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Evacuate. you did. what was it that pushed you to do so? >> i was wanting to ride it out but my wife had other plans and wanted me to go with him and the kids to get out of there. that is more important. >> arent you happy that you did, looking at how bad its been? >> i am but im the type of person that likes to be there to try to fix things as they happen and driving me nuts that i cant do that but it is what it is. >> so from what you can tell, how does this storm compare to others youve exper...

Louisiana. the storm is still powerful, moving very slowly across the state. right now the flash flood emergency has been declared in new orleans. all of new orleans parish is without power after catastrophic transmission damage. that is according to the city. but major relief is on the way once the storm subsides. as one group is on the ground with enough food to serve more than 100,000 meals. chef jose andres joins me now. he is the founder of world central kitchen organization and has been a ...

Storm and an army of private citizens called the cajun navy is ready to spring into action to help anyone who may need a rescue. just moments ago i spoke with the president of the united cajun navy. listen to what he said is making him nervous about hurricane ida right now. >> well, the main thing making me nervous right now even more so is that it has continued to keep its strength. once it got into land. i dont think anybody knew this thing was going to stay this strong. this is relentless and...

Are waiting out this storm there lost part of the side of the building. there was some damage to the side of the building. they said there was damage to the roof and so what they did was they left that building and then sought shelter where you can see the lights behind me. thats the houma civic center. so they went there to seek shelter, but when they were there at that civic center, part of the civic centers roof was blown off during the worst of the hurricane, as well. there were two structur...

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...

We got covid. we got the storm devastating people. there is nowhere for people to go. >> nowhere for people to go. you have the hospitals over crowded with covid patients. they cant evacuate the patients. you said youve been preparing for this. how has your organization prepared for the devastation? this storm is likely to bring to your state and the gulf coast, as you pointed out, we still dont know the scope of the damage and this storm is still very powerful. >> our home base is baton rouge. ...

Is really striking the fear for you right now? >> the fear for us is -- well, weve been preparing for two years with covid. right now, some of the people were picking up its like im in a hotel now with no power and the rain is coming down. some of the people brought in, there is no covid protocol. we try to do the best we can with masks and temperature checks but my biggest fear we are bringing people into an environment we could have problems later on. unfortunately, you have to consider saving...

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 ...

Beyond me is because jakes light is shining light down bourbon street. there is a larger building with lights at the top of it that has to be generated power. the only buildings that have any power now are doing so by a generator and that, of course, in and of itself as weve been reporting, that brings dangers in and of itself because according to louisiana state officials last year when hurricane laura came through here, they had 25 deaths as a result of that storm. out of those 25, nine of the...

>> you have to be prepared to stay for the first 72 hours on your own. nobody should be expecting that tonight a first responder is going to be able to answer a call for help. >> were praying for the best and planning, prepared for the worst. as soon as the storm passes well put the countrys full might behind the rescue and recovery. >> people impacted by the storm will need help to recover. so for more information about how you can help just go to cnn.com/impact. a heart breaking moment. we w...