Just look at this video here on your screen. Flooding is wide spread. And some areas could see up to 20 inches of rain. More than 700,000 homes and businesses are now without power. And that number is sure to climb. Officials say it could take weeks to fully restore power. Now within the next hour or two, New Orleans will be seeing its highest winds and heaviest rain. The Levee System was vastly upgraded after katrina and holding as of now. South of The City, the Rainfall And Storm surge have pushed water over our levee in Plaquemines Parish. A Flash Flood Emergency is in effect. I spoke to a critical Care Doctor in Baton Rouge bracing for the worst. We would be able to be the most significant event of our lifetime. We currently have a full hospital, but were the regional medical center and so we are essentially acting that role. We have over 700 providers in the hospital. 50 of those are physicians. 400 are nurses. 300 are nonclinical. Were split into two staffs. We will do one shift
The patients will die. And that is what we heard over and over again from these medical groups, from these Hospital Officials who continue to say, this is a matter of life and death. We do not care what else is Going On in the world. We understand that there is a shortage of oxygen but we need help because again this is a matter of life and death. Thank you very much, kristen. New day continues right now. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and Around The World, im Brianna Keilar alongside John Avlon on this monday, august 30th. And breaking overnight, Hurricane Ida downgraded to a tropical storm but not before leaving behind catastrophic damage in louisiana. Right now at least one person is confirmed dead. 1. 1 Million customers are without power. This includes the entire City Of New Orleans. Exactly 16 years after Hurricane Katrina hit. Now, this storm has sent water topping levies. It has trapped people on their roofs. Rescue efforts
Per hours, gusting to 160, moving to northwest at 10 Miles Per Hour, you see the center of circulation falling apart a little bit, maybe it will disintegrate more in coming hours but still packing a punch, you have Wind Gusts in new Orleans Area to 71 Miles Per Hour, close to 50 Miles Per Hour in Baton Wrong Baton Rouge And a lot of rain. As a Category 3, is no the not often you see Hurricane Warnings this far inlAnd. This is the case because the winds will stick with it until 1 00 a. M. , despite the winds it is a rainmaker, look at Deep Reds On Eastern Side of The Storm, an area well talk about downpours possible flooding, And a time stamp in corner, 6 a. M. In morning, it lingers to monday, we could talk about flooding for a while. No surprise here. We have Flood Advisories stretching from Eastern Louisiana across mississippi, alabama, And as far north as tennessee areas where we could see real rainfall, it is additional rain. It has been raining, additionally some areas with purple
Said to be carrying multiple Suicide Bombers. And were hours away from president Bidens Evacuation Deadline tomorrow. There are hundreds, there could be thousands of americans that are going to get Left Behind in afghanistan. The State Department has made a decision that the 31st is the deadline. Theyre allowing taliban to dictate our foreign policy. Any time you allow a partisan political decision designed for a Photo Op it will lead to a fatal national Security Problem on the battlefield. Jillian it is a very busy monday morning. Youre watching Fox Friends First. Im jillian mele. Todd im todd piro. Moments ago, ida downgraded to a tropical storm, hundreds of residents still needing to be rescued at this hour. The storm hitting the Gulf Coast, putting over 1 Million people in the dark. Jillian we have Team Coverage with Fox News senior Meteorologist Janice Dean tracking the storm in the studio for us. We start with Fox Weather Multimedia journalist Will Nunly live in mississippi with
This as president Bidens Deadline to get out of the deadline quickly approaches. Hello, everyone. Im sandra smith, Monday Morning here in New York. Nice to see you, john. John in washington, d. C. , A Little Bit of a time difference but not much. [laughs] hope you had a good weekend, sandra. Im John Roberts in washington, good to see you. This, after five rockets were fired at the airport over night, when making it through Defense Systems and landing inside the perimeter. U. S. Officials are stressing this is the most dangerous time of the mission, the phased withdrawal of u. S. And couldnt leave the forces still on the ground even more vulnerable to attack. Sandra indeed. Weve got a packed hour. Just ahead, Walid Phares will join us, Morgan Ortagus Coming Up, and Congressman Peter Meijer is here, as well. Fox Team Coverage begins now. Bill hemmer will join us in moments. John but first to the Pentagon And Jennifer griffin to kick us off this monday afternoon. Hey, jennifer. U. S. Troo