Reports of dozens trapped on a hardhit barrier island. And the stunning video from a Hurricane Hunter flying into the eye of the storm, 17 miles across. Tonight, hospitals already overwhelmed with patients with covid now sheltering in place. My interview with the doctor in chief of Childrens Hospital of New Orleans. Hurricane ida now carving a Path Of Destruction as it tracks north. Chief meteorologist Ginger Zee, Victor Oquendo, and Matt Gutman all reporting from the Storm Zone tonight. The other major story this sunday night. News on afghanistan. The new u. S. Drone Strike Targeting Isisk just outside the airport. The timing critical. Two days until that August 31st deadline. U. S. Officials now confirming they took out a vehicle Carrying A, quote, substantial amount of explosive material. Smoke billowing from the scene. The second u. S. Military strike after President Biden promised retaliation for the Suicide Blast that killed 13 american Service Members. The historic airlift still
Hour. The Power Outage could make the area more susceptible to flooding. And take a look at this video, a Roof Being swept away, pulled from a building by powerful storm winds. A Nasa Astronaut captured these photos, unbelievable, from sfas before it made landfall. And the French Quarter in New Orleans was hit hard, ida causing significant damage all throughout the city. The president of the United States approved assistance declaration. For the people on the Gulf Coast, I Want You to know the plan for the best is planning for the worst. As soon as the Storm Passes, were going to put the countrys full might behind the rescue and recovery. Were going to go live to mississippi. First lets go right to Meteorologist Bill karins for the very latest forecast. Bill. Yeah, good morning. With every storm, theres kind of like a fog you have especially right after a landfall. If you go through overnight, people dont have power and we cant tell whats going on in a lot of the areas. Thats kind of w
This is just some of the destruction in louisiana, thats 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 well 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 well 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 and p
Lets begin with our Meteorologist Danger Van dam on the ground in louisiana not par from port fourchon. Weve seen conditions deteriorating there rapidly. What are you experiencing . Reporter yeah. Wolf, this is the stuff of nightmares as we eye down a Monster Hurricane that is only 30 miles away from the location where im located. Its unfolding before our eyes. Conditions deteriorating as you mentioned. An extreme Wind Warning continues to pop up on our screen. My team, our phones continue to blare, because that is held specially for these moments. The national Weather Service reserves it for critical life threatening winds in excess of 110 Miles Per Hour. That is approaching, because we understand that The Eye of major Hurricane Ida is moving toward this direction. Now, the concerns here is that the storm has made Land Fall. There are people within the path of The Eye. Just like homa, louisiana where im located. What youre going to see so you understand what youre going to encounter w
Reporter it appears we are making a connection, understandable with weather conditions. Lets go to adam he was also in the Fox Weather center. Reporter this made landfall six hours ago and is still a category four hurricane. Rarely do you see such a thing with 130 miles per hour made landfall. It is weakening of the and has slowed down quite a bit moving to the northwest at 10 miles an hour. So the slower the storm moves the more you will see the rain if there is wind in your area it will be there longer because this will be crawling as it continues to move up to the northwest. This is a path as it made landfall 150 miles an hour. Not a whole lot slowing down so far the Wind Speed into the new Orleans Area we have seen gust between 70 and 80 miles an hour. Typically it is the right quadrant with the most severe weather the strongest rain and that continues to be the case so then to continue to batter that will go anywhere soon the future Forecast Model does forecast what we will see wi