louisiana, let s keep them in our prayers as well. i ve just been briefed by fema leadership, and we have real leadership on hurricane ida and the preparations for rescue and response. and the storm is made as you know, better than anyone, but i m speaking to the public at large here. the storm made land fall a few hours ago. and it continues to rage and ravage everything it comes in contact with. the storm is a life-threatening storm. governor edwards, an old friend is character rising it as one of the strongest hurricanes, strongest in louisiana history since 1850. and the devastation is likely to be immense. we shouldn t kid ourselves. and so the most important thing i can say right now is that everyone, everyone should listen to the instructions from local and state officials. just how dangerous this is. and take it seriously. it s not just the coasts.
to hit the united states. the mayor has already warned residents that emergency services will not be able to reach them, to stay inside and complicating all of the efforts of recovery, of course, is a surge in covid cases here. it is a dangerous mix here in louisiana. joe biden said americans should be preparing for the worst as the hurricane moves across louisiana. the storm made landfall a few hours ago and it continues to rage and ravage everything it comes in contact with. the storm is a life threatening storm. governor edwards, an old friend, has characterised it as one of the strongest hurricanes, the strongest in louisiana history since 1850. and the devastation is lucky to be immense. we shouldn t kid ourselves. and so the most important thing i can say right now is that everyone, everyone should listen to the instructions from local and state officials just how dangerous this
best in louisiana, let s keep them in our prayers as well. i ve just been briefed by fema leadership, and we have real leadership, on hurricane ida on the preparations for rescue and response. the storm has made, as you know better than anyone, but i m speaking to the public as large, the storm made landfall a few hours ago. it continues to rage and ravage everything it comes in contact with. the storm is a life-threatening storm. governor edwards, an old friend, has characterized it as the strongest in la ha history since 1850. its devastation is likely to be immense. we shouldn t kid ourselves. the most important thing i should say is, everyone, everyone should listen to the instructions from local and state officials just how dangerous this is, and take it
just getting started. as you can see in the videos you have been showing, the winds are up at the category-3 range, 130-mile-per-hour winds still. but there are other hazards that folks need to pay attention to here as well. flash flooding from 16 to 20 isolated areas of 24 inches of rain. and also the potential for tornadoes. now is the time for folks in the affected area to stay put, stay safe. and make sure that they re not ventuing out unnecessarily. president biden spoke this afternoon at fema headquarters. let s take a listen. the storm is a life-threatening storm. governor edwards, an old friend, has characterized it as one of the strongest hurricanes, strongest in louisiana history, since 1850. and its devastation is likely to be immense. we shouldn t kid ourselves. the most important thing i can say right now is that everyone, everyone should listen to the instructions from local and state officials. just how dangerous this is.
louisiana, let s keep them in our prayers as well. i ve just been briefed by fema leadership and we have real leadership on hurricane ida and the preparations for rescue and response. and the storm has made as you know better than anyone but i m thinking of the public at large here, the storm made landfall a few hours ago and it continues to ravage everything it comes in contact with. the storm is a life threatening storm. governor edwards categorized it as one of the strongest hurricanes in louisiana history, since 1850 and devastation is likely to be immense. we shouldn t kid ourselves. the most important thing i can say right now is that everyone, everyone should listen to the instructions from local and state officials, just how dangerous this is and take it