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Seek shelter. they thought the storm would be a storm surge and flood threat. that's ongoing in osome locatios but the wind factor was catastrophic here. very scary moments. not only for my team but the people who seeked shelter here. you can imagine the people who don't have sturdy concrete reinforced buildings what they went through and what they're going to be waking up to this morning. the sounds of generators humming in the background. too familiar from previous hurricane chases. we've had helicopters flying over head. it's unusual because it's nighttime here. they don't usually do damage...

Lot of that yet. that doesn't mean it hasn't happened. maybe they just don't know it because they can't see it. and it's not clear. earlier before it got really dark they were telling me that water was coming up to some of the bayous. sort of a gradual rise. but not the extreme, surge that we were hearing projected earlier. that remains to be seen. we have to wait and see what happens when delight comes. >> a long night ahead. david you have been very jitters with your time in your expertise. we do appreciated. thanks so much. reporter for the baton rouge advocate, up next, we will talk live w...

Breaking in louisiana, we are starting now to get our first look at the destruction that has been left by hurricane ida. cnn's derek van dam is live for us in hard-hit houma, louisiana. last we checked in with you, it was pitch black there. i think you were just kind of starting to get a sense of things. what are you seeing? >> reporter: yeah. r residents here endured the relentless fury of a category 4 hurricane that pivoted over this specific location. it was equivalent to feeling the direct hit of a 50 mile wide ef-3 tornado lasting for several hours. you can imagine the damage that will un...

>> and just making it that much more complicated. thank you for your reporting. now to houma where derek van dam is live this morning. this storm 13 hours as a category 4 hurricane. five hours over land. remarkable. tropical storm now. still very dangerous. walk us through what you have experienced over the past hours here. >> reporter: you know, people here in houma, louisiana know and are familiar with hurricanes. they know what to expect from a category 1 to 3 or even a category 4. this storm was different. it was a relentless fury of a pivoting storm that moved over the location for hour...

>> thank you so much for that. that's a visual. the lights are out on bourbon street. we'll talk to you soon. >> incredible. we'll bring in derek van dam live in hard-hit houma, louisiana. it was touch and go for awhile for you there. what is it looking like right now at this hour? >> reporter: it was a nightmare that, really, unfolded in front of our eyes here. for the residents that decided to actually ride out the storm here in terrabonne parish, incredible. it was like, as an analogy, like taking a direct hit from an ef-4 tornado. that was 50 miles wide that moved over the same location ...