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Along the gulf coast we expected from such a storm. it ripped the roof off the lady of the sea hospital in galliano which is south of new orleans. you can see the damage in louisiana there. tonight, as we mentioned, the power is out for hundreds of thousands of people. louisiana governor john bell edwards says his state s entire national guard is activated. more than 4,000 are out in support of the emergency effort, but officials are warning residents to prepare for at least three days of sheltering in place. this historic hurricane comes on the 16th anniversary of another historic hurricane, katrina. thankfully, officials expect the levees in the new orleans area to hold this time. from nbc news world headquarters in new york, i m joshua johnson continuing our special coverage of hurricane ida. welcome to the week. let us begin with the latest on hurricane ida s path. meteorologist bill karins joins us now after a very long day, ....
Rain will stay on the east side. look at the track right now. sustained winds are still very gustying, up to 110 miles per hour, but dealing with the slow movement. by tomorrow morning this will be downgraded to a cat 1, but still the tropical moisture will still inbound place, and this is a powerful system. as it makes its way even in the mid-atlantic northeast, it will cause problem for the next week. look at some of the these rainfall totals, jonathan. we re talking about, still, at least five to ten inches. the story, it just does not stop in louisiana, parts of the deep south, and this will be a continuous story all the way through thursday afternoon. jonathan? thank you, janessa webb for the latest update as the storm has been downgraded to category ....
Its ability to remain cohesive, to have a solid eyewall, ever since it made landfall, is pretty remarkable. what about the concern for tornadoes popping off the storm? especially the quadrant that s closest to new orleans. every tropical system is kind of different. some are very prolific at producing tornadoes, others not as much. so far, no confirmed tornadoes during the day, which is great. tomorrow could be different. tomorrow, we could get the sun coming out in between the feeder bands in mississippi and alabama. destabilize the atmosphere, the energy, and we could get additional tornadoes tomorrow. just because we made it through today without any tornadoes, doesn t mean we won t tomorrow. now let s get to the teams on the ground. nbc s morgan chesky is in houma, louisiana. ali velshi is in new orleans. miguel almaguer is in baton rouge. let s begin with you, morgan, just west of new orleans. a short time ago, ida has been passing through where you re standing. doesn t look q ....
Of patients battling covid. new orleans is in the middle of a severe outbreak. the louisiana department of health confirmed nearly 3500 new cases as of friday. nearly 3,000 people are currently hospitalized state-wide with covid. for more on how hospitals are coping, let s bring in dr. durrani, an emergency medicine physician in houston, and dr. mark klein, physician in chief at children s hospital new orleans. good to have you both with us. dr. klein, let me start with you. how are you all holding up this evening? joshua, we re doing pretty well, i think. it s been a long day. we have been locked down since about 7:00 this morning. that means that we have had a team of professionals, doctors, nurses, respiratory therapists and many others here in the hospital, taking care of patients and their families. and within the four walls of the building, activity has been very much sort of normal day to day type activity. ....
We have been in touch wit they have been without power since about noon today, and it s a painful few days ahead for those that live in the area, joshua. morgan chesky, thank you very much from homa, louisiana. as morgan mentioned, we are still waiting for a few details on the extend of the damage this evening. the clearest picture we have of the damage is in new orleans when the city s utility, entergy, they are without power, and not only the pump drinking water into the city, but also to drain storm water, and this is one of the concerns with keeping the levees intact in new ....