as this system spins counter clock wise to the west of new orleans. >> make no mistake, new orleans isd to rain. but 20 inches is a lot of rain even for a city that specialized in wet stuff. stand by, robert, he said a matter of your perspective where you are. i want to go to canal street now in new orleans. caroline is there to give us her perspective. reporter: we lost power about an hour ago, throughout afternoon it was steady rain and wind, coming at you sideways, we heard screeches of meetal, we avoided it. it is dangerous but we could see it coming, but now we're in the dark it will get dangerous. new orleans mayor said stay in place, police chief said, think of our police officers and firefighters, they have families too. now we had steady wind banks in afternoon. and we have tourists still on the streets, that is what the mayor does not want to happen, rescue folks may not be able to get to you. they said you may have to be by yourself for 3 days. >> bus just went by, i am wondering if there are people on the bus or bus may go to storage. i don't know if you could turnover your

just south of new orleans.at more than 200 people are in intimate danger there, and need to seek higher ground. one death has been confirmed elsewhere in the state. a 60-year-old man was killed, when his house was hit by a falling tree near baton rouge. in the entire city of new orleans is in the dark tonight, the power companies say it suffered catastrophic transmission damage. the number of people without power, throughout louisiana, is now more than 1 million, and rising. and there are fears that some of those people could remain without power, four weeks. one area of particular concern tonight, louisiana's hospitals. we have seen harrowing video today of two different hospitals, they have had portions of their roofs blown off. at least to louisiana hospitals that have been damaged, are hoping to evacuate dozens of patients as soon as the weather permits, but there are not many places for evacuated patients to go. we louisiana's hospitals are full of covid patients, as are the hospitals in all of the neighbo

next few minutes, we'll hear from the mayor of new orleans, la toya cantrell to brief us. f that. >>> meantime, covering other breaking news out of afghanistan. we just learned two, not one, but two isis-k members were killed in the u.s. drone strike. the pentagon says the threat from the terror group is far from over. you're looking at brand new video we got, exclusive video obtained by cnn taken after the drone strike, showing damage left behind. pretty significant video. let's bring in democratic congressman that's a member of the house armed services committee. thank you for joining us. the pentagon says the u.s. drone strike killed two isis-k what they call planners and facilitators, and wounded one other isis-k member. how far do you think it goes degrading the threat from the terror group? >> i applaud the president for taking firm, decisive action to take out those members that killed our troops. it is a first step. we need to see what more needs to be done. anyone contemplating arming our troops, harming this country should be very clear that congress will overwhel

here in new orleans it is quiet now. you mentioned it. the power is out across the city and the damage is widespread across the area including at hospitals with covid patients. overnight the brunt of ida's fury slamming the louisiana coastline. emergency officials getting calls from people who did not evacuate the barrier island of grand isle saying water in their home is up to their chest. in nearby lafitte authorities warning that a levee is failing putting at least 200 people in, quote, imminent danger. >>e have many requests for rescue certainly in the lafitte area but also up here, people have had and sustained damage to their homes. we have a senior center of independent living but they had about a third of their roof get damaged. they were taking in water. >> reporter: earlier a barge that got loose slammed into a bridge that leads to lafitte making it nearly impossible for rescuers to reach people. >> i'm told the vessel has sunk so those folks, if that is the case and i've seen pictures, they'll have to use a ferry for a couple o

that will put the ci 's over new orleans. that will put the city's relatively _ over new orleans. city's relatively new - over new orleans. that will put the city's relatively new flood . the city's relatively new flood systems to the test. also, does it mean because i understand if the speed of the wind has fallen slightly, but it may yet get more rainfall as a result? brain is definitely a concern in new orleans. i do not know how many of your viewers are aware but it is largely at sea level and rainwater has to be pumped out on a normal summer day. any rain has to be pumped out. those pumps are dependent on power. they had backed up power systems. the main power grid is down and they are having catastrophic failures. the sewage and water body in charge of the pumping system has been providing some updates and they are really scrambling. they have some backup systems but obviously it is not ideal. unfortunately, i think we will wake up tomorrow morning to some terrible scenes. new orleans is hometown and i am hearing from a lot of people down that it is rough. figs hearing from a

now you're in new orleans. what is that like for you emotionally seeing all the suffering up close and personal? >> listen, once we make a decision we make the decision a plate of food is the beginning of a better tomorrow. we try to do specifically that. in india we were in 17 cities feeding more than 85 hospitals because the systems were breaking down. people were not going to work to the kitchens. that is why organizations like this had to step up and start covering all those needs. for me, i'm a cook that feeds a few. like many other chefs not only in america but around the world. and for us to be of service and helping people in a moment of need is probably the best call and the best thing we can do. so, again, one plate of food at a time doesn't solve every problem but at least it brings relief in real time as quick as we can so we can start thinking always about reconstruction. >> jose andres, thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >>> and i'm pamela brown in washington. you are in

and really, it has gotten worse at new orleans and benefited us.was expected sort of the core of the storm, after making landfall, would really track right, over baton rouge. instead, after it made landfall, it took a bit of a jog to the right and what that has done is bring more of the core into new orleans, and it has been hours on end of hurricane force winds and the heavy rain and all the impacts that come along with it. new orleans is largely below sea level and the water has to be pumped out. rainwater on a normal summer day — any rain that comes down has to be pumped out. those pumps are dependent on power. they had backup power systems. the main power grid, as you mentioned, is down. they are having catastrophic failures, as you talked about. the sewage and water board that's in charge of that pumping system has been providing some updates and they are really scrambling. they have some backup systems but obviously it is not ideal. unfortunately, i think we are going to wake up tomorrow morning to some real ugly scenes. and new orleans is my

new orleans, this is the peak of the storm for the new orleans area. from that whatsoever. the rain is coming down in sleets right now. it's going to pour maybe the next 18 to 24 hours. up to 16 inches possible. we'll see how the pumps handle that. then the wind gust, that damage is being done now. we probably won't know, won't be enough time before sunset to see how much damage was done. you can see the live pictures there. we'll get a better idea early in the morning tomorrow how much damage the 80 to 100-mile-per-hour wind gusts have done in the city. as of now, minor roof damage, structural damage to awnings, things like that. the hurricane center, we'll wait for that next update to see if it finally drops down to a category 3, one more tick down to 125 would be a category 3. we had a couple tornado warnings. one for the gulfport area of mississippi, and that storm has moved inland away from the coast, but that's going to be the trend all night long tonight, the possibility of these outer bands producing isolated tornadoes and even through the day

energy company says that it has provided power to the sewage and water system here in new orleans, so we don't have new problems. so far the levees in and around new orleans, many of them newly built since hurricane katrina in the city 16 years ago today, are holding up. we do have word of levees that have been over topped in some surrounding parishes. but not yet in new orleans. that's we know for now. this is still a city that is in danger. chris. >> ali, he obviously can't hear me, but we are glad we are able to hear and see him. we will continue to check in in new orleans. now i want to go to nbc miguel l maguire in baton rouge, where winds of it picking up speed over the last hour or so. i can see it behind you. i can see the way the winds are swirling around. why is the latest from the state capital? >> chris, we've seen pretty violent in pretty study weather here in baton rouge of the last couple of hours. we expected to stay this way for the next several. hours that's part of the big problem here. just over my shoulder we have two police officers who are meeting in the middle

but also to drain storm water, and this is one of the concerns with keeping the levees intact in new orleans, and lot of work has been done since hurricane katrina, and we have no indication that we are anywhere near that. so that's at least merciful news at the moment, and this is a bigger story than just what is happening in louisiana. the hurricane also affects mississippi, and it's expected to make it's way more in that state in the hours to come, and an emergency declaration has been issued across the state and in the capital city of jackson, and there are winds and flooding and possibly even tornadoes. let's continue with the major of jackson, mississippi. mayor, good evening. welcome. >> good evening and thank you for having me. >> how are things in jackson right now? how are you all doing? >> presently things are calm, but we are bracing for the worst. we are having our public works crews go out along with our fire and police department in order to prepare for the impending storm. >> talk about what you have had to deal with not only with getting ready with the storm, but also covid.

new orleans is in the middle of a severe outbreak. louisiana department of health confirmed nearly 3500 new cases as of friday. nearly 3,000 people are currently hospitalized state-wide with covid. for more on how hospitals are coping, let's bring in dr. durrani, an emergency medicine physician in houston, and dr. mark klein, physician in chief at children's hospital new orleans. good to have you both with us. dr. klein, let me start with you. how are you all holding up this evening? >> joshua, we're doing pretty well, i think. it's been a long day. we have been locked down since about 7:00 this morning. that means that we have had a team of professionals, doctors, nurses, respiratory therapists and many others here in the hospital, taking care of patients and their families. and within the four walls of the building, activity has been very much sort of normal day to day type activity. outside, of course, is another story. but everybody is working very hard and doing a good job. and i think that we're in good shape tonight. >> dr. durr

so many ways to get to new orleans, you have to take a bridge. >> i was watching the local news there earlier today and was hearing that some hospitals that would ordinarily have evacuated their patients for a storm like this just couldn't manage to do that because of the strain the coronavirus has put on those facilities. so i want to ask you, are there any shelters that you're seeing where people who have evacuated are being held? because as i understand it, people who decided not to leave were told you might not get first responders to come to you for 72 hours or so. so are you seeing people go to community areas where they can get protection? >> reporter: yeah, i mean, people are trying to take people in even. we hear about that sort of neighborly attitude here in louisiana. you definitely get that sense from some of the interviews we've heard of other people getting sandbags for other homeowners or trying to get supplies for them and making sure -- the coronavirus definitely is something that is a completely different twist to other hurricanes, something we haven't had to face be

a direct hit on new orleans.t as close to new orleans as the center, the actual eye wall, is going to be. if you pay attention to hurricanes, you do know typically the worst conditions are on the right-hand side of the storm or the eastern side of the storm, and we are seeing this. these are our recent wind gusts, new orleans 60s, 70s and closer to 80 i saw recently. very powerful winds off to the eastern side of this storm. and as this continues to move on up to the north, such a big storm that a we still see a very large area with hurricane warnings, all the way up to the state line because it's moving slow, because the winds are still powerful, it's going to be one you have to pay attention to more than just right along the coast. this is our forecast. taking you into this evening, still a category 1 hurricane before eventually overnight weakening into a tropical storm as it continues to make that move up to the north. but it's going to bring not just wind, a whole lot of rain. this is additional rainfall. so

the strongest at the airport in new orleans, 83 so far. this is as close as the storm will get to downtown new orleans. it's roughly 20 to 25 miles due west, and the winds will continue overnight and slowly come down as the storm begins to weaken. the 8:00 advisory from the hurricane center, we have taken 5 miles per hour off the storm again. landfall was seven hours ago, 150 miles per hour. now we're at 120 maximum sustained winds. category 3, so we still have a major hurricane seven hours after landfall. you can thank all the warm swamp water after that. even on radar, it's starting to finally look a little more ragged. the forecast overnight takes it just to the east of baton rouge. that's going to be on the back side of the storm. those winds will be weaker than you were expecting earlier, and the storm will go up into areas of mississippi and eventually the tennessee valley. as we go throughout the next two to three days, we'll focus on the aftermath of the storm surge and also the wind. but we're going to have a flood story all the w

a lot of people from new orleans or southern louisiana are going to be evacuated into mississippi. als in mississippi are right now already overwhelmed. mississippi has now passed new york as the second highest state in deaths per capita in the country as a result this pandemic. high unvaccination rate down there. one of my friends is a doctor, an infectious disease doctor in louisiana and says the hospitals are overwhelmed by overwhelmingly unvaccinated individuals coming in with covid issues. look, the neighboring states, mississippi, to the north, you have arkansas, and all the way over the alabama, they need to be concerned about how their icus are going to be able to potentially unvaccinated evacuees coming into a state that is already dealing with really crowded hospitals. i don't think there is an overnight solution to this except for the fact that all of these republican governors in mississippi, alabama, florida, all across the coast, need to wake the heck up and start doing everything in their power to incentivize vaccination and possibly -- you know, we will see in the co

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all of new orleans parish, including new orleans, now in the dark after catastrophic damage to the transmission system. the power company said some of the customers could be without electricity for weeks. >> there's extensive flooding across the state. the levies have overtopped around the town of john will feoff. here is the lieutenant governor. >> when you see the boats and ves vessels bouncing around out of port fourchon, the wind that has broken those vessels loose and just tossing around like small coins. we haven't seen anything like that since katrina. it's not even possible to call for help. 9-1-1 and the sheriff's office's phones are down now. the generator failed at a hospital here prompting a scramble to relocate icu patients. >> instead of being able to use mechanical ventilators, they had to give oxygen manually. the local sheriff spoke to cnn. >> this building is our operations center but three hours ago, we sustained roof da damage. we have garbage cans catching leaks. we had a pit of a reprieve when the eye came over and we were able to relocate to the building now. we're on the

watch as it just whips down this street in downtown new orleans. orleans parish losing power. lights from emergency vehicles piercing the darkness on new orleans city streets. 1 million in the dark. the utilities rebuilt after katrina did not hold. this massive transmission tower mangled. power lines falling into the mississippi river. ida damaging all eight transmission lines that supply the new orleans area with electricity. here's a look at hurricane ida's aftermath. this power pole crashing right down on top of this also looksn half. downed power lines all along the block. if you look down the street, there's another pole on top of a house. leah had power until 7:00 p.m. and then -- >> it was a big huge flash. and then there was traveling fire balls arcing up and down the lines. >> reporter: you saw this happening? >> yes, they were green and purple and orange. >> reporter: officials say the pumps that keep the floodwater out of new orleans are running on generators. and the levees built after katrina did not fail. >> the worst-case scenario, it did not happen. however, th

all the way through new orleans.ght now, there's been quite a few reports of a place called lip last, which is just east of new orleans, the water there surged low spots there. the good news is we have an approved levee system that could start working there really soon, and would prevent that from happening. but this is happened several times before. with water coming out and getting into this >> so thinking ahead, general, to the coming days, we are now at 1 million plus and climbing. lots of clean water, potentially, in places. what kind of resources are there that need to be mobilized? >> don't forget covid. all the hospitals in the nation are full. this is gonna be a big challenge within a matter of hours. search and rescue will be able to be going again a knock on every door. search and rescue teams and volunteers will go in along with a sheriff, and get much of that done. as for the sustain big loss of the power lines that run across, that is gonna be significant in the impact. when you lose those power lines,

new orleans was a little worse. that's because of the shift in new orleans after it made landfall.were thinking 12 to 16 inches of rain. but with that shift to the east, the heavy rain is situated over mississippi and the alabama border than it is over areas from baton rouge. it's barely even raining in new orleans right now. maybe that's a glimmer of home for when the sun comes up in new orleans. they'll get some rain, but the torrential rains will be to your east. eventually it will be heading up to areas like birmingham and tuscaloosa. as far as the forecast goes, the areas you see in yellow and red, that's the heavy rainfall. today it moves slowly across mississippi. there will be a tornado threat this afternoon. and areas of nashville up to kentucky. once you get a storm like this in the mountainous areas of chattanooga, that's where you'll see flash flooding. on wednesday the storm passes over the afternoon lay shans in the areas of west virginia. pennsylvania, even washington, d.c., could get heavy rain come wednesday evening, and the flood threat will go over the top of new

. >>> as ida slams new orleans, why so much of the big easy's battered ninth ward still remains in tatters 16 years after hurricane katrina. it's monday august 30th. >> announcer: from abc news this is "world news now." >>> second to last day of august. are you ready? >> almost there. almost there. >> i don't know where there is. but we're almost there. >> time goes by fast. >> it's september before we know it. but that also means we are in the heart of the hurricane season and that is where we begin with a catastrophic hurricane unleashing destructive wi flooding along the gulf coast. >> one man was killed by a falling tree as ida pummeled louisiana overnight hours after making landfall as a category 4 storm, and it could dump as much as two feet of rain as it inches northward. this is the moment, check this out, when power went out in new orleans. lln customs non dark ck gerators are keing the city's pumps going. and for now the levees improved after hurricane katrina are still working. >> the only road to the coastal town of grand isle has been flooded by six feet of water. officials sa

depression at that time, but -- we've been talking about it for days, the 10 to 20 inches around new orleans, the 5 to 10 inches in mississippi, but look at the rainfall totals possible all the way through tennessee, west virginia, pennsylvania, new york, i mean, we're easily talking 3 to 5-inch heavy rain, and some just had to deal with hurricanes henri last weekend. so we'll be talking about this storm at least through wednesday the most significant wind damage is happening right now. >>> we want to bring in guy mcginnis, the president of st. bernard parish. we know you are safe, huskered down, but we know the conditions are worsening. what are you seeing and hearing? >> the wind is just relent lieutenant right now. it doesn't sound like a whole load, but when you have 245 for hours upon hours, it really does damage. the outside of the protection system, which includes our commercial fishermen, recreational fishermen, all of their assets, we have about a nine-foot surge, so we know we'll be out couple weeks. last time when zeta came through with the same type of wind, not as much time but

ns area. 0rleans, within the greater new orleans area. st be a relief for the citizens. that is good news, yes. it means right now estimates for the storm surge that we had heard earlier today, it is not going to be quite as high, so that is good news. it means that areas where the levees are a little lower probably will not get as much water coming into them, so if that is the case, and it sound like it is breaking right now, that is a hopeful sign. which will have a long way to go through this storm and there will be a lot of wind and rain and asjudges —— and outages and people are hunkering down for several hours.— and people are hunkering down for several hours. thank you very much for our several hours. thank you very much for your time _ several hours. thank you very much for your time and _ several hours. thank you very much for your time and stay _ several hours. thank you very much for your time and stay safe. - several hours. thank you very much for your time and stay safe. thanks | for your time and stay safe. thanks for your ti

trey: a live look at new orleans at -- hurricane ida brings heavy rain to the area. owngraded minutes ago to a category 3. >> here now chief fox news host of special report brett baier. you have covered everything there is to cover. news wise, your thoughts. reporter: good evening, i have covered a lot of hurricanes and tropical storms when i was based in the atlanta bureau, 17 named storms over the years. my thoughts are, this is a dangerous storm. when hurricane katrina hit, and a poignant anniversary, 16 years ago, hurricane katrina hit new orleans, it hit as a category 3. this hit as a category 4. now as you mentioned downgraded to a 3. the thing about katrina, it stuck for a while, it was slow. the flooding inundated new orleans because the levees did not hold. a lot of improvement has been made in that area. to the levee system, by army corps of engineers and others, a lot of changes, however there is a lot of danger there, hopefully people have been heeding the warnings, and hopefully the storm moves quickly, it ha slowed wore told to about 10 miles per hour, t

even everyone i'm frank somerville and i'm julie julie haener residents in and around new orleans and other parts of louisiana are being told to shelter in place tonight for the duration of this powerful storm fox news caroline shively is standing by live in new orleans and caroline is really looks bad out there right. now. hi there franken julie this is the worst we've seen it. we've been standing out here throughout the day taking the heavy wind the heavy rain but at points when those rain bands come through you can hardly stay on your feet i've actually been holding onto this jersey wall to stay upright. new orleans officials came out today and warn people the only thing you can do tonight is hunkered down because of the worst parts of this storm they will not be able to come and. save you. the gulf coast rocked sunday by 150 mile per hour winds. as hurricane ida came ashore as a category four. louisiana the state that is no stranger to hurricanes now bracing for one of its toughest test yet if you had to draw up the worst possible path for hurricane in louisiana it would be someth

that means a million people in new orleans. the entire city of new orleans in the dark. that's where we'll start with al. what's the latest there? >> guys, i will tell you, i look all around. we can hear the sound of generators. very few lights. it is breezy. the rain has stopped. of course, that means we have a lot of devastation. it is dark. we don't really have an idea until the sun comes up of what we'll see. we were hunkered down in our hotel. there is a lot of flooding. we are in downtown new orleans. give you a sense of the power of the system. the strongest wind gusts where ida came on shore, port fourchon. we had 172-mile-an-hour wind gusts. in new orleans, 87-mile-an-hour wind gusts. that's tough. we've heard about sky scraper windows getting blown out. a real mess here. right now, ida is 95 miles south, southwest of jackson, mis. moving north at eight miles an hour. this is going to be a slow mover and high impact storm. today, slowly moving across mississippi. a tornado risk still across the gulf. tomorrow that moisture will merge with a front increasing the

the entire city of new orleans has lost power. and fireflies on the threat and central mexico by people flocking to see the ah, we begin in afghanistan where the u. s. has carried out a drone strike in cobble targeting suspected suicide bombers. according to some meter reports, 9 members of one family, including 6 children, were among the dead. american officials say they were targeting a group they suspected were planning an attack on the cities airport. well, the us central command has responded to those media reports to 0. gabriel is on the has more than that from washington d. c. the sent come spokesperson saying that they are investigating that they are aware of the media reports and that they are saying that they cannot yet confirm that. but in the statement, they are saying that there were powerful subsequent explosions after the drone strike insinuating that the drone strike hit the vehicle. and then there were caused one explosion, killing those inside. but then there were perhaps, according to that sent com, subsequent e

tom, let's get to new orleans. they know well what a horrific hurricane means with katrina and the 16th anniversary. >> hurricane ida is getting stronger by the second. they're boarding up up to the last minute. over here we met david who is boarding up all this restaurant over here. this is the corner oyster house in the french quarter. they put up some of these plastic barriers which, i'll be honest, a good effort. but i'm not sure how much they will protect from the hurricane force winds and we have the sandbags in case any water comes down here. but people are trying to do whatever they can because this really is a monster in the gulf. now, no mandatory evacuation order under way in new orleans. only for a few areas outside the levee system and yet we saw lines of traffic from people trying to leave new orleans yesterday. hours and hours of traffic to be specific. i have an uncle trying to get out of new orleans yesterday to go to mobile about a two and a half hour drive and took him nine hours yesterday. the m

brian todd, cnn, new orleans. >>> and just south of new orleans, the situation in jefferson parish is rapidly deteriorating. parish take a listen to this. >> right now my concern is we've lost contact with grand isle, so that is the island right on the gulf of mexico that i've been very, very concerned about. we lost contact with them. we've not been able to reach them. so i don't know what they're going through. then closer up here, still outside the hurricane protection system, an area called lafitte. in lower lafitte, crown point, the water is rising. people are in their homes, and we're getting reports of people with water up to their chest. they're asking to be rescued. so very, very dark situation, and we just can't get out yet. >> that is dire. what else are you hearing from people calling in? i mean that is horrific. >> it is horrific. we're almost -- the electrical grid is just almost out. we're probably at 95% out of electricity. a very large transmission tower came down that fed a lot of our community, so we're getting reports of roof damage, you know, trees down, tree root

ascension paris in louisiana after a tree fell onto his home that's about one hour's drive east from new orleans. new images are now coming in showing the damage caused by ida along the louisiana coast. take a look at how the storms strong winds ripped off the roof of a hospital in galliano that city is about 70 miles south of new orleans close to where item made landfall there are no reports tonight of damage or injuries caused by this particular incident and now some new video showing how the storm is impacting more than just louisiana you can see storm surge flooding parts of mississippi's coast. these images were recorded in bay st louis the storm surge in mississippi does not compare to areas taking a direct hit from ida. today images coming from us from grand i'll give you an idea of the force of ida's storm surge grand isle sits directly on louisiana's coast just miles from where ida made landfall. surges a problem along a lot of louisiana's coast, these pictures from st bernard parrish give you an idea of how ida pushed water into the city of della crow that's a low lying area. east of n

it's a nasty night ahead for new orleans. bay. these are some more pictures coming in from mobile bay, alabama. the outer bands of this hurricane are just vicious right now and they're getting some very significant rainfall as that storm hits other parts of the gulf coast. stay with us. our special hurricane coverage continues right after this. you're live in the cnn newsroom. air wick essential mist transforms fragrance infused with natural essential oils into a mist. with an extra boost of fragrance you can see... smell... and feel. it's air care redefined. air wick essential mist, connect to nature. the live better u program basically just provides the answer to the question: what if? with live better u, my 'what ifs' were erased. ♪ ♪ if you have diabetes, you should wear a dexcom. i'm on this one because it's the best. and because it works. it's easy to wear. you put it on, and the numbers are there. no fingersticks. i can't say that enough. the dexcom is a game changer. welcome back to milkshake mustaches, high fives and

is a conversation you were having, because one of the things that's happened around here is that new orleansber of things to prevent the flooding we saw 16 years ago. some of them are levies, some are gates, drainage and pumping systems. it's a multifaceted system. some is new, some of it is old. some are dependant on electricity, which is problematic. but here is an interesting thing, joshua. because you protect a certain area, sometimes means that other areas are less protected. so there are some places looking to do some of these upgrades to prevent the flooding. this is a low-lying area, and those things haven't been approved or completed, some won't be done until 2024. so a lot of people hoping there wouldn't be a major rain event or major hurricane. but in fact, we've had so many of them. i want you to think back to harvey, which hit sort of western louisiana, eastern texas, into houston. it was a couple days in before we realized how that was going. there was a hurricane that hit florida a few years ago, which we bought was done on the west coast of florida and ended up in jacksonvill

we now have more than half a million people in new orleans out of power, local news is reporting downed trees. they're not downed trees in the way you would be used to because of a lot of rain. they're broken trees. the wind is just snapping things. transformer stations are blowing. so a lot of trouble in new orleans that they were not expecting. for the moment it does appear the levees are holding strong. the storm and flood mitigation measures that have been put in place since hurricane katrina hit this place, this city 16 years ago today. so the city for the most part is not flooding but this wind, these gusts which disappeared into nothing, suddenly come back, are causing a great deal of damage. the governor has just a little while ago asked for a major disaster declaration from the president of the united states. more than the normal declaration. we're waiting to see if the president does that. the reporting that we're getting out of grand isle, louisiana, where they're saying it is inundated and there can be no rescues. i spent time there and it is supposed to be inundated. it nev

we are live in new orleans. robert?a train all day as the wind and rain come in we had to retreat into this parking garage it's not safe up there at all. i will step back slowly i have an anemometer we have had gust almost 90 miles per hour sustained and the second a step up you will see trying to get back just to see the power right now very close to the mississippi. no joke. everything outside of new orleans right now in many spots is unraveling and falling apart we have seen in the past three or four hours aluminum off of buildings, the streets very serious situation right now if anyone is out there they need to get into shelter. i cannot stress this enough as the storm is just battering new orleans right now. jon: that is not even the worst of the wind that louisiana is seeing right now. incredible. life in new orleans thank you. fox weather is coming in october watch for it. our team coverage continues slamming louisiana and southern mississippi ♪ [band plays] ♪ a place where everyone lives life well-protected. ♪♪

the storm is moving up and coming over towards new orleans. i'm in uptown new orleans.st in the beginning of this right now and we're expecting that it's going to last a fairly significant amount of time. people have been inside. you've got to stay inside, stay hunkered down. first responders can't get out in the wind and the rain. if people go outside, it's going to put them in harm's way. the governor and the mayors are working really hard to get out and get everybody safe as soon as it's safe for them to do so. our expectation is if this thing is going to get more difficult as the night goes on as all of the experts have told us. >> let me ask you about the significance of that levee being overtopped in plaquemines parish. we just saw brian todd show us a flooded street in the french quarter. put that in perspective for us, if you can. >> i don't know that particular levee whether it's inside the levee system or outside of the new levee system. in the lower lying parishes outside of the levee system, that is expected. the rain and the overtopping is very consistent.

new orleans, you are about to see a nice thunderstorm push through. houma, you are about to see rain push into your area. and as we go through time, we see this make landfall about 2:00 in the afternoon in new orleans, somewhere around houma to grand isle. it then pushes to the north basically goes right over the city of baton rouge. it throws showers and thunderstorms aplenty to the east, all the way up into mississippi, alabama and eventually on into the tennessee valley as well. we are going to see a lot in the way of storm surge, flooding, and severe weather. it makes landfall this afternoon as a category 4 hurricane and then quickly loses its intensity as it comes ashore and pushes inland, it goes over the ohio river valley and eventually on in to the mid-atlantic once we get to mid week. in terms of the threats for the coast of louisiana and those in the immediate -- those affected immediately, i would say the heavy rain and flooding will be the number one threat. then you have the storm surge, the catastrophic winds and then the tornadoes. in t

we're told the eyewall is just west of new orleans. the eyewall coming close to new orleans. conditions here deteriorating fast. you have also got the prospect of nightfall. it is getting darker now. within a few minutes, it's going to be completely dark. that's a particular problem now because power has just gone out in this section of new orleans. much of the city now without power, and people are going to start firing up generators. officials here really warning people about using their generators. go ahead and use them. of course you need it obviously for some source of power. but last year when hurricane laura came here, according to louisiana state officials, of the 25 people who died during hurricane laura, 9 of them died from carbon monoxide poisoning because they misused their generators. that is going to be a key danger as we head into the evening hours. look down here on bourbon street. no power down here. visibility getting worse by the minute, and the pounding rain is just intensifying here. down here, here's another danger. another reason why you shouldn't ventu

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we have brian todd in new orleans. we have ed lavandera in baton rouge and we have the extreme weather center in atlanta. brian, i want to start with you. the power is out. the waters are rising. how bad has it been where you are? >> michael, it's been pretty bad for the last several hours. the past few hours and the next several hours are very concerning here in new orleans because it has been pitch black. the streets are dark. no power. i can step to the side here and our photo journalist will zoom in to bourbon street here in new orleans in complete darkness. the only reason you see light on those buildings is because jake our photo journalist has been able to throw a light from an independent power source on to those buildings and illuminate part of bourbon street. it is total darkness. the good news here is at least in the french quarter the flooding has not been too bad because it is a higher level of ground than much of the city. you have flash flood emergencies in many areas of new orleans. at least 20 differen

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mike tobin is live in new orleans.lot more than a what we normally see. now, as far as what has happened over the last hour or so, the barometer has dropped about 3 or 4 millibars, and with that these wind gusts are really increasing with intensity, gradually just increasing, probably a big gust before we get off. there's one right now. as far as damage that we know of thus far, nothing too extensive. we've seen a membrane come off of a roof. i've seen some of these traffic lights, and if we pan around, you can look at some of these traffic lights in the intersection. wow, this is a whopper of a gust coming through. you can see how these traffic lights are getting a workout. the palm trees up and down canal street here, i'd be very surprised if we get through this and don't see some of the palm trees snap off. one of the things my crew and i have been keeping an eye on throughout this process, there's a billboard up over my right shoulder here, and you can see that billboard, it's been rattling around, and now that bil

we're just learning what's happening through new orleans. i have new reporting for you. f oxner health. he said they had to evacuate two homts, about 75 patients. they're bringing them to jennifer and orleans parish. they sustained damage. they have roofers out there. they say they have power, fuel, and water, more supplies are coming in. he wanted to stress and wanted us to tell viewers, no patient or staff has been hurt in the hurricane. you saw how powerful hurricane force winds are. advice to people that evacuated in the area, we know you're worried, worried about your business, home, families. the governor is saying stay put. don't come back to new orleans. if you went to houston or the panhandle, stay there. you have to stay in your house, it is too dangerous to go outside. >> stay safe in any way you can. tom, thank you so much. joining us, a man that knows the region and situation like this best, lieutenant generous he will henry. he was known as the category five general for his extraordinary leadership. general, i have to start by asking how is your community th

it's going between baton rouge and new orleans.t. 150 chemical and refinery plants between baton rouge and new orleans is commonly called alley. >> right, in that area, if it goes up into that area, there's a high concentration of people, as you said, a high concentration of industrial factories and that sort of thing in that area. the thing i get worried about, general, is new orleans being on the so-called dirty side of the storm that the most harsh conditions of this hurricane could lash new orleans because we're always looking at that top right quadrant when we're looking at a hurricane as it makes landfall. and i'm wondering, you know, getting back to those scenes of devastation during hurricane katrina, the aftermath of hurricane katrina, is the super dome ready to take in evacuees or are these shelters ready to take evacuees, is new orleans ready, do you think? >> the national guard mobilized 2500 troops. most of them will be positioned in and around the designated area by the governor and the general. they'll be prepared to

east of new orleans and in new orleans ida has taken a toll with heavy wind and rain cameras captured images of debris flying around the french quarter of the afterr coverage tonight she tells us that a million people are without power in the area, including all of new orleans. hurricane ida was so strong when it made landfall and actually made the mississippi river flow in reverse right now, those winds are still. ripping through. new orleans stepped up the gulf coast rocked sunday by 150 mile per hour winds as hurricane ida came ashore as a category four. louisiana the state that is no stranger to hurricanes now bracing for one of its toughest test yet if you had to draw up. the worst possible path for hurricane in louisiana it would be something very, very close to what we're seeing residents have been warned to shelter in place and stay off the roads as it could be a while before first responders are able to reach those who need help the storm growing in intensity so quickly that new orleans had no time to organize a full evacuation. those who have stuck around now have no choice

roker, of course, on duty for us there in new orleans, as well al, as the sun begins to come up in new, what are you seeing >> reporter: well, you know, the interesting thing, guys, we don't see very much. we are seeing the -- you know, getting a little lighter out here we're starting to see a few cars, a couple of emergency vehicles going through you talk about volunteers, the noted chef friend of the show jose andres, he left haiti to come here to set up his world central kitchen to help feed those displaced in not just new orleans but baton rouge, lafayette, they're setting up satellite kitchens to help feed people and if you're trying to reach somebody on a cell phone, if those folks have verizon or t-mobile i think you might reach them if they've got at&t, they're out of luck. you're not going to be able to reach them but just know that hopefully they are safe. as we look right now, this is going to be a big impact system, not just here but throughout the rest of the eastern half of the country. it is now a tropical storm it is making its way to the north. we're get something feed

>> sure if you know anybody from new orleans, we don't really leave. we are always -- we can live somewhere else but they would know how i was connected like they would find out my friend and i connected at least and she found that from her parents that were both members of the economy in the 1850s. i will always carry new orleans around with me as you probably have seen. when you began and the sense that you caught a moment where more of this existed in living memories and i'm guessing than does now a lot of these are stating and it's so crucial to get to people and record them and can still remember. >> the four people i was talking about, the 100-year-old woman and her daughter the second step when i started seeing the names and to see whether i could talk to their older families. but it was luck that my dad found the book and it was locked that i was a writer and found something in the book and it was luck that i had spoken to these people. >> how many meetings include the presence -- it's really nice. [laughter] it's nice to find out some of these

new orleans right now is without power. the mayor says he can stay that way that 72 hours in some areas. so this is just the beginning of what's going to be a very tough go for the city again for rain, expected to continue to call for 12 or more hours in a city that's below sea level. so in essence, a bowl and all the water that gets into that bowl has to be pumped out. they refers to pumping. trina, it seems to be working as it should. the levies are holding as well over topping in a couple of areas, but not major concerns. again, no, we've got a long way to go. yeah. j and it's worth pointing out, isn't it that it's been 16 years maybe 2 days since hurricane katrina devastated new orleans. how will prepared is the 50 this time around i think it was much better not only if something system in the levies, but the preparation beforehand. you got emergency teams on the ground and ready to move in our teams that are ready as soon as things fall down to help with that. and 1st responders, little anxious to get out once the cond

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