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Down. to see that delayed maybe weeks of getting back open, the french quarter and people back in town is just another blow. so this thing is going to be measured for years. we always talked about before and after katrina. this will be a new set in history that we will gauge further storms on. >> are you getting a sense of the scope of damage across the state from ida? >> well, i just got word, a report a little while ago, that a community on the west bank of plaquemines parish has been inundate...

You know, not only flash flooding is going to be an issue into the overnight hours but also significant damage and when youre speaking of winds of this magnitude at landfall the national hurricane center often says the area will be uninhabitable for a period of weeks to months. we know that damage in place, that certainly has already taken place along the southern coast of louisiana. you take a look at the mullet plier effect and people often think a category increase from 1 to 2 is a linear inc...

A lot of calls from folks who say, hey. ive lost my roof. im seeing this type of damage or that type of damage. the sheriff says, look. we told people to evacuate as you know, pamela. you heard the warnings. and now its just they have to wait until morning until they can make sure the roads are safe enough to get out there to assess the damage. were already seeing the damage here, again here at the power station, houma, like much of louisiana without power. the folks here are going to be waking ...

Hurricane stronger than ida. joining us now on the line is louisianas lieutenant governor. thank you so much for joining us. you have so much experience dealing with these storms over the years. you are in baton rouge now. where is your focus in the state right now as the storm slowly moves across it? >> obviously as the stronger part of the storm approaches baton rouge this area of the state has never seen a category 2. usually they die out before they get this far north. and a lot of the homes...

The center of the storm now, pam, is 30 miles to the west. it will split the needle between baton rouge and new orleans but these bands are quite heavy. the heavy rainfall will continue through the night up through the ohio valley into new england. when a storm is strong enough and large enough and creates a lot of damage, it is retired and never to be used again. there is not a letter in the alphabet that has more retired names than the letter i. isabelle, irene, ivan, ike, ida will go on this ...

The patients? >> i think the patients have normal trepidation as its a hurricane. i think the staff here in louisiana, particularly in this hospital, we know hurricanes and so this part actually may feel a little bit more normal although scary and that we prepare every year for this. its a drill we do. so it is odd to say that maybe the hurricane part of it feels a little bit more like normal business in august and september than covid does but adding the two together is definitely stressful and...

Next couple hours. theyre going to be dealing with it for several more days. >> that is such an important point, ed. we still dont know what the ripple effect will be from hurricane ida. there is still so much unknown right now including the extent of the damage there. a lot of people weve spoken with tonight are nervous about waking up in the morning, what theyll see, and what lies ahead in the days ahead as you just pointed out. ed lavendera, thank you. we just learned ida is a category 2 st...

Having to tell everybody to hunker down. old school get a mattress or get in the center of the house. hundreds of people weve had to tell them today we just cant get to them. >> how does that make you feel? >> 16 years ago today was katrina. a lot of us suffered a lot of losses personally with that. so it is just kind of like dejavu. you know, here again. we were talking earlier, general honore, him and i worked together during katrina. it is just surreal. were looking around and seeing total de...

In new orleans, the power is completely out after whats being called catastrophic transmission damage and the worst may be yet to come for the city. a city were used to seeing full of life, not tonight. hours after making landfall, ida remains a category 3 storm. well, the storms eye just west of new orleans and spawned a tornado watch for eastern louisiana and stretching into portions of southern mississippi, alabama and the florida panhandle. and as night falls, people in the path of ida have ...

Our breaking news this hour hurricane ida is a deadly category 2 storm. we are learning of the first death reported in louisiana caused by a fallen tree at home. according to the ascension parish sheriffs office. nearly 1 million are without power. new orleans in the dark tonight. this is normally a city that is full of life. not tonight. catastrophic transmission damage is blamed for the power failure as ida makes its closest path to the city. strong winds, heavy rains expected to continue for ...