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This is just some of the destruction in louisiana, that s about an hour south of new orleans. In new orleans, the french quarter was hit hard with significant damage. Still dark there but as the sun comes up we ll have a better feel for things. In all, more than 1 million people there are without electricity. The power outage could make the area for susceptible to extreme flooding like we see in this video from grand isle, along the coast. Joining us now jay gray. Good morning, the power is out in new orleans, what does it look like this morning? reporter: willie, it is a mess right now. Once we get some sunshine i think we ll see more problems in new orleans. But a break in the conditions, the winds dropped off, the rain thankfully after 16 straight hours has stopped. We have a chance to look at some of the devastation. You can see the roof top behind me pulled from a building thrown into the french quarter, bringing with it an elevated street sign. You can see the brace there bent an
Hurricane katrina 16 years ago. The national weather service office in new orleans says storm surge and high winds could leave some locations uninhabitable for weeks or even months. Both mandatory and voluntary evacuations ordered for several louisiana parishes and the national hurricane center warns of lifethreatening situations. Officials say if residents are planning to leave do it now. On saturday the governor expressed the dangerous and historic nature of ida s threat. When you talk about rain total that could be up to 15, 16 inches, and in isolated areas above 20 inches, with that kind of rain that kind of storm surge, that kind of wind, this is just a very serious storm. It will be one of the very strongest storms to hit louisiana since the 1850s and ironically scheduled to make land fall on the 16th anniversary of hurricane katrina. And we have the latest on the storm. T moments ago upgraded to the category 4. What does that mean? it s a ba he llith. Hurr behemoth. 133 wind per
It could make the final days of evacuations even more complicated. Focusing first on hurricane ida, it had been forecast to strengthen rapidly and over the past few hours, and it has done just that. Just a little while ago the national hurricane center up graded the potentially catastrophic storm to category 4. It is forecast to slam the louisiana coast today hitting the state on the exact same date as hurricane katrina 16 years ago. The national weather service office in new orleans says storm surge and high winds could leave some locations uninhabitable for even weeks or months. Both voluntary and mandatory evacuations have been ordered for several louisiana parishes as the national hurricane center warns of life threatening situations. Officials say if residents are planning to leave, do it now. Louisiana s governor is stressing the dangerous and historic nature of today s threat. When you talk about rain totals that could be up to 15, 16 inches in an isolated area above 20 inches,
Two stories we are following this morning, the breaking news is that hurricane ida has strengthened now into a dangerous category 4 hurricane, taking direct aim at louisiana. And the latest advisory just moments ago, the national hurricane center is warning of lifethreatening storm surge and catastrophic damage. Meteorologist allison chinchar with the latest for us next. Also developing this morning, the u. S. Embassy in kabul is warning of a, quote, specific credible threat to u. S. Citizens near the airport. This as president biden warns another attack is highly likely. This special edition of new day weekend starts right now. It s sunday, august 29th. Thank you for joining us today. Christi, thanks for letting me tag along on another major news day. And thank you all for being with us. As we talk about the growing threat right now from hurricane ida, it s zeroing in on communities along the gulf coast, of course. Overnight ida strengthened into a powerful category 4 storm. It will m