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Across louisiana more than 930,000 people have lost power. we have also had our first confirmed death caused by this hurricane a 60 year old man was killed when a tree fell on his home, just south of baton rouge. of course this catastrophic storm is taking place during the pandemic in a state that has one of the highest covid hospitalization rates in the country right now. louisiana's hospitals are full. and evacuation was not an option because all the hospitals across the entire region are also full with covid patients. so those patients and staff have been hunkering down in hospitals as this...

Underway in louisiana this morning. among the crews are members of the volunteer rescue group the cajun navy. they're assembling boats lending resources to high-water rescues and other concerns. >> for more on the effort, we'll bring in jordy westworth from the cajun navy. it's one of the reasons they asked people to get out of the way because they're so worried about this particular period when you have people asking for help in a dangerous situation and help can't quite get there just yet. still too dangerous. where are we on the spectrum of hunkering down to full blown rescues? >> caller: w...

Looting. so a lot of people on edge here, desperate for gas, desperate for power and hunkering down as well. we don't see in the city or out here a lot of people milling around on the street. a lot of people are either hunkers down or coming out in situations like this trying to get situations for their families. >> brian todd just outside of new orleans, let's get more on the breaking news right now. the adjunct general of louisiana national guard is joining us. general, thank you so much for joining us. i know you are responsible for coordinating the entire louisiana national guard. can you ...

Without power at the coastal region. we heard that that number is likely to rise in the next 24 to 36 hours, and it is all because the power outages you are witnessing now are because of hurricane-force winds. as this storm slowly moves inland, we are going to continue to see that rainfall, 15 to 20 inches of rain is going to saturate the ground, and that's where we could see more trees start to topple over, impacting those power lines. if you have been hunkering in place and staying in place indoors, you need to be prepared for at least three days without power, as those emergency crews start...

Structure where there's a brick overhang and an area to shield ourselves a bit more from these very severe wind gusts coming through here. in terms of emergency vehicles, they made it very clear. they are staying hunkering down until all of this passes. and then, again, they'll let mother nature dictate how they can get out there. what he says they'll do is obviously try to get their motorcade out there to see if they can make their way through some of the streets to see about some of the damage and downed power lines. there's already been -- they have reports of downed power lines in houma th...