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2. well, it s actually a log rhythmic increase. about a 10 x damage increase. that increase now 250 times higher than a category 1 at the point of landfall, michael. all right. pedram javaheri, a good point on the people without power too. that is just customers. thanks, pedram. we ll check in with you a bit later. cnn s darryl forges is live from the baon rouge, louisiana. tell us what you see, what s going on now. reporter: well, the conditions continue to deteriorate here in baton rouge, louisiana. but it s nothing compared to what we re seeing in new orleans as the storm continues to churn slowly but surely toward the north, losing storm as a category 2 storm but still some very scary wind speeds and heavy rain. we do now know, michael, that the osner health system in new orleans is evacuating some of their patients because of the issues with some of their buildings because of hurricane ida. we also know now that one person ....
now, tracking this dangerous hurricane for us is meet ll rollogist pedram jaf h.e.r.ry. pedram, give us a sense of how this unfolded. the thing is it was so strong but also so slow moving. that s right. very little weakening too. since its initial landfall upwards of almost 12 hours ago speaks to the ferocity of the storm system, michael, when it came ashore. looking at this, looking at daya and we don t have data for hurricanes type the overnight hours but for tornadoes we know they re about twice as likely to be fatal in the overnight hours as when they occur during the daytime hours. with this particular storm still seeing sustained winds near the center of it as it moves across northern portions of the state of louisiana at this hour. essentially if you re in the path of it it is going to feel much the same as a fornd coming through with those winds sustained at over 100 miles per hour. that s the danger of this. we know how dangerous the flooding as peblth of it is. but put th ....
Itself the second wettest year on record prior to ida coming ashore they d seep 62 inches of rainfall so far in 2021. and of course this system passes we expect it to push 2021 into the wettest year of all time for the city. an incredible amount of moisture already locked into the soil. that s why the flood warnings here are really populating this renal. the estimated rainfall that have come down in the 24-hour period, some areas estimated as much as 10 to 12 inches already on the ground in 12 hours. you do the math here we re talking one to two inches per hour in some spots continuing for a good part of, say, eight to twelve hours. it is going to be a very dangerous night across southern areas and central areas of louisiana. all right. thanks for your coverage on this, pedram. appreciate it. pedram javaheri there. now, hurricane ida made landfall in an area still recovering from two major hurricanes last year. joining me is a system professor of civil and economic efrnlgi ig ....