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More than a million are without power tonight after hurricane ida tore through louisiana as a category 4 storm. pedram javaheri is tracking ida for us. good evening, sir. thank you so much. whats the latest? >> don, the latest coming in from the national hurricane center putting the final advisory, finally, on this particular storm coming in at 11:00 p.m. eastern time. puts it about 100 miles northeast of jackson. so right around, say, tupelo, mississippi. thats where the center of the storm is....

Deep, 50-feet long. >> tom sayder at the cnn weather center tracking ida for us. what now, tom? >> well, we could see some states that actually pick up a months worth of rainfall still so theres a lot going on. when you talk about louisiana and all of the power outages, it is estimated if you were to stretch all of the power lines out it is about 2,000 miles. this is going to take weeks. i mean it stretches from new york all the way to salt lake city. we still have colors of red on our infrared ...

Upload your logo or start your design today at customink.com so heres our breaking news. at least two people are dead and more than 1 million are without power tonight after hurricane ida tore through louisiana as a category 4 storm. meteorologist pedram javaheri is tracking ida for us. good evening, sir. thank you so much. whats the latest? >> don, the latest coming in from the national hurricane center putting the final advisory on this particular storm coming in at 11:00 p.m. eastern time p...

Hurricane Ida is bringing extremely dangerous conditions to Louisiana.

Hurricane Ida has rapidly intensified Sunday morning.

Lightning poles are starting to be bent. hurricane ida is starting to impact the gulf coast but the worst is definitely ahead. al roker is tracking ida for us. whats the latest on the storms path and what has changed so far? >> i got to tell you, tom, this will be the first time any state has two back to back in successive years, 150 miles an hour plus hurricanes hit. if you look right now, you can see wind gusts of over 75 miles an hour and 50 to 8 miles an hour wind gusts. ida is about 100. ab...

Officials say that last year, hurricane laura hit louisiana. they had 25 deaths. out of those 25 deaths, 9 of them were people who died of carbon monoxide poisoning because they didnt use their generators properly. thats why they are warning people. if you use those generators, dont bring them inside. keep them in a safe distance if you have to use those generators. this part of new orleans has not lost power yet. but theyre bracing for that as well, jim. >> all right, brian todd. we still see s...

Would potentially be a way to evacuate more people. specifically those afghans that have helped in the u.s. war effort over these last 20 years. >> yeah. so many still desperate to get out. jasmine wright in washington. thanks so much for joining us. all right. still ahead, louisianas making last-minute preparations ahead of a monster hurricane forecast to pummel the state in the coming hours. tracking ida, next. plus, how china is fighting back on the origin of covid. stay with us. lactai...

Hurricane Warning is posted

Winds could exceed 130 mph at landfall