rainfall totals, near the top of the charts. pink contours, in excess of 12 inches. again, you look at the levy system here, you know the levy system expands quite a bit. but in the state of louisiana, there are 293 levy systems spanning 3,200 miles worth of levies that protect the state. you put that in new york city, stretch it to los angeles and it speaks to the amount of coverage and the protection set in place to try to protect the city against hurricane driven storm surge and floods. but the intensity is causing levy failures. one of them right here. winds were 150 miles per hour at
could be uninhabitable for weeks or months. a dire warning from the national weather service after hurricane ida made landfall on sunday as a category 4 storm. flash flooding and potential levy failures among the chief concerns this morning. ida is one of the most powerful storms to ever hit the state. tied only with laura last year. another storm more than 160 years ago. the full lines the emergency operation center are currently down. more than a million customers are without power. that s all of new orleans without power this morning. a tree fell on a home in prairieville killing the first victim of the storm. the national weather service is warning the heavy rain is causing flash flooding that has trapped residents. an official in jefferson parish said the dangerous conditions prevented emergency crews from helping people who stayed behind. caller: we lost contact with grand isle. that s the island on the gulf. i ve been concerned about that.
are apprehensions. not everybody coming over the border is apprehended by law enforcement. eric: 100,000 apprehensions. over a million people a year. it s not sustainable. it s a crisis. it s hard to believe that our own political environment out of washington is not willing and prepared to deal with this. clearly, the mexican government does not want these millions of migrants that are coming from central america to stay in mexico. they re kind of flowing them through. they are definitely part of the problem. they also have to be part of the solution including the central american countries that these people are coming from. eric: maybe they ll get the message a little stronger now. short-term, i it s the u.s. consumer and u.s. companies that will pay the price. eric: thanks for your insight. arthel: entire communities in arkansas now under water after historic flooding sweeps the state. levy failures along the arkansas river sending water gushing and