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Across louisiana with mandatory evacuations. most people left. we saw the backlog on the interstate, highway 10 as people heeded the warnings from officials. but now it's my job as a meteorologist and as a reporter to tell you why you left your home and what you can expect when you return home safely after the storm has passed. wolf? >> do you get the sense most of the folks where you are did evacuate? or are they hunkered down, staying put? >> reporter: >> we don't have any official numbers. however the stream of cars we saw leaving the region was most people heeded the warning. i'm going to ...

The air and make it very difficult and it will come from a different direction as well. have to be prepared for that. >> all right. that's a very good point you're making that you're on the front side of this eye wall and thing maze calm down where you're at. people may be tempted to go outside. if anybody is watching or listening, do not go outside when things are clear in the middle of that eye because the other side of that eye wall is going to slam into the area where you are and send things flying. derek, hang on. we'll go to another expert and get back to you shortly. thanks. get back in...

Absolute catastrophic disaster for these people to live through something like this. we at least have the safety of a building in front of us. jim? >> absolutely. and we're glad that you're taking those precautions. derek, since you've been there all afternoon, does it feel like things have progressively gotten worse to this point? are these the most intense effects of the storm you've felt so far? >> all right. yeah, this is without a doubt the strongest part of the storm we've felt so far, and just -- >> wow. >> let these visuals play out. the reason i can stand here is only because of this ...

Afternoon. let's check out this video. this is ft. morgan, alabama, where the waves are starting to pick up. winds intensified overnight increasing to 155 miles per hour. those winds that are directly related to ida. ida is hitting louisiana as a powerful category 4 hurricane. moving on over right now to msnbc meteorologist bill karins for the latest update. where is the storm right now is this we have some interesting developments. we are watching the first land area now going through the eye and actually went through the eye wall and into the eye itself. here is grand isle. the radar will u...

Orleans. they're getting some very haugh rains and strong winds, but this is probably about as close to new orleans as the center, the actual eye wall, is going to be. if you pay attention to hurricanes, you do know typically the worst conditions are on the right-hand side of the storm or the eastern side of the storm, and we are seeing this. these are our recent wind gusts, new orleans 60s, 70s and closer to 80 i saw recently. very powerful winds off to the eastern side of this storm. and as this continues to move on up to the north, such a big storm that a we still see a very large area with...