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Across louisiana more than 930,000 people have lost power. we have also had our first confirmed death caused by this hurricane a 60 year old man was killed when a tree fell on his home, just south of baton rouge. of course this catastrophic storm is taking place during the pandemic in a state that has one of the highest covid hospitalization rates in the country right now. louisianas hospitals are full. and evacuation was not an option because all the hospitals across the entire region are also ...

Underway in louisiana this morning. among the crews are members of the volunteer rescue group the cajun navy. theyre assembling boats lending resources to high-water rescues and other concerns. >> for more on the effort, well bring in jordy westworth from the cajun navy. its one of the reasons they asked people to get out of the way because theyre so worried about this particular period when you have people asking for help in a dangerous situation and help cant quite get there just yet. still to...

Looting. so a lot of people on edge here, desperate for gas, desperate for power and hunkering down as well. we dont see in the city or out here a lot of people milling around on the street. a lot of people are either hunkers down or coming out in situations like this trying to get situations for their families. >> brian todd just outside of new orleans, lets get more on the breaking news right now. the adjunct general of louisiana national guard is joining us. general, thank you so much for joi...

Without power at the coastal region. we heard that that number is likely to rise in the next 24 to 36 hours, and it is all because the power outages you are witnessing now are because of hurricane-force winds. as this storm slowly moves inland, we are going to continue to see that rainfall, 15 to 20 inches of rain is going to saturate the ground, and thats where we could see more trees start to topple over, impacting those power lines. if you have been hunkering in place and staying in place ind...

Structure where theres a brick overhang and an area to shield ourselves a bit more from these very severe wind gusts coming through here. in terms of emergency vehicles, they made it very clear. they are staying hunkering down until all of this passes. and then, again, theyll let mother nature dictate how they can get out there. what he says theyll do is obviously try to get their motorcade out there to see if they can make their way through some of the streets to see about some of the damage an...

Hurricane katrina, powerful storms with high winds and heavy rain to residents in that area all hunkering down jeff paul is on the ground in orleans and live from the fox weather center, what are you seeing? >> the center of the storm made landfall in these storms are large there not just one centerpoint but center of the store making landfall a few minutes ago right and poor for sean, that area is a place that it was made with oil production, there is so much oil production that happens in the ...

Governor john bel edwards made it clear no one is coming to save you, rescue you, until after the storm passes. we have national guard troops throughout the gulf coast, alabama, mississippi, louisiana all on standby. we have fema in the area as well, with truck loads full of supplies to help people after the storm. for right now people are hunkering down trying to survive the storm surge, the flooding, the lack of electricity, all the things that will come from this major category 4. >> how far ...

Thats how water got into the interior of the city, and massive work has been done in terms of gates and locks to prevent the surge water from violating the internal levies that would go into the canals that are used for the pumps to pump the water out of the city. and all that is much improved at around $14 billion or $15 billion worth of work was done. so i think theres some confidence by many that having people in the city hunkering in place is a good guidance based on what the parish official...

Path or stay home and hunker down. we have team coverage, fox weather meteorologist adam klotz is tracking the storm, but we begin with mike tobin live on the ground in new orleans. mike? >> and jon, i can tell you that traffic is backed up on i-10 and other exits from town as a lot of people are heeding the warning of local officials and getting out before night fall tonight, after which time officials say it will be too late to be moving around. what you can hear and see behind me is the party...

Security adviser said the other day that any american citizen who was there, who wants to get out, theyll get out. but, of course, many of those who spread around afghanistan. >> right. and at this point, according to the white house and pentagon, those who have been speaking this week, they said they dont have the ability right now to go beyond the airport in order to go in and help those people who might be in hiding and hunkering down for the time being. as we await the president, we are told...