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Again, if youre just join us, this category is now -- this hurricane is now a category 4. its expected to make landfall later today. >> okay. christi, over the last 24 hours, all you had to do is look at the highways and airports. thousands have been seen leaving new orleans ahead of the storms which could bring winds of 140 miles per hour. dangerous flash flooding and heavy rains lasting into tomorrow. now officials have urged residents to make final preparations now before the storm hits. for ...

Just getting started. as you can see in the videos you have been showing, the winds are up at the category-3 range, 130-mile-per-hour winds still. but there are other hazards that folks need to pay attention to here as well. flash flooding from 16 to 20 isolated areas of 24 inches of rain. and also the potential for tornadoes. now is the time for folks in the affected area to stay put, stay safe. and make sure that theyre not ventuing out unnecessarily. >> president biden spoke this afternoon at...

So we prepare what we can. the grim power took officials by surprise. many rushed to leave the area. but time ran out to organise mandatory mass evacuation of the citys 390,000 residents. just two days ago, the storm was a tropical depression. the window of time is closing. it is rapidly closing. and just like we said yesterday, by the time you go to bed tonight you need to be where you intend to ride the storm out and you need to be as prepared as you can be. because the weather will start to d...

Yeah, really bad storm surge. storm surge warnings in effect for all areas in pink in southeastern louisiana coastline. coastline of louisiana going on into mississippi as well as alabama, too. so mobile, youre also in that. we could see the storm surge get up to 15 feet near the mouth of the mississippi river, and a large swath here of the coastline could see a storm surge greater than nine feet. that is some catastrophic storm surge. in terms of the rainfall, right where the center goes ashore...

On grand isle, and some people just werent going to leave. >> thats just the conversation about evacuations. i wonder what you make of the governors assessment to stay inside up to 72 hours after the storm passes. are you concerned that as the storm starts to clear or starts to feel like it is clearing, people are going to try to get outside to assess the damage? >> yeah, this is -- we were always told this is going to be a long time in. we have been in for a long time. i think people kind of ge...

Having problems because were getting those gusts that you were just talking about here in new orleans. right now, its perfectly fine, and that you see the gusts coming in like this, for instance. now, just so youre not thinking what is that idiot standing out there because you were talking about debris. we have a 20-foot concrete wall and the corner of the building between us and the water, and this is what youre still seeing. thats how strong the winds are in new orleans. we are worrying about ...

Idas growing power took officials by surprise. many rushed to leave the area. but time ran out to organise a mandatory mass evacuation of the citys 390,000 residents. just two days ago, the storm was a tropical depression. your window of time is closing. it is rapidly closing. and just like we said yesterday, i by the time you go to bed tonight, you need to be where you intend i to ride the storm out, and you need to be as prepared as you can be. because weather will start | to deteriorate very ...

Randy cerveny says its important to get their investigations into extremes right. we need to know extremes so we can build a better world. we know that the climate is changing and we can in partjudge that climate change by the quality of the observations that are being used to assess it. in a few months from now, a summit of world leaders to be held here in the uk will be hugely important in formulating a global response to climate change with the united nations saying that only a combined inter...

Poses, folks are also concerned about the storm surge and river flooding along river areas that can flood very easily. they are concerned about what that will look like and the possibility of flash flooding in those areas. then, if you want to add on another layer to it you also have the tornado watches and warnings that you feel and see along the coast. you feel the rain coming in. its really whipping up right now. this is only going to increase. this is exactly why -- this is the difference fr...

Up but right now outside of biloxi normally they are small but they can do a little bit of damage. so the timestamp is now 3:00 a.m. so it will also have rain and we will have flood advisories as far north as tennessee or a good chunk of alabama under the flood advisory there will be some flash flooding with all of this moisture lifting up into this region the next couple of days. reporter: we will see a lot of flooding. thank you. hurricane ida is pounding the gulf coast from louisiana to alaba...