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By the time we go to bed tonight, you need to be where you intend to ride the storm out. >> i want to get to cnn meteorologist alisyn chin char. we've gotten an update on what is a fast moving storm. >> and rapidly intensifying. the storm the winds go up 35 miles per hour in less than 24 hours. it actually did 60 miles per hour in that same time frame. we're up to a category 4 storm. sustained winds, that means constant winds of 140 miles per hour. gusting up to 16 5. forward movement to the northwest at about 15 miles per hour. the track actually, unfortunately, calls for even further strengt...

Alisyn, we're great ateful to h you on this, thank you. people on the gulf coast are not strangers to hurricanes. they're making sure they're ready when ida makes rainfall. >> a resilient community. michael holmes has more. >> reporter: filling up and getting out. many people in new orleans are leaving town. >> i'm not going to do that again. >> reporter: the lines of heavy traffic leading out of the city show how many people are taking their chances with the storm named ida. many residents have been through major hurricanes before but officials say this one could be a monster. there are warni...

And not... and not farther. ...he's new. if you're in the zone or in the store, you can get a freaky fresh® sandwich. jimmy john's because sandwich. breaking weather news tonight. millions of people in the eastern part of the united states are under severe thunderstorm watches as millions more face severe flooding in the midwest. our meteorologist alisyn is monitoring this from the severe weather center. alisyn? >> right, so what we are dealing with right now is we have a tornado watch and severe thunderstorm watch across portions of texas. we also have a severe thunderstorm watch for areas...