huge path of damage, but the wrecking power is obvious. just look at this video. listen to the winds. flooding is widespread. some areas could get 20 inches of rain. more than a half million homes and businesses are without power. that number is sure to climb, and officials say it could take weeks to fully restore power. the levee system in new orleans was vastly upgraded after katrina and is holding as of now. south of new orleans, the rainfall and storm surge have pushed water over a levee in plaquemines parish. a flash flood emergency is in effect, and residents are urged to seek higher ground. let s begin our coverage with cnn s jason carroll. he s in houma, louisiana, not far from where the storm made landfall. what are you experiencing, jason? reporter: well, pamela, just within the past hour, we ve seen emergency crews for the first time make their way through the parking lot beside me. so that s some indication that perhaps, you know, this storm the eye of the sto
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 we re 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 non-clinical. we re split into two staffs. we wil
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in america s justice system. this is american voices. we begin this hour with the rise of the delta variant across america as students head back to school. resistance continues across the u.s. against the the two known weapons we have against covid, masks and vaccines. the biden administration just reported a positive milestone, nearly 1 million new vaccinations today alone. after nearly 1 million shots went into arms on friday. that is the biggest two-day total we have seen in a month. but despite that progress, doctors in texas fear this new surge will linger. hospitals there report record number of covid patients, and hospitals are struggling with a shortage of nurses. florida health care workers are also stretched thin. new reporting from the tampa bay times says florida hospitals are, quote, filled with more coronavirus cases than at any point during the pandemic. after 17 most of his fighting the ravages of covid-19, the end is no longer in sight for doctors and n
they came down at that moment. watch. i hear lot of shouting coming down the road. i think it s a procession of the taliban. just next to us. a white flag. they are chanting as they go down. i don t think from our position we can t show you that. they are right here. hopefully they keep going past this hotel. that was what was unfolding at the moment that the taliban entered the city. a spokesperson says they ordered fighters to kabul to prevent looting. officials scrambling to burn sensitive documents. you had taliban forces seizing control of four provinces as president biden is boosting the number of troops working on this evacuation mission with this desperate plea from some to not leave our allies behind. i m getting messages from people begging for help of getting passport photos. wanting me to help get their children out. i m hearing story of afghanistan saying they are making suicide pacts so when the taliban roll into the neighborhood, they will do what s neces