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Chesky is there for us this morning. morgan, you've been getting the emergency alerts there on your phone. you've been tweeting about it. we know the mayor has called on everyone outside the levy system to get out. president biden has approved a state of emergency. we're talking about a serious storm they're preparing for. >> reporter: you're absolutely right, a category 4 hurricane is incredibly serious. it's a life changing storm is what some experts are calling this. and for a lot of people that live up and down the l don't ha too far back t hurricane laura hurricane delta hit. katrina 16 y...

We'll be all right. >> and that's what i wanted to ask you about. because in katrina, the disastrous moments in katrina was in the trouble because the levy system broke. i know you say the levy system there is very solid. what gives you the confidence? >> what gives me the confidence? because we've been working on this 38 years -- well, before i was a councilman. i've been a councilman for 38 years. people have put up their money, their taxes, they do their best to work on

Tomorrow, after battering cuba. both voluntary and mandatory evacuations are called for in communities across that state. we have team coverage with fox weather meteorologist adam klotz tracking ida as it gains strength in the gulf. but we begin with mike tobin who is live on the ground in new orleans right now. mike? >> hey, jon, the people here in new orleans, the city itself were given the option, evacuate or count on the levy system to keep you safe during the storm. with traffic backed up on the causeway, clearly a lot of people made the decision to leave with a party going on here at bou...

Marina that shows the boats cinching. describe that scene for us. >> that's actually just down the road here from higher ground here at the hampton hotel. just down the road there's a levy system that keeps the water back. they had left one of the floodgates open so i was able to get in there and look around. yeah, you can see in the video the boats start to take on water. i hopped into a boat with the local officials here, the city that i'm in, and they have a ferry there. they were worried about the ferry sinking or getting stuck on land because it had moved in with the surge and the wind an...

Louisiana, first casey live from new orleans where levy system have perhaps biggest test since hurricane katrina, hey, casey? >> eric, you can say that again, government leaders say that the post katrina hurricane protection system passed the test with flying colors, they say the pumps worked and they say that the gates that were closed, 244 of them helped keep the storm surge at bay and all of the federally-maintained levies along the mississippi river held, you mentioned some problems with overtopping of levies down, emergency repairs have been successfully made to those as we were showing y...