Landfall West News Today

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 ...

Noaa issues. potential for flash flooding in areas like baton rouge and new orleans is extremely high. again, we talked about, wolf, difference between the categories and the distance. ida is expected to have landfall west of new orleans, different than katrina but thats worse. typically in a storm, worst part is the northeast quadrant. if it makes landfall west, puts new orleans in less area than katrina was. you would rather be on the west side of the storm than the east side of the storm. >> ...

Is needed to be done. >> whatever god has planned is happening right now, we have team coverage, tracking barrys every move. joining me right now is mariana in plaquemines parish and michelle grossman in the studio with me, at the weather center, you see them in the middle, the lieutenant general commander of the joint task force. he was responsible for coordinating military relief. and well get the latest from the red cross. maria, i know youve been getting hit all day long and youre monitoring...

Over the course of three days, they say they may have a fighting chance to avoid the worst of this. of course, like you said earlier, we are expecting this storm to make landfall west of us. so morgan city may really be in the thick of it. >> well keep an eye on it. natasha, thank you. we will continue to keep you updated. christie, back to you. >> thank you. take good care, you and your crews there. in some other news, it was a tale of two facilities, one air conditioned with children watchin...