region. even fires because of the downed fire lines and downed trees as a result of the wind. so you can imagine heavy rainfall, fires on some of these properties and homes, all happening into the overnight areas is a disaster scenario with a system still maintaining category 1 hurricane strength. an incredible system here that made landfall among the strongest we have seen in the u.s. but a classic brown ocean effect taking place with this storm. it s a meteorological phenomenon that impacts about 20% of tropical systems, where, even once they makel landfall, the land interaction doesn t make for much weakening. so you have kind a bit of moist landscape, that is just like the gulf of mexico. warm waters that allow these storms to fuel and work northward. that is what the storm system was doing between 1:00 p.m. eastern and 6:00 p.m. eastern,
at least one person has died after a tree fell. ida was a category 4 when it made landfall with winds that reached 150 miles per hour. louisiana s governor said it s one of the strongest storms to make landfall in modern times. the entire city of new orleans is now in darkness. people in some areas have reported flood waters reaching up to their chest, pleading for rescue. more than a million customers are without power across the state. people who evacuated are staying in shelters. louisiana s governor estimates several dozen decided to ride it out in place. we re better prepared now in terms of our protection system. but when you have mother nature
intensity the storm has. landfall, 150 miles per hour. coming in around noon central time when it made landfall, we had wind gusts observed at 152 miles per hour. and in grand isle, a wind gust of 148. and the asterisks here is because the wind measuring device broke off, the instrument stopped reporting at 148 miles per hour. again, talking about an impressive storm here. this is the strongest storm ever to impact louisiana. so where is it headed? it will spend much of monday across the state of mississippi as a tropical depression and push into portions of the tennessee valley tuesday and pick up speed and move into the ohio valley by wednesday. so this is going to pick up that forward progression through this afternoon and tonight. but it is a very slow mover
girl, and still now as an old woman. she says she s happy to be released from the pressure of the taliban, but so sad to have left her homeland, her children, her friends, and her beloved afghanistan. mixed emotions that are shared by the evacuees and the man who helped bring a group of strangers to safety. with the images on their phones, still etched indelibly on their f minds. melissa bell, cnn, paris. you are watching cnn. still to come, conditions remain dangerous as hurricane ida tears through louisiana. the latest on the storm and a look back at landfall. that s when we return. (man) eye contact. elbow pump. very nice, andrew. very nice. good job. next, apparently carvana doesn t have any bogus fees. bogus?! now we work hard for those fees.
five hours removed from landfall, still maintaining category 4 strength. now, notice the rainfall amouamounts e the estimated. the flash flooding threat is going to be significant. new orleans in particular has seen the second wettest year on record with over 62 inches of rainfall in the first eight months of 2021. this is before ida moved ashore. so the flash flooding threshold is a lot less. so this is going to be a very difficult night in this area. terrifying for those people. many thanks bringing us up to date on the situation. the danger of flash flooding is keeping people awake across louisiana tonight. reporter: hurricane ida continues to push its way north. it is now finding itself behind