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Rain. the eyewall and louisiana coast and getting closer and closer. youre starting to see the winds already right here at the mouth of the river and over the next several hours those will spread inland through south louisiana. >> thank you so much, with the national hurricane center. we appreciate your time this morning. thank you so much. >> thank you. coming up, everybody, tom llamas is live on the ground in new orleans as the city is already starting to feel the effects as weve been talkin...

Possible catastrophic damage and where we find tom llamas. what can you tell us and what are you seeing? >> hey, guys, good morning. its pretty quiet in new orleans which is even strange this early in the morning. the town is usually moving by this time. behind me is the famous st. louis cathedral in jackson square. we had a sted rain. you will see wind gusts if you look at the american flag, you can see the wind a little bit. right now its still very, very early. were not really feeling the ful...

The esteemed football program, the team has left for houston, practicing in texas, before they go off for their first football game against ucla. as far as improvements that have been made in baton rouge, i spoke with the mayor yesterday and they have spent somewhere in the neighborhood of $20 million to $30 million to improve the drainage system and canals. in 2016 an unnamed storm dumped somewhere in the neighborhood of 30s inches of rain over the course of several days and created mass ka tas...

Been flying in and out of ida. who literally said, there is some fire in her. for a hurricane hunter who does that her job, thats pretty striking. >> and getting more intense with each and every hour. we have a team of reporters and an analyst following the latest for you throughout the air via. now a monster category 4, intensifying by the hour as it closes in on louisiana. as we said winds ramping up to 145 miles an hour. the national weather service in new orleans predicting up to 16 feet of ...

Grossman has been following idas path and sam brock is in louisiana preparing for the storm surge. how are things looking where you are and how are people preparing? >> lindsey good morning, joe good morning. its calm, theres a slight breeze. were expecting rain to fall here early this afternoon and the winds to pick up as well. lindsey, to your point about rapid intensification, that means 35 miles per hour or more increase in wind speeds over the course of 24 hours. 80 miles per hour to 145 mi...

Sustained winds over 24 hours. this seems to have gone well beyond that. have you seen anything like this before and how worried are you about this intensification? >> well, you know, we were expecting this. you start looking at the forecast for the storm it was right over the warmest parts of the gulf of mexico, and didnt see any sheer or warm, you know, get dry in there, nothing was impeding it. everything was coming together for this to happen and it did overnight. you look at the storm surge...

Gridlock for miles coming in and out of baton rouge. i breathed a sigh of relief when i found a gas station that had available gas. for those people who want to get out at this point it really is too late in terms of when this storm is going to make its way onshore and the resources that you would need to get out of town. weve talked to a number of people who said they couldnt afford to do so. now you have a gas shortage as well and many areas around southeast louisiana, here in central louisian...