the storm s path. what are we looking? at the radar imagery, john, the sister really an incredible depiction of the storm system with a massive i, about 100 miles south southwest of naples, florida you notice as these outer bands, the feeder bands are ushering in some moisture from portions of florida, as far east as miami, coral springs, tornado warnings popping up meaning tornadoes imminent or occurring as a result of this. as we often see this with landfall tropical systems, as these outer bands kind of interact and get friction within lands, it creates these tornadoes that pop up and that is going to be one of these concerns. you get these nocturnal 20th into the overnight hours, they can catch people off-guard. of course, just part of what hurricane ian has to offer, sitting at 120 miles per hour sustained winds, just ten hours shy category four hurricane, and the concern moving forward is that the system has everything it takes. to florida into a category four within the next
the entire city of new orleans without electricity. some outages could last for weeks this is a massive electrical power that collapsed during hurricane ida with several feeder bands, all throughout new orleans. a lot of people think this may be one of the epicenters of the city s power problems. so many tonight anxious about how long this could last. reporter: you look at this, and you re thinking we re not going have power for weeks, if not months exactly exactly right. it will be a long time before we get power here again reporter: all of it beginning sunday as the powerful storm made landfall. the eye wall of hurricane ida is now approaching new orleans, and we re feeling those hurricane gusts, somewhere around 85 miles per hour and the sad part is things are only going get worse. and they did winds reaching more than 170 miles an hour on the coast power lines like these stood no chance. the rain relentless. testing the state s upgraded levees, which thankfully appeared to ha
floodwaters and the death toll is expected to rise. what i can tell you is the last couple of days have not been good for our state, and for the next several days and weeks, they will not be easy either. reporter: the damage to the power grid alone is described as catastrophic. some outages could last for weeks. this is a massive electrical tower that collapsed during hurricane ida with several feeder bands throughout new orleans. it s one of the epicenters. you re looking at you re not going to have power for weeks, if not months. exactly. you re exactly right. reporter: all of it beginning sunday as the powerful storm made landfall. hurricane ida is now approaching new orleans, and we re feeling the hurricane gusts somewhere around 85 miles per hour. the sad part is things are only
begging for help while trapped in her attic in the dark. the water came in, it came in quick so the only thing we could do was climb in the attic. reporter: so far 5,000 national guard troops have been acty indicated. 25,000 clean up troops on the way. and the death toll here is likely to rise. what i can tell you is that the last couple of days have not been good for our state and for the next several days and weeks, they will not be easy either. reporter: the damage to the power grid alone is described as catastrophic. the entire city of new orleans without electricity. some outages could last for weeks. this is a massive electrical tower that collapsed during hurricane ida with several feeder bands throughout new orleans. a lot of people think this may be one of the epicenters of the city s power problems. so many anxious about how long this could last. you look at this and think we re
we are still not. done it continues to make its way into areas of the northeast. so the flooding, and the storm surge, the winds are going to be an issue for at least a few more hours. you can see hurricane warnings. they are still in place where baton rouge. tropical storm warnings, they have started to expand, if you are in oklahoma city, parts of arkansas, nashville, tennessee, i do you think these tropical warnings will go in place, in about the next hour. i think this area is going to be looking a lot different compared to what we saw, at 6:00 chris. now that the sun has gone down, and there is still this dramatic severe weather threats. it s the feeder bands that are coming off the gulf. we are still seeing warm air that s in place, and that is going to allow the spin ups to really continue overnight. people still need to be aware, if you hear sirens, go down to the lowest place of your home, to avoid the severe weather as well. the power and the breadth of