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Coming to address the scale of damage from hurricane ida. it made land fall as a category four slamming into the coast with devastating wind and rain. it is one of the most powerful hurricanes to ever hit the mainland. officials say at least two people were killed. search and rescue operations are still underway in communities along the gulf. >> ida came on shore with everything that was advertised. >> yep. >> the surge, the rain, the wind. all of our levy systems, particularly federal systems p...

Preland fall declaration and last night signing the major disaster declaration. thats going to be very helpful. hurricane ida came on shore with everything that was advertised. >> yep. >> the surge, the rain, the wind. the good news first is all of our levy systems, particularly our federal levy systems and hurricane risk reduction systems performed magnificently. they were not overtopped. none of them were breached. even our levy systems that were paid for with state and local funding performed...

Storm force winsds with the particular hurricane force with the particular storm. incredibly 13 hours removed from landfall maintaining that hurricane intensity. the center crossing into southern mississippi. i think another 6 to 8 inches of rainfall in store across the area. and it made landfall as category 4 150 miles per hour sustained winds. with that said, over a million customers without power from mississippi to portions of louisiana. were looking at generally three to four people per cus...

Other parts, though, the flooding waters did make their way over the levy systems. this has been the biggest test of those new levy systems since hurricane katrina 16 years ago. ida category 4, katrina category 3. ida with the strong winds battering louisiana. were waiting to learn more about the damage that was done as soon as mother nature decides to turn on the lights for us, well be able to go around and assess the damage earlier. were dealing with power outages. people are in shelters right...

You, commissioner. i really -- im not supposed to take any questions, but go ahead. >> mr. president, on afghanistan -- >> im not going to answer afghanistan now. it looks like president biden may be making a couple more remarks? >> thank you youve done everything you can to help prepare these folks, but i tell you what, i think were going to be -- theyre going to be taking a look at additional levy systems. >> that was president biden at the fema head quarters. its always good to listen to

Time which could cause problems. thats the situation here. back to you. >> jonathan serrie live on the ground in new orleans. thank you. the army corps reporting that all of its levees from in tact at this point. there are several levy systems the army corps system and local parish levees as well. fox news ovconfirming the downi of a levy in plaquemines parish. the army corps of engineers levy protecting all of new orleans. lets get the lathes on isaacs path from maria molina in the weather ce...