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Transcripts for CNN The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer 20210828 17:07:00

dealing with similar situations with ida than you did with katrina. stand by. nadia, stand by as well. president biden is set to receive an update from fema headquarters this hour. cnn s arlette saenz joins us from the white house. arlette, what are you learning about the briefing, federal preparations. reporter: president biden is expected to receive a briefing 1:30 on preparations for hurricane ida. the fema administrator will be joining virtually from fema national response coordination center. the president will be at the white house in the south court auditorium. last night, the president approved a prelandfall emergency declaration for state of louisiana, which opens up resources as the storm approaches. could be possible other states are submitting similar requests.

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Transcripts for CNN The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer 20210828 17:43:00

hard, max soviak who you just mentioned. navy core man is a medic, the most professional, most selfless of all military members because they not only serve their country, they serve their fellow military personnel. it is just tough to see these things. when you hear more and more stories about the character and values these people hold, it tears you up. you have to remember, these 13 people as well as those wounded that are still at landstuhl, these folks contributed with the rest of their teammates to 120,000 afghans evacuating and perhaps starting a new life in a new country. that will be their memory that will live on. certainly will. vivian, i may have to interrupt you if the president starts the fema briefing on hurricane ida. so many of these service

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Transcripts for CNN The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer 20210828 17:17:30

Transcripts for CNN The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer 20210828 17:17:30
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Transcripts for CNN The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer 20210828 17:05:00

pink. purple color is 7 to 11 feet. that includes city of biloxi. strong winds are also a factor. it is not just water pushed inland but strong winds that accompany it. you re talking wind speed, 90, 100, 110 miles per hour, with gusts higher than that, wolf. power outages will be a big concern. explain to viewers, all of us remember hurricane katrina 16 years ago tomorrow, landing on the gulf coast around new orleans, category three. this will be a category four. walk us through differences based on what we know now, what would be major differences between katrina and ida? right. one of the biggest differences with katrina, it was technically a category three at landfall. whereas ida is expected to be a category four storm at landfall. so in terms of wind speeds, we are anticipating ida to be a stronger storm in terms of winds. track of the particular storm, katrina technically made

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Transcripts for CNN The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer 20210828 17:52:00

all of the things that you would look for in a strengthening storm have been there. so sustained winds now are up to 100 miles per hour. forward movement still to the northwest at about 16 miles per hour, but it is intensifying very quickly. we expect it to get to a category three perhaps early as this evening and a category four by tomorrow morning. unfortunately, at this point, it looks like it s likely going to make landfall, still, as a category four storm some time sunday afternoon over areas of louisiana. now, one thing to note we ve talked about the comparisons here of katrina to ida specifically. katrina was 125 miles per hour at landfall, making it a category three storm, whereas ida is forecast to be a category four storm. in terms of wind speed, ida is expected to be a much stronger storm than katrina was. the other thing to note too is the track is a little bit off. the track for ida is expected to be a little bit farther west. the reason that s important is it puts new orl

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