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With ali velshi weathering the storm. tonight, hurricane ida is a category 2 storm, but a powerful one at that. let's begin with ali in new orleans, where the power has been out for some time, and it looks like it's going to be out for a while. >> reporter: yeah, joshua, we're in the 11th hour since landfall of this storm, and it's still whipping up. you can see this water behind me in new orleans, which wasn't sort of inside of the center of this hurricane to start with. so it's a very, very powerful storm, and it's mostly hitting new orleans on the backside of this thing. we saw it pop up in...

Problems urinating, vision changes, or eye pain occur. it's time to start a new day. ask your doctor about once-daily trelegy. and save at trelegy.com. it's the beginning of a long road ahead for communities throughout louisiana. check out this video of nooding from st. bernard parish. it gives you a snapshot of the damage from hurricane ida. sun rise will reveal the storm's full toll. joining us now is guy mcguiness, the president of st. bernard parish. thank you and welcome. >> good evening, i guess. >> good evening, you guess. is it not going well there tonight? how is it looking? >> i te...

Are out of service. while they work to assess the damage caused by the storm, backup power is being provided as best as possible to the new orleans sewage and water board so they can pump water and sewage out. by the way, the city is asking the people of new orleans to please conserve water, because the less water you use, the less waste water you create. did i mention the sewage pumps aren't working? back with us is lieutenant general russel honore. general, i wonder if i could just begin with the concerns in the overnight hours with the storm. the louisiana department of health confirmed the...

Guard and volunteers, as well as search and rescue teams that fema has put in there, they'll have their work cut out the next two days to make contact with everyone in every house. >> the last time we spoke in our last hour, you were talking about people being able to apply for assistance after the storm passed. another development we can report tonight is that joe biden has approved a major disaster declaration for the state of louisiana as requested by the governor. for those of you watching in that area and think that you might need to apply for assistance, you can begin tomorrow. you can r...

Mayor broome of baton rouge, louisiana, please stay safe tonight. hopefully you can keep power and utilities as much as possible. hopefully the damage is not too bad when the sun rises tomorrow. thank you very much. when we come back, hurricane ida is wreaking havoc on a key petroleum center for the u.s. we'll get into some of the environmental impact of a category 4 storm hitting the louisiana coast when we come back. [engine revs] ricky bobby, today the road is your classroom. [engine revs] now let's go borrow a boat and make some bad decisions. [engine revs] time to go incognito. [zippers...