Remembering Katrina News Today

The campaign by Levees.org comes 18 years after Hurricane Katrina flooded New Orleans.

The campaign by Levees.org comes 18 years after Hurricane Katrina flooded New Orleans.

So after the storm passes, we bring our folks back, our aircraft, our helicopters, our boats, our different teams to assess the port. our first priorities are always safety of life. we want to see who we can help, where we can help not only in the maritime environment but also certainly as we move inland to help out the major cities. as you saw during katrina, we did a lot of that. >> remembering katrina, exactly 12 years ago this week in new orleans, we saw folks calling for help, stranded on t...

The winds, whiand the rain is almost nonstop. this will be the storm that people here remember for the rest of their lives. still playing out, will it be remembered for those still making it through or something else? the language they used to describe it is something we havent heard since the likes of katrina. even though its near to making landfall, when it does, thats not the end. it will only just be beginning. >> this is going to be a very major disaster. >> reporter: a dyer warning from th...

If you havent left, of course, this is no time to even consider that. eventually youre going to have issues with the power going out. we havent seen significant power outages, but that could happen. you also could lose your cell phone towers as a result of that communication could be difficult. so more and more, people can feel a sense of isolation. thats a point that officials here have known about, which is why theyve increased the intensity and frequency of their briefings. they may not have ...

Evacuati evacuation. what have the local authorities, federal authorities given them for advice? >> they said, look, if you thought about going by 1:00 p.m., that time is past. if you decide to do stay, stay with that plan and dont let anybody talk you out of it. and above all, dont let the wind and the howling change your thought process. youll be much safer now staying where you are. they were evacuating people until the noon hour today. the local mass transit system was operating. they were t...

Camp david retreat. lets go to our white house correspondent sara murray. can the white house avoid the failures that certainly happened after hurricane katrina exactly 12 years ago this week? >> reporter: well, wolf, it is certainly something theyre cognizant of. there have been senators out there today warning president trump, keep your eye on this one. dont make the same mistakes george w. bush did. earlier today tom bossert, homeland security adviser for president trump, said many who are ad...

Models actually turn it to the south, maybe gaining strength. five days of rainfall. a foot, 2323. everywhere you see white, over 25 inchds. lets put 25 inches on the entire straight of baltimore. the water is going to have nowhere to go. its going to try to get into the gulf of mexico and it going to get into the rivers and flood. there are going to be river floods in this area that no one has ever seen before. and im afraid that people say, it didnt flood in allison. im going to be fine. this ...

Worsened. >> it has. now you look at the sky here, and actually it looks a lot brighter than it was, say, just a few minutes ago. but its the wind thats really been intensifying here. we know the rain is yet to come and will come for a long time. but the first initial blast of this storm is wind. now, initially people were saying, well, the stronger, category 3. everyone has to remember what a storm like that can do. this will linger a long time, would have >> certainly will i i want to ga back ...

Texas and heads toward land fall. possibly uninhabitable, forecasters are warning of catastrophic rains and flooding for days. that could force people to stay away from their homes for months. were tracking the forecast and fears that harvey could have the makings of another katrina. calls to evacuate. residents are being urged to get out of the storms path now. if its not too late already, emergency officials worry that too many people may be ignoring their pleas and staying behind. and u...