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>> there is no doubt that the coming days and weeks are going to be extremely difficult for our state. and many, many people are going to be tested in ways that we can only imagine today. >> now, just because ida has been down graded to a tropical storm, there still is a lot of danger out there, especially as the sun starts to come out there. is going to be debris in the road as well as flash flooding and thats something that people need to kind of keep attention to. especially with downed power...

Leaving more than a million people without power, including the whole of new orleans. having hit the gulf of mexico last week, the slow moving storm has brought what forecasters called catastrophic storm surge conditions and extreme winds to coastal areas of louisiana. nada tawfik sent this report from new orleans. this is the destructive power of ida. oh, my gosh! easily lifting the roof clear of this hospital in cut—off louisiana. these coastal areas have been the hardest hit so far. besides...

The rain, and heavy rain in mississippi and alabama and looking in the severe weather threat which is story through friday, and moving very, very slow at 9 miles per hour, and that is not good news, because tropical systems are like sponges, a hold a lot of water, and squeezed out, and when it is moving slowly, and that is swr we get the flash flooding. and again, the wind story is over, and becoming a rain and flash flooding story, and still life threatening, and when you have flash flooding, t...

Dark. >> the entirety of the parish went out. theres still isolated places with generators and the turbines are still operating to operate the pumps but the entire parish of orleans went out in terms of power being provided there. >> now, the first deaths from the hurricane was reported in just the last hour, a person killed by a falling tree. ida made landfall sunday as a powerful category 4 storm, slamming ashore on the 16th anniversary of hurricane katrinas landfall. it has now, as we speak, ...

Out in the field, and ali velshi is in new orleans, and janessa web, well start with you. what can you tell us? >> we are dealing with a destructive and deadly storm system and its dark across southeast louisiana, and we saw the storm make landfall eight hours ago and its downgraded to a cat 3. can you see that were dealing with severe weather tonight, even across portions of new orleans into baton rouge. the problem is this storm has not lost its force just yet and the winds will continue to be...

Welcome back to all of our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. im robyn curnow. its 33 minutes past the hour. thanks for joining me. so hurricane ida has weakened to a category 1 storm but the damage left behind so far is widespread. the storm is moving slowly, and the heavy rain is causing flash flooding in southeastern louisiana. now, before night fell, the force of the storm was clear. high winds pushed power lines over. more than 1 million customers are without electr...

Mile-per-hour winds ripping a catastrophic gash across southern louisiana. at least one person is confirmed dead at this point in time. ida is now a tropical storm but there is still extreme danger with up to 8 inches of rain yet to fall in some cities. the mayor of one louisiana town calling this total devastation. the storm overtopping levies and trapping people on roofs, with no way to rescue them. more than 1 million people are currently without power. this includes the entire city of new or...

From you. we both want to hear from you. and we know hurricane ida had a potential to cause massive, massive damage, and thats exactly what we saw. we already know theres at least one confirmed death and that number is likely to grow. weve got a million people in louisiana without power. and for a time, ie a da caused the mississippi river to literally change its direction. and some folks are still dealing with a storm surge and flash flooding, and there are roads that are impassable due to debr...

Terrifying wind today, branches flying around, outdoor furniture flying around that people didnt tie down. but that is over for now. but whats also scary is that we cant quite see all the damage because its so dark. i wish i could join you by video but as you said, theres literally no electricity in the entire city. were all sitting here in the dark just hoping for the best tomorrow. >> are you able to talk to anyone? we know in some areas there are rising waters, worrying about flash flooding. ...

We have been keeping an eye on a number of alerts of damage from the storm, and power is the primary issue, and entergy is the power company, and they are out of power and its causing an imbalance in transmission. this is a compounded problem because they need that for a lot of things, including pumping water away from the levees. let me be clear, we have no reports of damage to levees. theres reports of flash flooding and an emergency that has been issued by the weather service, but thats not p...