Rain trying to flow outside ward through the rivers and it s going to impede the process. the water is going to build up and the rain totals are 15, even 20 inches. it s just remarkable and tragedy that this is happening 16 years to the day that katrina hit. yes. can you talk about the similarities, maybe the differences between the two storms, but how much better the area is now, right? i m glad you brought that up. i think what katrina as well as sandy did was unvail our vul neshabilities. ida, the national hurricane center had a bead on this. where was it going? louisiana. katrina had a longer life cycle. at one point katrina got up to a category 5. it carried the water. the wind field was broader than ida, like four or five time. when it comes to landfall, if we
Xfinity xfi. so powerful, it keeps one-upping itself. can your internet do that? good evening. you re live in the cnn newsroom. i m poppy harlow in new york. we are following major developments on two fronts. first hurricane ida rapidly intensifying in the gulf, barreling towards the louisiana coast, expected to make a landfall tomorrow as an
Can your internet do that? back o to our continuing coverage of hurricane ida which is gaining strength by the hour. the governor of louisiana warns ida will be one of the strongest storms to hit anywhere in the state going back to the 1870s. the national weather service says this storm could make some places in southeast louisiana uninhabitable for weeks, even months. tom joins us. tom, what is the forecast, and also can you explain how that
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