go >> reporter: others racing the clock. this family grabbing whatever possessions and pets they could to seek higher ground. >> we're going to hunker down, ride it out as a family, and hopefully we'll get through it >> reporter: and then it came. ida didn't waste time, tearing into buildings and homes, knocking down powerlines, and proving itself as the strongest storm to hit the state in more than a hundred years ida's worst may be starting to fade, but its impact is only beginning. >> our thanks to morgan for that report >>> and now to a mississippi city that was devastated by hurricane katrina 16 years ago hurricane ida has already brought significant flooding to gulfport more heavy winds and rain are set to descend across the state. nb

direct impact grand isle, morgan city. those are the cities that have the greatest risk of extreme winds and extreme storm surge of up to 15 feet. now, notice new orleans is to the right side of it track. any, little shift or wobble brings those stronger winds to new orleans but as of now, we expect the core of the storm to miss new or leans and that's important for wind damage for that highly populated area. then, sunday night and monday, we are bringing the storm through mississippi with serious concerns for flash flooding, river flooding and tornados. our computer models in pretty good agreement taking the storm through southeast louisiana, then up toward baton rouge. we know where the storm is going. the question is what intensity will it be when it gets there? right now greatest storm surge threat from morgan city southwards down along the coast of grand isle. notice even all the eastern portions of louisiana which borders up to new orleans. 7 to 11 foot storm surge. it's important to note after katrina 16 years ago,

the greatest storm threat, morgan city southwards to grand isle, the eastern portions of louisiana, which borders up to new orleans, a 7 to 11 foot storm surge. it's important to note, after katrina six years ago, the levees were built 17 to 19 feetment we're not expecting them to break or breach because of the water. now, will the pump systems be able to get rid of all the rainfall is another question because we're expecting up to 0 inches of rain -- 20 inches of rain possible, maybe even in new orleans. that's another study through sunday evening, and flooding possibly through mississippi and into areas of tennessee. joshua, with a typical major landfall and hurricane, there are many aspects of it. number one killer in all of these storms is usually the storm surge. hopefully everyone is out of there as the sun sets tomorrow morning, when it rises, the storm will be approaching. >> everybody who has left has pretty much already left and they will be dealing with a strong category 3 and marginal category 4 tomorrow. that's nbc meteorologist bill karins starting us off tonight. let's get

they will likely shift closer instead of morgan city to houma going throughout the afternoon. storm surge, still forecast at 10 to 15 feet, devastating, close to historic for the area. 7 to 11 feet, the mississippi coastline and southeastern louisiana, and the rainfall will be the big story all the way through monday, maybe even into tuesday. that is up to 20 inches of rain from baton rouge to new orleans down towards the coast. so you have the storm surge and then you have like 1 to 2 feet of rain. there will be water everywhere, and the peak wind gust, we're going to update that graphic with the new information when we get it in. alex, the bottom line is if your emergency manager has told you to evacuate, this isn't a storm to say, maybe i will, maybe i will do it last minute. if your emergency manager tells you to leave, you have to leave and save your life and your family's life. i have seen pictures from the airports. a lot of people are trying to get out. the question is, you know, is it too late. also, the people that can get out, you know, tend to be the ones that have

tenemos alertas tropicales de vigilancia hacia el norte en el aviso por huracÁn en nueva orleans, morgan city que se pueden meter muchas millas hacia adentro. y luego la lluvia que cae del cielo de 12 a 18 pulgadas en un solo fin de semana porque llegarÍa el domingo la tarde, de modo que es importante, deben ir hasta el sitio seguro para esperar la llegada de "ida" y estar a salvo. jorge: como jefe de metrologÍa de univisiÓn estÁ viajando al golfo para recibir a "ida" quÉ quieres ver? albert: sentir un huracÁn categorÍa cuatro he vivido unos cuantos pero no tan intenso como este y mÁs en un sitio especial como luisiana que el aÑo pasado tuvieron cinco huracanes, y este aÑo ademÁs han pasado 16 desde katrina, la situaciÓn puede ser importante, es una ciudad vulnerable, asÍ que tambiÉn ver el territorio cÓmo se preparan para comunicarlo a todos vosotros. jorge: una cosa es verlo de cerca y otra cosa es hablar de el. muchas gracias para seguir la trayectoria actual del huracÁn "ida" y conocer lo Último del ciclÓn visite la pÁgina de univisiÓn.com/ida donde tendrÁ la informaciÓn actualizada, y pu

morgan city also in the path.ies that, you know, have about 30,000 people living in each, give or take. and we know that a lot of the people, they don't want to take the chance with ida and they went ahead and evacuated. many either couldn't afford to and are choosing to say. one story in particular struck me. we know a family here in houma. the father had gotten his first vaccination shot about three weeks ago. he was set to get his second tomorrow. unfortunately, he came down with covid just a few days ago. and it forced the family into this very difficult choice, alex. in that they couldn't go to a shelter because the father had tested positive. hotels wouldn't take them in either. as a result of that, they chose to hunker down and ride this storm out at home despite the mandatory evacuation order to get out. that's just one example of what so many people face who are having to ride this storm out firsthand. i can tell you, it's going to be a long right because it is only getting more powerful here. if that's a

storm surge potential which is going to be the headline in this uh in this hurricane 14 ft up over morgan city area nine ft. they're 10 ft and parts of the area so as a storm surge comes in with the higher tide it's going to sweep up and do incredible amounts of damage to a city that generally lies below sea level.dikes so tr event, but this is about water right now it's a foot of rain they're going to get there getting a big storm surge and they have levees that are old many of them all. they have a revitalized levy in near new orleans there that's going to help a lot but a lot of those older levies are still intact so when we come back, we'll take a look at the current status of the hurricane. and what's talk about the air quality plus the fire up 50 now the cold are fire is starting to push and looking at evacuations at echo summit in near meyers as we go into the next few hours here, alright bill, we'll check back with you later thank you. members of the oakland fire departments urban search and rescue team left this afternoon for the hurricane zone they were called in by a fema this morni

a storm surge of about 15 feet and the areas most likely to be affected are from anywhere from morgan citythe mississippi river as well. to what extent can we say that climate change is likely to lead to more hurricanes and indeed stronger hurricanes? that is something that climate scientists are really researching at the moment, that link between our warming world and hurricanes is still a little bit uncertain, but what we can say for sure is warmer air holds more moisture and warmer sea surfaces do create some more intense hurricanes. there is not necessarily going to be more hurricanes in terms of the number that we see per season, but more intense hurricanes and certainly we are likely to see more category four and category five hurricanes developing. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre here's olly foster. hello and thanks forjoining us. something had to give at anfield with liverpool and chelsea both looking to maintain their winning starts to the season. it finished 1—1, chelsea took the lead through a kai havertz header butjust before half—time, blues defender r

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lucky enough and it doesn't get its act together the hurricane center is saying category 3 near morgan city, louisiana. that puts new orleans on the dirty side of the storm which is the stronger winds and heavier rain and storm surge, too. then the storm as we go throughout the day on monday would kind of slowly weaken and be a big, huge rain storm. how certain are we where this storm is going this far out an excellent agreement and almost all of our computer models have landfall south of new orleans down in the central louisiana coast. could be possibly to the right or left of it and excellent agreement this far out hurricane watches that are up extending from the mississippi/alabama border and that area of red is the biggest issue. the storm surge of 7 to 11 feet possible there and that would include the areas just to the east of lake paunch tr paunchtrain and that would be a lot of water and the rainfall on top of the is. the area of bright red down by new orleans widespread 6 to 18 inches and isolated rainfall totals of 20 inches possible this is about as serious as it gets, seema. toda

also in morgan city down the road. that's only seven feet above sea level.art, the firefighters telling me their chain saws are out as soon as it gets safe enough for them to go out into the neighborhoods and start checking on people. they anticipate cutting trees off of homes, clearing roads of power poles that are going to be snapped by these incredibly powerful winds that ida looks to bring sooner than later. >> there is wind whipping debris around you morgan. we want to make sure you and your crew are safe. highlighting something you said, 40% of the residents of the parish have stayed, that means 40,000 people are riding out this storm just in that parish alone. are you seeing god forbid cars on the road, activity where you are? >> the only people on the roads right now look to be storm chasers at this point. that's an absolutely good thing to hear. >> right. >> because nobody has any business being out in this weather right now. it's only getting worse. >> all right. that was morgan sheskey, a report he filed in the last hour. he also tweeted showing a

and you've got to keep in mind that baton rouge is nearly 70 miles inland and directly north of morgan citytill raising for high winds and a lot of rain and a potential storm surge. there is a mix of voluntary and mandatory evacuation and mostly is required in the lower lying coastal areas and so now the race is really on and while the sun is still shining, and the skies are blue, to get your affairs in order and as we have told you hurricane ida made its first landfall yesterday over parts of cuba in the aisle, in fact the westernmost provinces that island has been impacted the most and as we have also been saying, now the system is back open the extremely warm gulf of mexico walkers which is why he expected to rapidly intensify for landfall sometime tomorrow. arthel: if you know all about that, thank you very much. we'll see you again about an hour. and will be back at 4:00 p.m. eastern but now, and editorial. >> editorial report, the scrambled to evacuate a markets and afghan allies, couple airport continues today with president divided deadline for withdrawal and now just three days awa

morgan city. then, you get north of baton rouge and you've got this area here in blue under a tropical-storm warning. that does include mobile . in addition to that, coastal mississippi, coastal alabama, you are under storm surge warning, as well. we are going to see the storm surge get potentially all the way up near 15 feet near the mouth of the mississippi river. grand isle, you will get 15. in some areas, around 10 or 11 so we have got an area that could see at least a 9 foot storm surge. we could also see rain get up to maybe 15 inches in spots. isolated areas, as high as 20. and on that nasty, right side of the storm. well, areas like mobile, they could see severe weather in terms of tornados because these -- these outer bands come to shore and they rotate and they spark these tornados. that's going to lead, robyn, to, yes, power outages unfortunately. >> okay. we will check in with you in about 20 minutes' time, again. because it's clearly moving faster and bigger and really a real issue fo

because they were not protected by the levees like new orleans was and some other areas like morgan city. so you know, all along those coastal parishes, people were told to get out for two reasons. one, the storm surge. and if you're in a trailer or mobile home, even if it has the best straps in the world, it won't hold together with winds of 130 to 140 miles an hour. they were telling those people to get out. one thing that did just happen at the top of the hour. winds are at 125 miles an hour. for the first time in a long time, it is no longer a category 4 hurricane. it is still a major category 3 hurricane. so painfully, now six hours after landfall, still a major hurricane and it is only dropped from 150 to 125. so we'll probably be lower this to a category 2. this is about as close as it will get. these are the top wind gusts that i've seen. about 153, that was the landfall. this is the most extreme damage. even galliano was 122. so new orleans at 87 miles an hour. that's enough to do some roof damage. now we'll start to see the gusts increasing. you notice the center of the storm h

where you see that red, and that includes new orleans and baton rouge and morgan city, we're under hurricanee not heeded those warnings, you want to do so tonight, tomorrow, tomorrow afternoon. sunday will be too late. we'll see tropical winds picking up late tomorrow night. these are the rainfall impacts. this is a dire situation when you see these numbers. generally eight to 15 inches. we could see up to 20 cinches of inches of rain and a storm surge of up to 20 feet. >>> joining us is dr. mark klein, physician in chief of children's hospital, new orleans. he's a pediatrician and infectious disease specialist. dr. klein, thank you very much for being here. what's your hospital doing to prepare for a possible category 4 hurricane and how devastating could this hurricane be for hospitals already struggling with covid patients? >> thanks for having me, jonathan. hospitals are stretched really thin. the staff is exhausted. the nurses, the doctors, and the respiratory therapists and social workers have been working overtime for a couple of months now with this delta surge of covid-19. our own h

that's for sure, category three is nothing to sneeze at here, heading for grand aisle, morgan city, andleans, tom heys is there any sort of historical perspective of how these storms hit the overall broader markets and is the storm of the fed which kind of turned out to be drizzle , today, sort of having more power on what's happening because we've got a very significant stock rally here right now. >> yeah, no question about it. well, liz what you're seeing here is as you said 59 oil productions is shutdown that's going to increase but we may get relief next wednesday in the oil prices as opec plus meets and they are expected to follow through with their increasing production plan of 400,000-barrels per day each month through the end of 2022 so we may see this short-term spike in oil, but then opec may take some of that off by putting production back on next week, so that'll be good, if you have any money to work in this sector, i like high-quality eog, diamond back energy, pipeline's energy transfer and on the refiners phillips 66. as it relates to the fed what we're seeing today is al

pleases like homa and morgan city, louisiana, likely seeing a lot of that storm surge.st of the $16 billion live system put in place around lawyers after katrina 16 years ago tomorrow is when that storm made la salle. live systems put into place. this storm likely maybe landfall not too far away from it anywhere outs outside of the live system. neil: huge refinery responsible for 255 barrels of oil a day. the longer that is shut down, obviously the less available oil comes to the market which could explain why oil prices jumped close to 10%. usually gas prices follow. even if you are not in the path of the storm, you are in the path of those higher prices. stay with us. aa is made for the safe pilots. like mac. who can come to a stop with barely a bobble. with usaa safepilot, when you drive safe... ...you can save up to 30% on your auto insurance. usaa. what you're made of, we're made for. get a quote today. homelessness, housing, taxes, water, electricity, crime, wildfires. [sfx: bear roar] gavin, you've failed. we have to immediately cut taxes twenty-five percent. fix

they are saying a major hurricane landfall with 115 mile per hour winds as a category 3, close to morgan cityverage air so this could shift east or west and then the storm is going to slowly weaken and bring torrential rain and even some high winds right over baton rouge and then it will rain itself out tuesday into wednesday over the southeast. we have excellent agreement with almost all of our computer models this is heading for either south central louisiana or southeast louisiana and of course that puts new orleans on that dirty right side. we have hurricane watches up for this area and there is going to be a ton of water issues. we are expecting rainfall totals 8 to 16 inches, isolated 20 inches of rain including the new orleans area, sam, and on top of that a storm surge of 7 to 11 heat. this is as serious as it gets for a hurricane forecast for the northern gulf coast. >> you deliver terrible news, but thank you for your service. i appreciate t please be careful out there. >>> still ahead congressman dan kildee joins us to discuss the security concerns in afghanistan as the u.s. works

down once it makes landfall we're going to see torrential downpours monday and tuesday, including morgan city to new orleans. we're looking anywhere from cameron to the mississippi and alabama border for these warnings and the rainfall, i think this is going to be the biggest take away, shepard, looking at rainfall, 20 inches in some places you're a mississippi guy, you know how this works. heed the warnings if you're along the coast now because the time is now. sunday is going to be too late. >> michelle grossman, thank you so much. >>> another terror attack in kabul is likely. that's the warning that president biden received from his national security team today just one day after a suicide bomber and isis-k gunman killed at least 13 u.s. troops and as many as 170 afghan civilians outside that airport >> the mission there being performed is dangerous and is now has come with a significant loss of american personnel and but it's a worthy mission, and we will complete the mission. >> with just four days left to evacuate, the pentagon is now warning of specific credible threats, but it's not g

that goes from morgan city all the way to mobile.issippi river, grand isle, you could see a maximum storm surge of 15 feet. this is going to cause structures to become uninhabitable near the coastline. when you factor in the flooding, the storm surge, and the wind, poppy, we're looking at widespread power outages near the coastline. that's why we have power crews coming in from 22 different states and d.c. to help restore power. >> wow. our thanks to them for helping. but it looks like a long road ahead for those communities. joining me on the phone is the director of the new orleans health department. doctor, good evening. can you hear me? >> yes, good evening, poppy. >> thank you very much for staying up late, especially with all you have on your hands right now. the key issue here on top of this storm, hurricane, that is headed straight for you guys is the situation your hospitals are already in, full of covid patients. so what does this mean for them? >> hi. well, we're no stranger to having two disasters at once. last year also

but where you see that red, and that includes baton rouge and morgan city, if you have not heeded thoset to do so tonight, tomorrow, tomorrow afternoon. because sunday will be too late. these are the rainfall impacts. this is just a dire situation when you see these numbers, generally 8 to 15 inches but we could see up to 20 inches, about 15 feet. >> meteorologist michelle grossman. thank you very much for that update. >> joining us now is dr. mark kline, physician in chief in new orleans. he's a pediatrician and an infectious disease specialist. thank you for being here. what is your hospital doing to prepare for a possible category four hurricane? and how devastating could these before hospitals struggling with covid patients? >> thanks for having me, jonathan. hospitals are stretched really thin. the staff is exhausted, the nurses and doctors and the respiratory therapists and social workers have been working overtime for a couple of months now with this delta surge of covid-19. our own hospital had its busiest month in 66 years in the history of the hospital, in july. in terms of th

it could be as far west as morgan city or as far east as grand isle. but the storm surge is pretty much set in stone. along with it, all the heavy rain with this storm. that area of pink is of greatest concern. that's where emergency management told people if you're not protected by a levee, get out. even areas outside of new orleans, if you're not protected by the federal levee system, you have to evacuate if you've been told to do so. the levees are expected to hold in the new orleans area. they are plenty high enough to survive that storm surge. that will be one of the stories. the other story in new orleans is how will the pumps do? will they be able to handle the expected 10 to 20 inches of rain that is possible in new orleans? they have 99 pumps, 96 are functioning properly. we'll find out tomorrow afternoon when the heavy rain arrives. so we're going to have our hands full tomorrow with this storm. hopefully everyone in louisiana is prepared and our friends in mississippi, get ready. you could deal with tornadoes and significant river and flash