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We got covid. we got the storm devastating people. there is nowhere for people to go. >> nowhere for people to go. you have the hospitals over crowded with covid patients. they can't evacuate the patients. you said you've been preparing for this. how has your organization prepared for the devastation? this storm is likely to bring to your state and the gulf coast, as you pointed out, we still don't know the scope of the damage and this storm is still very powerful. >> our home base is baton rouge. i'm over here and i don't think we'll get as much of the storm as we could have but when it is al...

Is really striking the fear for you right now? >> the fear for us is -- well, we've been preparing for two years with covid. right now, some of the people we're picking up it's like i'm in a hotel now with no power and the rain is coming down. some of the people brought in, there is no covid protocol. we try to do the best we can with masks and temperature checks but my biggest fear we are bringing people into an environment we could have problems later on. unfortunately, you have to consider saving a life first. so right now, it's just we worried. it a big worry to everything. we have covid. ...

In new orleans, the power is completely out after what's being called catastrophic transmission damage and the worst may be yet to come for the city. a city we're used to seeing full of life, not tonight. hours after making landfall, ida remains a category 3 storm. well, the storm's eye just west of new orleans and spawned a tornado watch for eastern louisiana and stretching into portions of southern mississippi, alabama and the florida panhandle. and as night falls, people in the path of ida have had little chance to assess the damage and we'll have to wait until the morning. we have no idea ...

Beyond me is because jake's light is shining light down bourbon street. there is a larger building with lights at the top of it that has to be generated power. the only buildings that have any power now are doing so by a generator and that, of course, in and of itself as we've been reporting, that brings dangers in and of itself because according to louisiana state officials last year when hurricane laura came through here, they had 25 deaths as a result of that storm. out of those 25, nine of them were because of carbon monoxide poisoning, people not using, it gets harder to venture out. care...

>> you have to be prepared to stay for the first 72 hours on your own. nobody should be expecting that tonight a first responder is going to be able to answer a call for help. >> we're praying for the best and planning, prepared for the worst. as soon as the storm passes we'll put the country's full might behind the rescue and recovery. >> people impacted by the storm will need help to recover. so for more information about how you can help just go to cnn.com/impact. a heart breaking moment. we watched today as all 13 fallen u.s. service members came home. they were killed this past week in ...