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Reconstructs its levy system. joe biden approved emergency declaration to free up assistance. fema is moving trucks and generators to the area and more than 200 national guard members are already on the ground in new orleans. rescue teams from across the southeast also gearing up to help. some getting coronavirus tests before they deploy. officials and experts say the pandemic will make emergency responses more difficult, and with low vaccination rates in places in the storm's path, ida could bring a surge not only of floodwaters but of more covid-19 cases. michael holmes, cnn. earlier cnn s...

Officials _ un—survivable as many of our parish officials have — un—survivable as many of our parish officials have said recently, so people — officials have said recently, so people outside of the levy system have evacuated and then, like i said, _ have evacuated and then, like i said. tens _ have evacuated and then, like i said, tens of thousands within the levy system have evacuated as well. i levy system have evacuated as well. i presume _ levy system have evacuated as well. i presume that those floodgates closed quite early on.— i presume that those floodgates closed quite early...

>> reporter: louisiana has taken the punches of many of these storms before. it's recovering from hurricane laura which made landfall last year causing nearly $20 billion in damage. and 16 years ago, on this very day, hurricane katrina unleashed its furry on new orleans and other gulf coast cities. more than 1800 people were killed in the storm and its harrowing aftermath. the city taking early action based on the mistakes made during that disaster. they spent billions of dollars reconstructing the levy system. u.s. president joe biden approved an emergency declaration to free up federal assis...

The greatest risk but that a substantial risk from the winds and flooding and also the tornadoes that large hurricanes can create. it is 16 ears large hurricanes can create. it is 16 years this _ large hurricanes can create. it is 16 years this weekend since hurricane katrina struck new with devastating results. the levees in the city were strengthened after that. how much do you think they will offer protection and mitigate some of the dreadful impacts that we saw from katrina? i think that is a question that is weighing heavily on many people's minds right now. i will say there have been sub...

She's also called for voluntary evacuations inside the levy system. our next guest is the chief physician at new orleans children's hospital where the surge in hospitalizations was so intense this month that the state called in a federal surge team of doctors, nurses, and paramedics. louisiana is among the states with the lowest vaccination rate. just 40.9% of people in louisiana are vaccinated. on tuesday louisiana set a new record for coronavirus deaths in a single day with 139. the day after, louisiana reported 110 covid deaths. one of them was a baby less than a year old. it was the first ...