That attack and 20 others wounded. All that made it such a difficult day here all the way into friday. That s when we began to learn, not only the names and ages, but the lives and the stories of these service members. That made it all that much harder. This is all part of that process in dover, delaware, at dover air force base, watching this final journey home, just part of it with the dignified transfers here. It s never easy to see this. Certainly, it s even harder to see that many of them, one after another. I suspect even with the secretary of defense there, there are many service members, officials, enlisted officers watching this happen around the country realizing what it means to have lost a brother, sister, colleague, service member, somebody who was part of the family here in the pentagon. They re so young. Some of them were just babies 20 years ago when 9/11 occurred. Now they re being brought back to the united states in these transfer cases. It must be so difficult. Kait
Let s begin with our meteorologist danger van dam on the ground in louisiana not par from port fourchon. We ve seen conditions deteriorating there rapidly. What are you experiencing? reporter: yeah. Wolf, this is the stuff of nightmares as we eye down a monster hurricane that is only 30 miles away from the location where i m located. It s unfolding before our eyes. Conditions deteriorating as you mentioned. An extreme wind warning continues to pop up on our screen. My team, our phones continue to blare, because that is held specially for these moments. The national weather service reserves it for critical life threatening winds in excess of 110 miles per hour. That is approaching, because we understand that the eye of major hurricane ida is moving toward this direction. Now, the concerns here is that the storm has made land fall. There are people within the path of the eye. Just like homa, louisiana where i m located. What you re going to see so you understand what you re going to enco
And the worst could be yet to come. Rolling tornado warnings. Highways under water and storm surges that could reach more than ten feet. All of this danger 16 years to the day after hurricane catrin arrived on louisiana s shores. Cnn is on the scene across the gulf coast. Let s start with brian todd in new orleans, a city all too familiar with hurricane devastation. We can see the winds are picking up. A short time ago, emergency services were suspended there. What can you tell us? jim, the intensity has really picked up in the last hour since i last spoke to you. You can see some debris flying down the street here in the french quarter. Debris everywhere as the winds have really intensified. Take a look down the street. See some of this debris. I m going to pivot this way and our photo journalist is going to take you through this. Look at this collapsed roof. It came down across this intersection. Insulation and all of this stuff, it was a very violent crash just before we got on the
Surge and torrential rain all slamming louisiana 16 years to the day hurricane katrina made landfall. More than 400,000 customers without power right now. That number expected to keep going up as ida makes its way inland. Ida is tied with hurricane laura as the strongest storm on record ever to hit louisiana. The storm s strength no match for the mississippi river, partially reversing its flow. Let s begin with jason carroll in houma, louisiana. What can you tell us? reporter: jim, we have shifted position again to an area that s even closer to this brick building, because the conditions have deteriorated to a point where we just need to be more mindful of our safety. That s where i was standing during the last live report we did with you just a few moments ago. You can see another tree as come down over there. Looking from that vantage point you get a real sense of just how strong the wind is. I could stand there ten minutes ago. Ten minutes later, no longer. If you look right out her
Moments. We ll have live coverage once it begins. Our team of reporters is covering this. Let s begin with nadia in new orleans. We heard the player say some very serious, deliver serious warnings to residents. Leave now or hunker in place. It will be very dangerous. People need to take warnings seriously. What are you hearing? reporter: wolf, you heard the mayor say don t expect emergency responders to risk their lives to get you in the middle of the storm. Once the storm passes, they ll come out and the first priority is to clear roads of debris, especially around hospitals. If you re going to decide to stick it out, ride out the storm, you ll be doing so on your own. We have seen some business owners in french quarter boarding up their businesses, trying to prevent debris from flying. We know we ll have high wind speeds, you talk about a category four storm. We have seen people boarding up all morning long. Look at the hotels. A huge tourist area. This is a line of hotels on the str