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We're finally getting really heavy rain as hurricane ida barrels toward us. i'm on iconic bourbon street. normally this would be full of people walking about. this place never shuts down except for now because of a hurricane. all of these shops are boarded up, closed up. you can see the sand bags lining these different taverns, bars and restaurants getting ready for the storm. especially when people had you heard this could be worse than hurricane katrina, katrina was a category 3. hurricane ida a category 4 and could go up to category 5. the storm was 80 miles per hour yesterday. now 150. tha...

Let's go to new orleans where there is an alert about the 911 system. nadia is in new orleans. where in new orleans are you, nadia? >> reporter: i am on iconic bourbon street. we are starting to feel that extreme wind you heard derek just talking about as the wind starts to pick up and the rain starts to pick up waiting for the biggest impact of hurricane ida. these shops all along bourbon street along the french quarter have all been shut down over the weekend. there are a few shops open. they say they stayed open for katrina, they are not shutting down for ida. there are people all along her...

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