And the worst could be yet to come. Rolling tornado warnings. Highways under Water And Storm surges that could reach more than ten feet. All of this danger 16 years to the day after Hurricane Catrin arrived on louisianas shores. Cnn is on the scene across the gulf coast. Lets start with Brian Todd in New Orleans, a city all too familiar with hurricane devastation. We can see the winds are picking up. A short time ago, Emergency Services were suspended there. What can you tell us . Jim, the intensity has really picked up in the last hour since i last spoke to you. You can see some debris flying down The Street here in the french quarter. Debris everywhere as the winds have really intensified. Take a look down The Street. See some of this debris. Im going to pivot this way and our Photo Journalist is going to take you through this. Look at this collapsed roof. It came down across this intersection. Insulation and all of this stuff, it was a very violent crash just before we got on the sc
Lifesupporters standing team of reporters standing by. We are in houma not far from where the starm made Land Fall. It is getting serious where you are, jason. What can you tell us . Reporter yes. The conditions, weve seen them getting progressively worse with each passing hour as weve been standing out here. Its the severe wind. Its the severe rain thats been coming down steadily. And were not even really in the thick of it yet. As bad as some of the conditions are now, if you look, i dont know how much of this reads on camera as you see the Wind Gusts come through here. But the Eye Wall still two hours away from where we are at this point, jim. And houma at this point is still in the direct path of the Eye Wall of Hurricane Ida. So what were being told is conditions here are just going to be steadily getting worse over the next few hours. So what were going to be doing is bringing you updates, obviously, as were out here. Ive reached out to Emergency Officials to gauge what theyve be
You are live in the cnn newsroom.osta in washington. we re following breaking news. hurricane ida is pummeling louisiana today after making landfall near port fourchon a short time ago. now officially tied for the strongest storm ever to hit the state with 115-mile-per-hour winds. the extremely dangerous category 4 storm is thrashing the air. it s so strong, ida overpowered the mighty mississippi river, partially reversing the flow of the river near new orleans. officials across louisiana are warning if you are near the eye of the storm, help is not on the way. one new orleans official saying if you call 911 because you want someone to get to you, quote, i m sorry. we re passed that point.