Along the Gulf Coast we expected from such a storm. It ripped the roof off the lady of the Sea Hospital in galliano which is south of New Orleans. You can see the damage in louisiana there. Tonight, as we mentioned, the power is out for hundreds of thousands of people. Louisiana Governor John Bell edwards says his states entire National Guard is activated. More than 4,000 are out in support of the emergency effort, but officials are warning residents to prepare for at least three days of sheltering in place. This historic hurricane comes on the 16th Anniversary of another historic hurricane, katrina. Thankfully, officials expect the levees in the new Orleans Area to hold this time. From nbc News World Headquarters in New York, im Joshua Johnson continuing our special coverage of Hurricane Ida. Welcome to the week. Let us begin with the latest on Hurricane Idas path. Meteorologist Bill Karins joins us now after a very long day, and bill, we just got the latest update from the national h
We have been keeping an eye on a number of alerts of damage from the storm, and power is the primary issue, and entergy is the power company, and they are out of power and its causing an imbalance in transmission. This is a compounded problem because they need that for a lot of things, including Pumping Water away from the levees. Let me be clear, we have no reports of damage to levees. Theres reports of Flash Flooding and an emergency that has been issued by the weather service, but thats not pursuant to damage of the levees. We will keep an eye on that and continue to update you as the evening goes on. We have plenty of correspondents out in the field, and Ali Velshi is in New Orleans, and janessa web, well start with you. What can you tell us . We are dealing with a destructive and deadly Storm System and its dark across Southeast Louisiana, and we saw the storm make landfall eight hours ago and its downgraded to a cat 3. Can you see that were dealing with severe weather tonight, ev
The worst. As soon as the storm passes, well put this, well put the countrys full might behind the rescue and recovery. The help from the federal government and local crews will be needed. Right now, a half million people in the new Orleans Area do not have power. Joining us now to show the power of the storm, Nbc News Meteorologist Bill Karins and ali velshi. We can see the strong winds there. How is it on the ground . The signal is going in and out. Were trying everything possible. This is the way it goes right now. These are gusts. Theyre not sustained wind. As you can see, when they come in. What im going through right now, it feels like Microderm Abrasion on my face. Our viewers say what are you putting yourself in this danger for . Theres a Concrete Wall there so im completely blocked the the elements by a wall and from the hotel in front of me and this is still what im getting. Were a couple blocks from the Mississippi River here. So some of this may be coming off. You see these
Along the gulf coast we expected from such a storm. it ripped the roof off the lady of the sea hospital in galliano which is south of new orleans. you can see the damage in louisiana there. tonight, as we mentioned, the power is out for hundreds of thousands of people. louisiana governor john bell edwards says his state s entire national guard is activated. more than 4,000 are out in support of the emergency effort, but officials are warning residents to prepare for at least three days of sheltering in place. this historic hurricane comes on the 16th anniversary of another historic hurricane, katrina. thankfully, officials expect the levees in the new orleans area to hold this time. from nbc news world headquarters in new york, i m joshua johnson continuing our special coverage of hurricane ida. welcome to the week. let us begin with the latest on hurricane ida s path. meteorologist bill karins joins us now after a very long day,
Rain will stay on the east side. look at the track right now. sustained winds are still very gustying, up to 110 miles per hour, but dealing with the slow movement. by tomorrow morning this will be downgraded to a cat 1, but still the tropical moisture will still inbound place, and this is a powerful system. as it makes its way even in the mid-atlantic northeast, it will cause problem for the next week. look at some of the these rainfall totals, jonathan. we re talking about, still, at least five to ten inches. the story, it just does not stop in louisiana, parts of the deep south, and this will be a continuous story all the way through thursday afternoon. jonathan? thank you, janessa webb for the latest update as the storm has been downgraded to category