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And thats something the mayor and i also spoke to the police chief, they said thats something theyre watching for because thats something that can come about that doesnt give much warning. if people think theyre not dealing with something serious, where they see the sunshine and you dont have the winds coming that can give people a false sense security. from one moment to the other its time to hunker down, time to take those precautions and just wait out the storm. the benefit compared to what t...

Next couple of hours and through this evening. and theres also levees that protect morgan city, that protects houma, louisiana. well see if those levees hold up over the next 12 hours because thats the test for anyone that stayed behind hoping their levees hold. and then the rainfall forecast, as weve been saying, up to 20 inches possible in new orleans or the southeastern portions of louisiana. and then the winds, this is that extreme wind ban, the core of the storm moving onshore, we think tha...

Category 5 status as we give you a look at new orleans, one of many areas in the state where forecasters are warning of life-threatening storm surge, catastrophic wind damage, major flooding and even tornadoes. the new orleans mayor will be giving us an update in a few minutes. well bring that to you live. earlier today here on msnbc the mayor of baton rouge expressed the serious nature of this threat for the 14 million people in its path. we have become more resilient, but my greatest concern...

Terrebonne bay. grand isle had that 146-mile-per-hour wind gust. one thing thats interesting with the structure of the storm, were now seeing dual eye walls. the storm had been about 20 miles wide. thats the clear eye here. then another ring on the outside of that. so thats what we call a double eye wall that is 50 miles wide. the max winds will come down with the storm a little bit so you think thats great but the problem is then the wind field expands so the damage path could be even wider so ...

The things folks have to worry about, these signs and different things on lampposts can become projectiles. we obviously are keeping an eye on that as well as we report to you. we are worried about the heavy rains, the winds picking up. it is going to be a while, as bill karins said. and the good news is our hotel is close by. we can hunker down. in fact, last night, and weve seen a number of the local utilities, the entergy folks, are staying at our hotel. we feel pretty good about that. that p...

Category 4 storm, it is forecast to pummel the louisiana coast sunday, the same date hurricane katrina hit the state 16 years ago. power outages are a major concern. fema says that it is moving supply trucks and generators into louisiana ahead of idas landfall. there are 10,000 linemen in the state already and another 20,000 on standby. and making matters worse, many hospitals in the area are already maxed out due to covid-19. health officials are asking residents to not go to the hospital unles...

Afternoon. lets check out this video. this is ft. morgan, alabama, where the waves are starting to pick up. winds intensified overnight increasing to 155 miles per hour. those winds that are directly related to ida. ida is hitting louisiana as a powerful category 4 hurricane. moving on over right now to msnbc meteorologist bill karins for the latest update. where is the storm right now is this we have some interesting developments. we are watching the first land area now going through the eye a...

Northeastern side of the storm and whoever goes through that will see the most extensive wind damage. winds right now, were going to lose our wind gauges. 47 at the airport there. from pensacola through mobile to hattiesburg, biloxi, the feeder bands can produce tornadoes into tomorrow. you notice the heavy rain is knocking on the door of new orleans. the core will be moving in the next few hours. the worst weather conditions from about 2:00 p.m. this afternoon until about 10:00 p.m. this evenin...

>> in the next half hour well get the update from the hurricane center. theyll tell us if its actually moving instead of being stationary. it will also give us that new forecast path. i know a lot of people in south carolina and north carolina are going to be very, you know, interested. watching it closely for good reason, too. ill explain that in a second. so these are the numbers. 120s the max winds right now in the northern eye and the thunderstorms. its stationary. it looks like its starting...

At this point in time? but this storm will make an eye wall landfall. whether the center of the eye stays offshore there will be enough wind along the coast of 115 to maybe 145 miles per hour with that eye wall right onshore that anyone from fort pierce to stuart to in the atlantic beach to daytona to new smirma all the way up the coast this is a category 4 hurricane. the eye is getting smaller right now. the pressure is going down which means the storm is still strengthening. and this is where ...