It has been 12 hours since i had a reuters sure in louisiana, on the 16th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. But even as it has been downgraded from a hurricane for two hurricane one, over those 12 hours ida is wreaking havoc, especially from the Storm Surge its leaving in its wake. Authorities the last hour reported a Levee Failing about lafitte just south of New Orleans and officials warn that more than 200 people are in intimate danger there and need to seek higher ground. One death has been confirmed elsewhere in the states, a 60yearold Man was killed when his house was hit by a fallen tree near Baton Rouge. And the entire city of New Orleans is in the dark tonights, the Power Companies say its catastrophic transmission damage. The number of people without power throughout louisiana, is now more than 1 Million, and rising. And there are fears that some of those people could remain without power for weeks. One area of particular Concern Tonight is louis knit louisianas hospitals, wev
Biden approved a major Disaster Declaration for louisiana. I became sure as a category four storm with maximum sustained, winds over 150 miles per hour. It has been weakening as its moved inland, but slowly. And it is now to a category two. The national Hurricane Center says it is still bringing catastrophic Storm Surge, Extreme Winds and Flash Flooding, to southeastern louisiana. And that has brought scenes like this in The City of houma. The extraordinary power of those high, winds meanwhile, the entire City Of New Orleans is in the, dark without Power Tonight except for those with generators. The Power Companies is ida caused quote, catastrophic Transmission Damage. Across louisiana more than 930,000 people have lost power. We have also had our first confirmed death, caused by this hurricane. A 60yearold Man was killed when a tree fell on his home, just south of Baton Rouge. Of course this catastrophic storms taking place during the pandemic, in a state that has one of the highest C
the situation is desperate. searches for basic supplies are growing more difficult there. what are you hearing from people you are talking to in houston about how they are dealing with the crisis? reporter: jeff, people here in houston are exhausted and they are emotional. now that the roads have improved, people have been driving around town looking for water, food supplies, checking in on family members that they are concerned about. this has been going on now for days. there s a little bit of good news. center point energy says 98% of their customers should have power restored now. some of the customers are people at home who do not have water. if they have water, they are like everyone else under a boil advisory in order for that water to be safe to consume and use. people remain panicked here even as the incremental improvements have been seen. the city says that there should be fixes to the water supply throughout the day today and tomorrow. they can t provide an exac
we know now that it s no longer a tropical storm. it has gained in strength to a category 1 hurricane and we are expecting that to grow even more powerful as this hurricane hits those warm gulf waters and intensifies to potentially a category 3. to remind people what kind of damage a category 3 storm can do, it s not so much about the wind as it is about the water. a category 3 storm, you will remember, hit in louisiana in 2005, hurricane katrina, and you remember the story there with the breaking of the looefs. it was all about the power of water. than is the fear now. the storm surge. you see how the beaches are flat. that water can be pushed right up and into very populated areas. so they are telling people to get to safer ground. you don t have to go hundreds of miles. you don t have to go to another state but get to safer ground that. is spelled out for people. . wa i / i want to go he go to derek van dam. he has another u view as he watches this hurricane get ever clos
california since 1939. flash flood warnings are up across the region. look at that dramatic footage. this is what hilary unleashed on mexico s baja california. one person in the coastal town died when their vehicle was swept away. weather forecasters are warning those in the path of the storm should be prepared for catastrophic and life threatening floods. we are covering the storm from all angles from the weather centers to the cities in its path, the warning that blankets much of southern california today. stay off the roads if you can. let me show you this. a small mud slide temporarily shut down a lane of the 14 freeway north of los angeles. crews were able to clear it quickly. in palm springs, california the weather is starting to come down on top of our reporter. officials there took the precaution of closing some roads hours ago. how are things going where you are? reporter: now we re really starting to feel the brunt of this starting to make its way here, jim. i ve