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So it's going to be a long night tonight, as well as what is going to happen with recovery starting tomorrow. >> that is a terrifying situation for those people. daryl forges, thank you for keeping us up to date. hurricane ida, as we've been reporting, is now a category 1 storm. but when it slammed into louisiana, it was a powerful category 4. ida now tied with two other storms as the strongest hurricanes ever to hit the state. meteorologist derek vandam was there as ida moved through. >> reporter: this is what a monster category 4 hurricane feels like. it's pins and needles on every exposed...