hit hard by covid with low vaccination rates and very high hospitalization rates as well. there is what is called the moraganza levee system meant to protect this parish with a 1 in 100 year storm surge event. of course we have a category 4 forecast at landfall, that particular levee system and flood protection system is set to withstand a category 3 hurricane. so we ll be testing the limits of this particular flood management system. i m cnn meteorologist derek van dam in tarabone parish, back to you. and that wraps this hour. i m kim brunhuber. new day is next with the latest advisory on hurricane ida. please do stay with us.
preparations taking place in the parish where i m standing over 100,000 residents call this particular parish home. you can see the individuals from the tarabone parish dumping fresh sand within this area, men, women and children coming to fill as many sandbags as they possibly can to help protect property and lives and of course their businesses. this is a particularly vulnerable part of southern louisiana. where i m standing now, only 10 feet above sea level with a storm surge projection of 10 to 15 feet within this particular parish, that makes this area under threat. flash flooding a major concern as well with the potential for several inches of rain, but it is really the storm surge and high wind threat because we are literally in the bull s-eye of the projected path from the national hurricane center as what will be a major hurricane upon landfall. look at this individual working through the heat and through the humidity to do their best to protect again their homes and propertie