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Going up. officials have stressed that it's decision time. if people are going to evacuate or hunker down, the time is now to make those decisions. the emergency operation officials are expecting that the damage will come in the form of flooding. there will be structural damages to the buildings from the wind that's coming, and they expect widespread power outages. in fact, they expect that the damage is going to be so widespread, it could take as long as three days for emergency crews to get to people. so right now people need to be making decisions about how they are going toen endure a roug...

Reichmuth in the weather center, thank you. jacqui: hurricane ida is expected to hit louisiana as a dangerous category four storm. our correspondent casey stegall is in baton rouge where officials are urging people to brace for this arrival, casey. >> reporter: yeah, they are, and, for the, we're going to give you a live look at what's going on which is the preparation phase. as you heard, the window quickly closing. as you know as well, the two biggest threat with this storm to life and property would be wind and water. ida expected to bring a whole lot of both, and you've got major sandbaggi...

Thank you, thank you. everything you're doing to prepare for this dangerous storm is going to mitigate the impact of the potential natural disaster results that are going to be visited on so many people in the region. the work you're doing is vital, and you all know it. so, administrator, let's you and i have a conversation, tell me what you need and what's going on. >> all right. thank you, mr. president. as you probably heard from director graham, we are beginning to see the rapid intensification of the storm. what we're doing here in the nrtc and i'd like to welcome you to the nrtc, this is...