snow since march of last year. in texas, where the storm started no shortage of frightening moments. come on, come! the. reporter: including heart stopping video from the city of orange on the louisiana border, a couple escaping the vans as a tornado approached seeking safety in a water filled ditch. their dogs by their side. and here is what it looked like as a tornado ripped apart the deer park community center outside houston. it was loud and sounded like the building was shaking, we knew something was wrong, the louder and louder it got. reporter: now the sound of cleaning up. is heard all over the communities devastated. the it got a little scary. one of at least four tornadoes that touched down. dozens of homes damaged. i have got a tree on my roof. reporter: as well as this animal shelter. rescue groups moved dozens of dogs and cats, some are still in need of foster homes.
ukraine and they are moving across from lviv where most of them are coming in in the far west. big distances here, as we all say all the time. it is like el paso to the louisiana border. it is a big, big country. but, yes, they re flowing. what they need are surface-to-surface hand-held missiles that can go after those individually. a javelin is probably a high-end target for a stationary vehicle. artillery would be very effective, if they could get that into position. what we could be doing to help them is analyzing it, giving them military advice. you don t have to have boots on the ground to do that, to give them the tactical plan to execute something like this. we have people in the pentagon, believe me, who can have the technology to put together a plan to do this. i m certain they are doing so. final thought, joe, one thing we
thursday, this thing slows down so much you could actually walk faster than nicholas and that s going to mean the flooding is going to continue. in fact, we ve got a flash flood threat for the next three days, a severe risk, a high risk from the texas/louisiana border, moderate risk all the way to mobile, alabama. we re looking for 5 to 10 inches of rain out of this thing over the next several days with isolated amounts, lester, of 20 inches and that s going to lead to flash flooding all right al roker, thank you, sir. now to covid and the new surge in the number of infected children and the growing battle over vaccine mandates one new york hospital halting maternity care after dozens of workers quit rather than get the shot. here s kristen dahlgren reporter: in the small town of lawville in new york s north country, women will soon have to go up to 50 miles away to give birth after 42 health-care workers resigned over the state s vaccine mandate and another 120 have still not co
thursday. the bottom line with this storm is the winds will cause a little bit of damage t storm surge will cause a little bit of damage, but the flooding is life-threatening, and that s what could cause a lot of damage. we have a flash flood that goes all the way through lake charles and the coastline. isolated rain totals could be up to 20 inches. that s significant. the highest rainfall totals are possible south of houston, galveston, and toward the texas/louisiana border. we re going to deal with a 3- to 5-foot storm surge. that could cause problems. that s going to be port o connor to freeport. again, another landfall of a tropical system. it could intensify to a hurricane right before a landfall, but i don t think it s going to be a big wind storm. the biggest issue will be what the rain does. houston is so flood-prone as we ve seen in years past. bill karins, thank you very
to higher ground. these live images you see here from the lake pontchartrain area. residents boarding up. forecasters saying the region could get up to 20 inches of rain in some areas. ida now gaining strength in the warm waters of the gulf of mexico, expecting to make landfall tomorrow as a category-4 tomorrow, bringing a dangerous storm surge, flooding rain, and powerful winds. rob marciano timing it out in just a moment, but first victor oquendo leads us off from louisiana. reporter: tonight, ida rapidly intensifying and closing in on the louisiana coast. more than 6 million americans now under a hurricane warning. ida already lashing parts of cuba with high winds and heavy rain. new orleans mayor warning residents prepare yourselves. if you re going to leave, you need to do that now. reporter: many heeding that advice. large crowds at the airport. traffic jams across the storm zone as families evacuate. our trevor ault is on interstate 10 near the texas/louisiana