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Going up. officials have stressed that its decision time. if people are going to evacuate or hunker down, the time is now to make those decisions. the emergency operation officials are expecting that the damage will come in the form of flooding. there will be structural damages to the buildings from the wind thats coming, and they expect widespread power outages. in fact, they expect that the damage is going to be so widespread, it could take as long as three days for emergency crews to get to p...

Reichmuth in the weather center, thank you. jacqui: hurricane ida is expected to hit louisiana as a dangerous category four storm. our correspondent casey stegall is in baton rouge where officials are urging people to brace for this arrival, casey. >> reporter: yeah, they are, and, for the, were going to give you a live look at whats going on which is the preparation phase. as you heard, the window quickly closing. as you know as well, the two biggest threat with this storm to life and property ...

Thank you, thank you. everything youre doing to prepare for this dangerous storm is going to mitigate the impact of the potential natural disaster results that are going to be visited on so many people in the region. the work youre doing is vital, and you all know it. so, administrator, lets you and i have a conversation, tell me what you need and whats going on. >> all right. thank you, mr. president. as you probably heard from director graham, we are beginning to see the rapid intensification ...