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You knew that if this storm hit in the right way, this is the kind of thing that was possible. >> thats right, lawrence. weve been advocating for a long time for changes, meaningful investments to be made in this particular part of the city. even a years ago, when president biden visited laguardia airport, he had called the airport an airport like in a third world country. and we were able to update the infrastructure there. but misguided priorities have ended up with investments in an air train...

Measure. its not just saying to people you have to get out of your apartment. its going door-to-door, with our first responders and others to the agencies to get people out. >> other elected officials in new york argue that the plan to protect new yorkers during future storms should go even further. >> what i sought the mayor do is actual -- what i sought the -- what i suggest the mayor do is put a panel on the infrastructure thats needed in new york city, the sewer system that needs to be upgra...

Cleaned out storm drains, catch basins, set up barricades. but the intensity of rain, how much rain was coming down so quickly, the flash floods, trees coming down, you know, we didnt even have that strong winds last night. people sometimes believe it is winds that cause trees to fall. it is oversaturation of soil which dislodges roots and causes trees to go down. we have fire and police responding to calls of trees down, to alarms, fires. we had an underground fire on main avenue. when you have...

Give me an idea of what youre going through right now. our county and city government >> right now, here, on the island of the bahamas, we are communication, working together experiencing hurricane conditions like we have never on this emergency situation as experienced before. we prepare for hurricane dorian. the island of grande bahamas. the city offices will be open tomorrow, normal business right now, its underwater. offices. people have to evacuate their also, we are preparing right homes. ...

Things, especially now that this is a hurricane, winds will increase and push more water into our lower lying areas. we do have mandatory evacuations in place for the town of jean laffit. and others have been through this before and what weve done to be preventative with the amount of rainfall that weve gotten, we have 400 public works employers out draining our catch basins. we have 80,400 catch basins throughout the jefferson parish over the past 24 to 36 hours weve cleaned over 8,000 catch ba...

That was one of the big things of course that draws people to the french quarter. theres been very light rain, ana, as our meteorologist was mentioning moments ago. it almost feels like new orleans is completely missing this hurricane, which would be great news. but of course this city prepared heavily for it, recommending that people secure their patio furniture, clear their catch basins, move their cars to higher ground, to the median because here in new orleans that is higher ground. and aski...

Catch basins have to be cleaned before the next storm. every drain, every culvert between here and the gulf has to be cleaned. if it took 40 inches this time, what the impact the flood has had on the drains -- >> thats one of the things, theres tension on storms when they happen and the media aftermath. a lot of people, once the water dissipates, they go, its over. but its not. >> exactly. and team rubicon is still working on houses in new york and new jersey that were wrecked during sandy. so e...

up the east coast all the way to canada. this is a huge storm, folks. just check out the view from the international space station. were all over irene, where it is, where its going. weve got jim spellman riding out the storm in the bahamas. john zarrella is in wrightsville beach, north carolina, and jacqui jeras here in the hurricane headquarters. jim, lets start with you. whats the situation there? >> reporter: good morning. the winds have been blowing like this for hours now. about ...

north carolina first gets hit on saturday, and then somewhere in new england after that, even in areas that dont get a direct hit though, theres the flooding damage, wind damage and power outages, a major pain. youre looking at live pictures from folly beach in south carolina. residents keeping an eye on irene. it could pass by though. they havent been told to leave though. they are urged to take precautions. evacuations are under way though in the north carolina outer banks. the gover...