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Pummel louisiana for hours on end and these are pictures from golden meadow earlier today. i want to go straight to the cnn weather center for a reset of what is going on with tom sater. you have the power of the storm. you have slow speed. that is really hurting louisiana right now. >> yeah, that's been our concern all along. that the power and force of this this little cannon ball is more compact. again, the power of this, get this, some of those darker colors, but we're still seeing winds drop 115 miles per hour category 3. for five hours today, the state of category 4 status inland is twic...

♪ walk a mile in my shoes ♪ breaking news just in to cnn, learning of the first death reported from the storm in louisiana. the ascension parish sheriff's office says a fallen tree is to blame. hurricane ida as we just reported is now a category 2 storm but don't let that number

After this storm. >> there's been a lot of comparisons to katrina as you have been discussing because, also, today is the 16-year anniversary of katrina. fortunately, the levees are holding at last check around new orleans which is certainly helping the situation. what is also different this time around is of course the pandemic. the state's medical system is already struggling under the weight of the covid crisis with many hospitals at or near capacity. how have things held up? >> we've got real champions in the health care industry. many of them took their mattresses to the hospitals because...

Our breaking news this hour hurricane ida is a deadly category 2 storm. we are learning of the first death reported in louisiana caused by a fallen tree at home. according to the ascension parish sheriff's office. nearly 1 million are without power. new orleans in the dark tonight. this is normally a city that is full of life. not tonight. catastrophic transmission damage is blamed for the power failure as ida makes its closest path to the city. strong winds, heavy rains expected to continue for hours. and in grand isle on the louisiana coast, a dire report the water is rising after getting ba...

System that provides protection to the most populated portions of orleans and jefferson parish have held up. there is no over topping. most of the levees south in lafourche even have held up very well. you mentioned an isolated area down in plaquemine's parish on the east bank. that area that happens quite frequently with storms. so that one was not unexpected and that area had been under mandatory evacuation order since thursday. this is a very serious storm. i'm not sure where the president was referring to in terms of where the house with water up to someone's chest, but i'll try to call he...