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Two fixed wing aircraft flying the navigal waterways in the approaches to new orleans. that s an important port for the united states. right now some damage to the port but by the afternoon, we ll be able to offer a better assessment and start talking about port reopening. does this present hurricane ida different challenges to the coast guard than previous storms because of how intense ida was making landfall, one of the strongest storms louisiana has seen in a couple of centuries? yes, ma am. we were very concerned about this, ever since it popped up on the radar. we ve been planning for it, for a couple days. any hurricane is something that we go all in on. we ve got nearly 25% of the coast guard s air assets in the gulf coast ready to respond. you mentioned getting some people at hospitals to some safer locations. can you talk to me more about that? how much of a concern is that to you at the moment? so right now, one of our biggest concerns is any of the people that are in ....
Is going to be so devastating even into the overnight hours. take the sun down and cool the atmosphere down a little bit and it allows the system and thunderstorm activity to diminish a little bit and over land it also helps. this hasn t been the ka is in the past several hours. this area around new orleans whether northward into st. hammond or westward back toward baton rouge or southward around neural upwards of 900,000 customers in the dark across the region. it really speaks to the incredible winds. in the morning hours, landfall gusts observed to 150 miles per hour. it only takes about a 60 to 70-mile-per-hour gust to bring down trees especially if the soil is saturated and what a lot of people are not keeping in mind in new orleans we ve had the second wettest year on record prior to ida making landfall this morning. over 60 inches has already fallen in the first, in nine months, eight months or so of the year. it speaks to how wet it s been. once the system passes through it ll ....
Es for family members, you ll get great value on america s most reliable 5g network. like 2 lines of unlimited for just $27.50 a line. only at t-mobile. breaking news from louisiana this morning, as we come on the air, that huge search and rescue operation just beginning now for hundreds, possibly thousands of people trapped by massive flooding from ida, which is now a tropical storm. you ve got millions of people without power right now, including the entire city of new orleans. 911 systems are down, too, making it impossible to call for help. 20 miles southeast of new orleans a levee failure means the city of alliance, louisiana, is being evacuated. the damage from ida catastrophic. at least one death is tied to the storm. on the 16th anniversary of katrina, ida making landfall less than 24 hours ago as a ....
hey there, joshua. thank you. the stories we re watching this hour. forecasters say hurricane ida is rapidly intensifying. it s expected to hit the northern gulf coast sunday morning. ida could bring life threatening storm surge, catastrophic wind damage. today we saw the impacts on cuba. strong winds and currents devastated the western part of the island. trees were downed, agriculture areas were flooded and electric grids were damaged. ahead of ida making landfall in the u.s. fema shipped supplies d to louisiana. we re also seeing heavy traffic as residents head inland. and long ts a-lines at airports. earlier the mayor of new orleans urged residents to evacuate voluntarily. the city says emergency workers won t be able to reach residenty during the storm. more the week with joshua johnson after the break.e (vo) singing, or speaking. ....
Discuss that. but first dara brown is here with the headlines. hey there, joshua. thank you. the stories we re watching this hour. forecasters say hurricane ida is rapidly intensifying. it s expected to hit the northern gulf coast sunday morning. ida could bring life threatening storm surge, catastrophic wind damage. strong winds and currents devastated the western part of the island. trees were downed, agriculture areas were flooded and electric grids were damaged. ahead of ida making landfall in the u.s. fema shipped supplies to louisiana. we re also seeing heavy traffic as residents head inland. and long ts a-lines at airports. earlier the mayor of new orleans urged residents to evacuate voluntarily. the city says emergency workers won t be able to reach residents during the storm. more the week with joshua johnson after the break. with johnson after the break. ....