you re looking at new orleans as people try desperately to evacuate on saturday from the florida panhandle to louisiana, states are bracing for hurricane ida. the potentially catastrophic storm is closing in on the u.s. gulf coast. just a short time ago the national hurricane center upgraded ida to a category 4 storm. its forecast to pummel the louisiana coast today. outages among major concern. fema says it s moving supply trucks into louisiana ahead of the storm s landfall. 20,000 are on standby, and making matters worse many hospitals in the area are already maxed out due to covid-19. health officials are asking residents not to go to the hospital unless it s a dire emergency. all right. we bring in meteorologist tyler