candle factory when it took a direct hit. at least a dozen fatalities there in that candle factory according to officials. again, that death toll expected to rise throughout the state of kentucky and the other surrounding areas. and forgive me if i look down. i am still sort of processing information as it is coming in. just the sheer emotion of this alone can t begin to describe how these people must be feeling, and as bill mentioned, ahead of the holiday season. what also struck me about this and i find unprecedented is the time of year that this happened. a good friend of mine is a tornado chaser and a meteorologist so he does this, and it s always in the springtime. the fact that they ve had this type of tornado, these types of storms here in december is unprecedented. and as bill said, we are going to learn more about that. talking about the town of mayfield, home to about 10,000 people, we saw buildings that were left without their roofs. we saw trees uprooted,
Storm "Aurore" swept across parts of northern Europe on Thursday, leaving four dead in Poland and causing substantial damage in Germany, France, the Netherlands and elsewhere.
atlanta, you could be there awhile. new aerial footage shows the extent of the damage from the category four storm. houses were destroyed, trees uprooted, power lines down. teams have been deployed to help with search and rescue as well as long term recovery efforts. joint by the assistant administrator that helps run the response efforts. currently working on the efforts in louisiana. let me start with the issue of power and our friends at entergy. we heard that it may be three days that they have to make assessment, which then sounds to me like three days before they start to work on repairs. what is the situation, is there any way to speed it up? first, thanks for having me to talk about our coordination here for louisiana for the impacts from hurricane ida. as you pointed out, power is a critical issue. it will be critical for the response efforts overall.
trees uprooted, buildings ripped apart. and in gulfport, mississippi, the hurricane s effects far and wide. very strong winds and rain there. and the hospitals in new orleans unable to evacuate patients, because of the covid surge. they re sheltering in place. and the hurricane hunters flying inside the eye of the storm. the clearly defined walls of the storm 17 miles across. and look at this satellite image of the swirling eye as it was approaching land today. ida, at this hour, still a dangerous category 4 hurricane. winds 130 miles per hour. we ll have the newest track, where does this head next? this will be felt across several states as it moves north. ginger zee is standing by with where this is, and where it will head. but first, victor oquendo is live in new orleans with the latest. victor? reporter: david, we ve been feeling these hurricane force winds for hours.
went down a short while ago. the entire area is without power. and the trees surrounding the hotel, many of those trees uprooted, falling on cars, et cetera. that s minor damage. what we re hearing about coming in now are damage to structures. that s what s emergency crews are really going to be worried about. downed power lines. damage to structures. high 56 which leads out to a more remote area in this parish, getting out there to those homes, those people who decided not to evacuate. that s going to be where the trouble comes in as this storm passes. jim? all right, jason. great work out there. you and your crew stay continue to stay safe. we ll get back to you as soon as we can. our special coverage of hurricane ida continues right after this. as you look at live pictures of new orleans. we ll check in there. all parts of louisiana as we can throughout the hour and the hours ahead. ida is wreaking havoc in