VICE
VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
STATES.
STATES. >>> VALLEY ROCK LEGEND ALICE
COOPER TAPPING INTO A NEW
SKILL.
SKILL.
SKILL. >>
SKILL. >> YOU'LL NEVER SEE IT ON
STAGE.
STAGE.
STAGE. >>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE,
THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.
BREAKING NEWS AS HURRICANE
LAURA IS ON A CATASTROPHIC
COLLISION COURSE WITH PEOPLE IN
ITS PATH.
ITS PATH.
ITS PATH. THE MONSTER CATEGORY 4 SYSTEM
PACKING WINDS OF 150 MILES AN
HOUR AS THE EYE IS VERY CLOSE
TO MAKING LANDFALL.
>>> ALSO BREAKING RIGHT NOW,
TASKFORCE TEAM ONE OFTEN
INVOLVED IN THINGS LIKE THIS
GETTING READY TO DEPLOY TO THE
STRIKE ZONE AND URBAN SEARCH
AND RESCUE WILL LEAVE THE
VALLEY IN ABOUT AN HOUR.
IT CONSISTS OF 45 MEMBERS AND
TWO SEARCH AND RESCUE DOGS.
>>> THIS IS A LIVE LOOK FROM
GALVESTON, TEXAS.
GALVESTON, TEXAS. IN THAT AREA, YOU CAN SEE THE
WAVES ARE STARTING TO PICK UP
AS LAURA APPROACHES LAND WITH
HER POWERFUL WINDS END QUOTE, A
NON-SURVIVABLE STORM SURGE.
WE HAVE LIVE TEAM COVERAGE
TONIGHT BEGINNING WITH 12 NEWS'
CAMILA BERNAL.
CAMILA BERNAL. SHE JOINS US LIVE FROM VERY
CLOSE TO THE STRIKE ZONE WITH
WHAT WE ARE SEEING RIGHT NOW.
>> Reporter: MARK AND CARIBE,
WE ARE STARTING TO FEEL THE
WIND AND SEE THAT RAIN, BUT AT
THE MOMENT I'M STILL ABLE TO
KEEP MY BALANCE BECAUSE THE EYE
OF THE HURRICANE, THE WALL OF
THE STORM IS ABOUT AN HOUR AWAY
FROM WHERE I AM SO WHEN THAT
WALL STARTS TO HIT THIS AREA
AND BOTH TEXAS AND LOUISIANA,
THAT IS WHEN WE ARE GOING TO
SEE THE WORST OF IT AND
AUTHORITIES SAY THAT WIND
SPEEDS CAN GO BETWEEN 100 AND
150 MILES AN HOUR IN THIS
SURROUNDING AREA.
SURROUNDING AREA. THAT MEANS ROOFS LIKELY BLOWN
AWAY, TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN.
DOWN.
DOWN. THEN THAT TRANSLATES TO
POSSIBLY POWER OUTAGES,
WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES FOR
DAYS, POSSIBLY.
DAYS, POSSIBLY. THAT IS WHY AUTHORITIES ARE
TELLING PEOPLE AT THIS TIME YOU
HAVE TO HUNKER DOWN, IF YOU
CHOSE TO STAY YOU HAVE TO STAY,
BUT ALSO TELLING PEOPLE THAT
KEEP IN MIND, THEY WILL NOT
COME AND RESCUE THOSE THAT
CHOSE NOT TO EVACUATE.
WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IS, EVEN IF
YOU CALL 911, THEY WILL NOT
ANSWER THE PHONE AND RISK THEIR
LIVES FOR THOSE THAT DID NOT
WANT TO LEAVE.
SO WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS
THEY'RE GOING TO START UP THESE
OPERATIONS AGAIN AT AROUND 9:00
A.M.
A.M.
A.M. LOCAL TIME TOMORROW, AND THEY
SAY THAT'S WHEN THEY WILL
SWITCH OVER TO THOSE SEARCH AND
RESCUE OPERATIONS.
RESCUE OPERATIONS. EVERYBODY HOPING FOR THE BEST.
THE GOVERNOR IN LOUISIANA
ASKING PEOPLE TO REMAIN OFF THE
ROAD AND THE GOVERNOR, AND HERE
IN TEXAS ASKING FOR PRAYERS
BECAUSE THEY SAY THIS IS GOING
TO BE DEVASTATING BECAUSE OF
THE WATER.
THE WATER. THE STORM SURGE COULD GET UP TO
20 FEET IN ADDITION TO THE
RAIN.
RAIN.
RAIN. THAT'S WHAT BECOMES DEADLY.
THOSE FLOODS AND PEOPLE WHO
REMAINED IN THE AREA AND THE
WATER, THAT IS THE MOST
DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR A LOT
OF THE PEOPLE HERE AND SO THERE
TELLING PEOPLE IF THEY CAN,
STAY INDOORS AND, OF COURSE,
HOPING THAT IT IS NOT SOMETHING
THAT CAUSES GREAT DEVASTATION.
BUT WE ARE JUST AN HOUR AWAY
FROM THAT SEVERE WEATHER.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND OF COURSE, WE HOPE THAT YOU
STAY SAFE OUT THERE.
>>> WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE
OUR LIVE TEAM COVERAGE RIGHT
NOW WITH METEOROLOGIST LINDSAY
RILEY.
RILEY.
RILEY. THIS HURRICANE GREW RAPIDLY
FROM A CATEGORY 1 UP TO NOW A
CATEGORY 4. REALLY VERY CLOSE
TO A CATEGORY 5. CAN YOU TELL
US EXACTLY WHAT IMPACTS THE
STORM IS GOING TO HAVE ON THE
TEXAS/LOUISIANA BORDER?
TEXAS/LOUISIANA BORDER? >> Reporter: CATASTROPHIC
IMPACTS.
IMPACTS.
IMPACTS. WE ARE TALKING 15 TO 20-FOOT
STORM SURGE, A FOOT OF RAIN ON
TOP OF 150 MILES PER HOUR
SUSTAINED WINDS, RIGHT ON THE
BORDER OF A CATEGORY 5 STORM.
YOU CAN SEE THE EYEWALL
STARTING TO CROSS LAND, SO THIS
IS ACTUALLY THE STRONGEST PART
OF THE STORM IMPACTING KAMREN,
LOUISIANA AS WE SPEAK.
THIS IS WHERE THE STRONGEST
WINDS ARE RIGHT NOW, 150-MILE-
PER-HOUR WINDS MOVING ON SHORE
RIGHT NOW AND THEN PUSHING TO
THE NORTH AND EAST.
BUT WE ARE EXPECTING ANYWHERE
FROM 15 TO 20-FOOT STORM SURGE.
IT COULD FILL THE BOTTOM LEVEL
OF THE HOME, AND THAT COULD GO
AS FAR IN AS ABOUT 40 MILES.
WE ARE SEEING GREAT IMPACTS NOT
JUST ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST
LINE, BUT AS FAR INLAND AS 40
MILES.
MILES.
MILES. >>
MILES. >> ALL RIGHT.
SCARY TO THINK ABOUT WHAT
TOMORROW HOLDS FOR THOSE FOLKS.
>>> WE'LL HAVE YOU, THE
COMPLETE TEAM COVERAGE OF LAURA
THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE
EVENING