Clogged with traffic from texas to alabama. Mississippis governor has declared a state of emergency. His state was also ravaged by katrina. The national Weather Service is underscoring the dire stakes warning that some places might be, quote, uninhabitable for weeks or months. We are covering all the angles of the approaching hurricane and the growing sense of urgency tonight. Lets begin with Meteorologist Tom Sater and the cnn weather center. How is it looking . Well, we just received the 8 00 p. M. Advisory from the national hurricane center. There are some changes, but the track doesnt change with this. Were going to get a lot more information for the 11 00 p. M. Advisory. When you look at an infrared satellite imagery, the bright colors, theyre the cold or higher cloud tops. A lot of Convective Activity around the core, as you would expect. When it really starts to circulate you know its still a breathing machine, but also on, of course, the feeder bands. Rain to jacksonville, sout
Strength in the hours ahead. The potentially catastrophic Hurricane Forecast to slam into the Louisiana Coast on sunday. Possibly, as a category 4 storm. Hitting the state on exactly the same date as Hurricane Katrina, 16 years ago. Now, the national Weather Service in New Orleans says Storm Surge and high winds could leave some locations uninhabitable for weeks or even months. Now, both mandatory and voluntary evacuations have been ordered for several louisiana parishes as the national Hurricane Center warns of lifethreatening situations. Officials say if residents are to leave, do it now. Now, nearly all of the floodgates in Louisianas Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction System have been closed down ahead of the storm. Those still open will fema says it is moving Supply Trucks and generators into louisiana ahead of idas landfall. There are 10,000 linemen in the state, already. Another 20,000, on standby. And making matters worse, many hospitals in the area are already maxed out
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. Louisianas governor is stressing the dangerous and historic nature of todays threat. When you talk about Rain Totals that could be up to 15, 16 inches in an isolated area above 20 inches, wi
Follow i do want to track this story. We are, of course, following this potentially catastrophic Hurricane Barreling towards the u. S. Gulf coast. Within just the last few minutes, the ida was upgraded to a major hurricane. A category 3 storm. And is expected to rapidly intensify even more in the coming hours. Its forecast to pummel the the Louisiana Coast sunday as a category 4 storm now. Both, mandatory and voluntary evacuations have been ordered for several louisiana parishes, as officials warn of these lifethreatening situations. Louisianas governor is stressing the dangerous and historic threat of Hurricane Ida. What were telling people is you just have a few more hours really to prepare because earlytomorrow morning, were going to have the weather degrade rather rapidly. Storm surge is going to be up to 15 feet, which is gonna test all of our Protection Systems down along the coast. This is just a very serious storm. Itll be one of the very strongest storms to hit louisiana since
U. S. Citizens near the airport. President biden warns another attack is highly likely. The Special Edition of new Day Weekend starts now. Sunday, august 29th. Thank you so much for spending some time with us this morning. Good morning to you, phil. Good morning, christine. No shortage of huge news. I know. Starting today with the real danger that were watching as it barrels toward communities along the Gulf Coast. Hurricane ida has gained strength as phil said earlier. Its approaching the coast of louisiana and its a beast. Yeah. Theres no question about it. Overnight ida strengthened into a powerful category 4 storm. It will make Landfall Sometime today bringing as much as 20 inches of rain to some areas. The potential for Storm Surge and strong winds. Fema trucks and generators are in the area. The National Guard has been deployed. Experts warn the pandemic could make emergency responses more difficult. Yesterday bumper to Bumper Traffic stretched for miles as people left their home