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Wetter? the water within a storm like this, thats the killer, thats the biggest source of damage and threats from hurricane is not just the wind when its blowing, but the incredible amount of water that it pushes on shore and leaves behind. >> 90% of the fatalities associated with any hurricane event is because of the water. so were worried about that storm surge and the inland precipitation and the flash flooding that can cause. all of that precipitation, all of that rainfall gets channeled int...

Hurricane. that was the part that really shocked them throughout the night in this storm. >> yeah. those 150 miles per hour wind gusts at times. like an ef-3 tornado just bearing down for such a long time. ed, thank you, and your team for being there and please stay safe. ida is now a tropical storm, but still a major threat to millions. deadly flash flooding is still a big concern. also tornadoes. our meteorologist is tracking it all. tom, whats going on? >> its still a tropical storm. that mea...

12 inches that has already been estimated to come down in the last few hours. as the system departs this region, we do expect a few tornadoes. we know hurricane katrina produced at least 59 tornadoes when it made landfall. this system certainly has the potential to produce dozens of them into the overnight hours. tornado watches are in place there until at least 6:00 a.m. local time before we think conditions will stabilize just a little bit. but this is going to be a very, very tough night for ...

Punishing the coast with sustained winds of 120 miles per hour and slowed down. what that means is it increases flooding potential. now at this hour, catastrophic storm surge extreme winds and flash flooding continue in parts of southeastern louisiana. new orleans is under a flash flood emergency and completely out of power. the only electricity is now coming from generators there. energy louisiana says some customers could be without power for weeks. the mayor of hattiesburg, what is your bigge...

System so what it is the absence of bad news specific to new orleans? and whether the levee system and that redundancy held up. but outside of the new orleans levee system we will have some flash flooding to talk about plaquemines parish there is an emergency underway because the flood wall that runs the length of the mississippi or for that section, a floodgate has failed. there is a flash flood in effect so there is water rushing up highway 23. in the northern direction. so they have put out t...

Said this afternoon. >> for a time, ida caused the mississippi river to literally change its direction and some folks are still dealing with the storm surge and flash flooding. there are roads that are im impassable due to debris and down power lines. we need people to continue to shelter in place if its safe for them to do so. ed, what are you seeing? >> reporter: it was a long night for residents who were watching water flood into their home. the good news this afternoon is that the flood wate...

Regarding the main outages of new orleans and elsewhere, they also said theres a massive power -- a tower that collapsed and much of it is in the mississippi river along with power lines there. that gives you a sense of what people throughout this area are trying to deal with. the damage that theyre assessing right now and the fact that theyre going to be without power probably for several days. >> and obviously with the conditions calming down there, theres still so much moisture in the air. we...

Five hours removed from landfall, still maintaining category 4 strength. now, notice the rainfall amouamounts e the estimated. the flash flooding threat is going to be significant. new orleans in particular has seen the second wettest year on record with over 62 inches of rainfall in the first eight months of 2021. this is before ida moved ashore. so the flash flooding threshold is a lot less. so this is going to be a very difficult night in this area. >> terrifying for those people. many thanks...

You see the red boxes right now know flash flooding out towards the airport that is where we have seen more rainfall totals we will see a lot of rain pulling into the east of that but i think the rain is almost over back go just to the east of their toward the goal for or eventually pensacola. we will see a lot of rain so this moisture pulls off towards the north it is like trained on a train track moving over the exact same area over and over over allowing the totals to pile up also pulling in ...

Biden approved a major disaster declaration for louisiana. i became sure as a category four storm with maximum sustained, winds over 150 miles per hour. it has been weakening as its moved inland, but slowly. and it is now to a category two. the national hurricane center says it is still bringing catastrophic storm surge, extreme winds and flash flooding, to southeastern louisiana. and that has brought scenes like this in the city of houma. >> the extraordinary power of those high, winds meanwhil...