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In place, ida is expected to have a catastrophic impact. ida has been downgraded to two. still a lot of concern that it is going to stay as a hurricane for several more hours. we spoke to a meteorologist in baton rouge, about an hour north of new orleans. he gave us an date from there. all along we were kind of concerned that a lot of what's hit new orleans would head up our way, in baton rouge. and really, it has gotten worse at new orleans and benefited us. and it was expected sort of the core of the storm, after making landfall, would really track right, over baton rouge. instead, after it ...

At about half a foot a second, thatis at about half a foot a second, that is not unheard of but it is certainly unusual. so here is certainly unusual. so here is what we have going on with the storm now. again the eye continues to be visible, i think a lot of the reason it has remained intact is because so much of southern louisiana is just marshland, so much of southern louisiana isjust marshland, it so much of southern louisiana is just marshland, it is bayou, and it looks to the storm like water. now that it has gone farther inland i expect it will dissipate. howeverthis farther inland i ex...

This is bbc news. welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm david eades. our top stories: more than 700,000 people are without power, including the whole of new orleans, as hurricane ida hits louisiana. the governor urges people to stay indoors. we can expect devastating impact to continue for most of the next 2a hours or so as the hurricane passes through the state. the us military says it's carried out an air strike to thwart a further militant attack on the airport in the afghan capital, kabul. as the american withdrawal draws ever closer, many afghans are still des...

Become a hurricane two. forced evacuations on the outer banks in north carolina. it is threatening to create dangerous conditions along the east coast this holiday weekend. now there are now calls for action as the immigration crisis reaches a boiling point in this country. darrell issa and many other lawmakers are urging president obama to do something to stop the influx of illegal immigrant. mike emanual has the latest from washington. >> reporter: tension is building in border communities and with those being asked to deal with the surge of illegal immigrants and children. maritta, califo...