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Historic levels of damage right now, jonathan. just to give you some more historical context to all this, there have only been four cases in history where cat-5 has made landfall in the continental united states. 2017 was the last time. folks remember hurricane michael. the rarified storm is sitting on our doorstep with the gulf of mexico providing jet fuel for propelling it into the coast of louisiana. and where it lands is so important because at this point the storm is also widening its footprint as well. hurricane-strength winds, jonathan, are now 15 miles extended from the core of ida. wh...

Katrina. joining me now is nbc news correspondent sam brock who is in baton rouge, louisiana. sam, so you were saying the last time we spoke before the rains had started, at least then, there were people walking along the banks. you saw senator cassidy. what have you seen since then? >> reporter: a little less activity since then. and frankly, the outer bands were just starting to get hit with those here in baton rouge now, jonathan. this storm has the potential to be the strongest louisiana has ever experienced. previously was hurricane laura 150 mile per hour sustained winds. mid 1800s, the ...

Forecast. rick: hurricane hunters are flying in and out of the storm. they are finding it rapidly is strengthening. this is not good at all. it is 150 miles an hour. if it gets to 157. that is a cat-5. we have a few hours over really, really warm waters. on satellite presentation it looks more significant in anytime in the life cycle at this point. it is getting close to the coast. we're talking a storm surge in worst case of 11 to 16 feet. 11 to 16 feet, i'm six feet tall, 2 1/2 of you. of additional water coming onshore that will wipe out everything in its path. everything down here across t...