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Transcripts For CNN The Price of Freedom 20240710

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 were 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 nonclinical. Were split into two staffs. We will do one shift

Transcripts for CNN The Price of Freedom 20210830 02:33:00

You know, not only flash flooding is going to be an issue into the overnight hours but also significant damage and when you re speaking of winds of this magnitude at landfall the national hurricane center often says the area will be uninhabitable for a period of weeks to months. we know that damage in place, that certainly has already taken place along the southern coast of louisiana. you take a look at the mullet plier effect and people often think a category increase from 1 to 2 is a linear increase. only a one category increase. but the damage impacts are about a 10 x increase in the damage impacts and bring the winds up to 150 miles per hour as ida had at peak intensity at landfall that is 256 times more damage than category 1 at landfall. it speaks to the historic nature of the storm system not only in intense but the landfall. new orleans and louisiana now has had back-to-back years with 150-mile-per-hour landfalls. back in 2020 and now the only

Transcripts for CNN The Price of Freedom 20210830 01:00:15

Transcripts for CNN The Price of Freedom 20210830 01:35:00

Tom, is very ominous. tom sater, thank you for bringing us the latest. joining me is the mayor, president of lafayette, louisiana which lies northwest of new orleans. thanks for joining us. tell me what you re seeing now. what is going on there in lafayette? good evening, pamela. thanks for having us on. what we thought would happen in lafayette is what baton rouge is experiencing right now and our hearts and prayers are going to our friends in new orleans. i m seeing the reports like everybody else. i m tuning into the conference calls and briefings like other mayors across our state and presence across our state. mayor broom and all the mayors and first responders in these areas have our thoughts and prayers and resources once this thing finally passes us. so right now we re seeing is just some intense winds not nearly what we expected in lafayette. lafayette is about 70 miles west of baton rouge. we re not getting the winds or rain that we thought we would get but still taking it

Transcripts for CNN The Price of Freedom 20210830 02:48:00

Dangerous storm just made landfall only moments ago as a category 4 storm with 150-mile-per-hour winds. my weather vain registered a 168-mile-per-hour wind and then it broke. it almost feels like someone with giant hands has taken the wind and water from behind me and is pushing it toward the city of new orleans. this is the time to stay inside. do not venture out. there is flying debris all over the place. you ll see my eyes dart back and forth. i have to constantly watch out for me and my team. these bands of wind and rain have steadily been coming through here in houma. makes it very difficult at this point to stand up. just let the visuals play out. the reason i can stand here is only because of the concrete wall to my left.