extensive search and rescue operations are under way along the gulf coast. the storm crashed into louisiana as a category four hurricane on sunday. it was the second most powerful hurricane to strike the state only behind hurricane katrina which remarkably hit 16 years ago to the day. while tonight more than a million are without power including all of new orleans, and as we come on the air two deaths are confirmed. but louisiana s governor says it will undoubtedly increase. we have got a team of correspondents all over the region beginning with cbs mireya villarreal in houma, louisiana, good evening. reporter: hundreds of homes and businesses look just like this, completely destroyed in this area. this bowling alley where i am stading has been here for more than 50 years but now look at it. the roof is gone, the back wall is gone, there is nothing left inside and yet this place has survived several hurricanes. the owner telling me though ida was more powerful than anything she has
put down 15 inches of rain, it has to go somewhere, it goes into your rivers. every icon you see is either at moderate or major flood level and they will continue to tries. the reason being, while the storm is not a huge wind maker it has an on shore flow so we re not worried about storm surge, there are no warning, no watches for that, but what it is doing is creating a cork, where that water cannot exit from the delta or bayou. it just back up and backs up. flooding for a few for days, the it will push through, portions of the south to the northeast. winds continue to back down blowing at 35 miles per hour. the amount of rain, portions of pennsylvania could pick up eight inches of rain, portions of the northeast, anywhere from new york city into southern new england could see six inches of rain, this area will be the third tropical system in about two to maybe three weeks so an active time and more water is not needed there. o donnell: coming our way, lonnie quinn, thank you. and t
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they can. if they choose to not comply, there has to be a point where you have to get their attention. right now on the kpix news at 7:00 streaming on cbsn bay area. south lake tahoe is a ghost town tonight. a far cry from earlier today. that is what it looked like when tens of thousands of people were all ordered out at one time ahead of the caldor fire. good evening i m ken bastida. and i m elizabeth cook. the fire covers an area the size of san jose, oakland and san francisco combined. in the past 90 minutes we have heard that containment is up to 600%. 650 buildings destroyed and 18,000 threatened in the community of south lake. we have resources pushed into that area to assess and assist with the fire fight in that area. we expect that to continue
nation s capitol. see you right back here tomorrow, good night. there s only one way out of town highway 50 and it is not moving. the slow scramble to safety as the caldor fire makes a run to south lake tahoe. this is the current view from heavenly ski area. horrendous and the same conditions driving the fire will help us out in the bay. a covid-19 outbreak at sea forces an emergency rescue mission on the bay. and an update into our investigation to serial plaintiffs suing bay area businesses for disability violations. it turns out they don t have to visit the business to sue it. i believe that they are running the mill. they are out there and attacking as many hotels as