OUT OF MIAMI SHORES, SANELA SABOVIC, LOCAL 10 NEWS.
SABOVIC, LOCAL 10 NEWS. >>
>> YOU CAN SEE THE WAVES
BATTERING THIS PIER.
>> TAKE A LISTEN THERE.
YOU CAN ALSO HEAR IDA’S
FEROCIOUS WINDS AS THE STORM
SURGE PUSHES ASHORE IN ST.
BERNARD.
>> LIVE TEAM COVERAGE FOR YOU
WITH THE RESCUES HAPPENING
RIGHT NOW.
>> WE ALSO HAVE REACTION FROM
THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE LATEST
INFORMATION ON IDA.
BUT WE BEGIN WITH OUR ROY RAMOS LIVE NOW ON THE GROUND
RAMOS LIVE NOW ON THE GROUND
FOR US IN NEW ORLEANS.
ROY?
>> CALVIN AND NICOLE, THE
DESTRUCTION IS WIDE SPREAD.
JUST ABOUT EVERY STREET YOU
DRIVE DOWN YOU’LL SEE DOWNED
TREES, DAMAGED VEHICLES,
DAMAGED HOMES, DAMAGED
BUSINESSES.
A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS WE
SPOKE WITH WERE ANTICIPATING
THIS WOULD BE A STORM THAT
WOULD HAVE A LOT OF RAIN
CAUSING FLOODING.
TAKE A LOOK AT THE RESULT HERE
BRINGING DOWN THIS BRICK
BUILDING.
I SPOKE TO THE OWNER OF THAT
CAR.
SHE TELLS ME SHE ARRIVED IN
THIS AREA TO TRY TO GET AWAY
FROM THE STORM TO FIND A PLACE
SAFE TO RIDE OUT THAT STORM.
WHEN SHE WALKED OUT OF HER
HOTEL ROOM, THIS IS WHAT SHE
SAW.
IT WAS A STORM THAT PACKED A
PUNCH MAKING LAND FALL ON THE
ANNIVERSARY OF HURRICANE
KATRINA 16 YEARS AGO.
BUT NOW THAT HURRICANE IDA HAS
PASSED THROUGH THE STATE OF
LOUISIANA, WE’RE SEEING THE
CATASTROPHIC DAMAGE SHE LEFT
BEHIND.
RESIDENTS TELLING US THIS WAS
A HISTORIC MUSIC STORE AT ONE
POINT.
BUT THE POWER OF IDA SO STRONG
THAT IT BROUGHT THIS BUILDING
DOWN TO THE GROUND.
AND THAT NO EASY TASK BECAUSE
IT’S CONSTRUCTED OF RED BRICK. PART OF THAT BUILDING CRASHING
PART OF THAT BUILDING CRASHING
DOWN ON THIS CAR.
>> IT WAS REALLY BAD.
I’VE BEEN HERE NO 21 YEARS,
THIS FELT DIFFERENT.
>> THIS LAKEVIEW RESIDENT
STAYING IN A HOTEL TO RIDE OUT
THE STORM SATURDAY NIGHT.
EVEN THERE, HE WAS WORRIED FOR
HIS SAFETY.
>> YOU FELT THE BUILDING
SHAKING.
IT WAS REALLY, REALLY STRONG.
>> FOR VISITORS LIKE DONNA WHO
ARRIVED IN NEW ORLEANS TO
CELEBRATE HER BIRTHDAY, THIS
WAS NOT THE WEEKEND SHE
EXPECTED.
STAYING IN THE MARRIOTT ALONG
CANAL STREET WHEN THE WINDS
PICKED UP AND THE LIGHTS WENT
OUT.
>> THE WINDS GOT REALLY HEAVY. STARTED PUSHING BACK AND THEN
STARTED PUSHING BACK AND THEN IT JUST GOT REALLY DARK.
>> I CAN TELL YOU THAT
FORTUNATELY, NO ONE WAS HURT
IN ANY OF THIS.
THE BUILDING WAS VACANT AT THE
TIME THAT IT DID COLLAPSE.
IN THE MEANTIME, URBAN
SEARCH-AND-RESCUE TEAMS NOW
WORKING ON CLEANING UP AND
RESCUE MISSIONS THROUGHOUT
THIS ENTIRE AREA.
AS FOR WHEN THE POWER WILL BE
RESTORED, POWER OFFICIALS TELL
ME THEY’LL FIRST HAVE TO
ASSESS THE DAMAGE AND WE’RE
TOLD THAT THEY ARE PARTIALLY
DOING THAT WITH DRONES.
ONLY THEN CAN THEY BEGIN
RESTORING THE POWER.
NICOLE, CALVIN?
>> AS YOU TALK ABOUT ASSESSING
THE DAMAGE, WHAT ABOUT THE
BUSINESSES AS YOU DRIVE AROUND
AND ASSESS THE DAMAGE THAT’S
HAPPENING IN THE CRESCENT CITY
THERE.
ANY IDEA HOW MANY BUSINESSES
YOU’VE SEEN THAT ARE OUT OF
POWER RIGHT NOW AND SHUT DOWN
AT THIS HOUR?
>> ACROSS THE BUSINESS
DISTRICT, WHICH IS WHERE WE
ARE STAYING, THERE IS NOT ONE
BUSINESS OPEN.
HOWEVER, THERE ARE SEVERAL OF
THEM THAT DID HAVE A LOT OF
DAMAGE.
NOW WHAT DOES THIS DO FOR THE
PEOPLE THAT WERE IN THIS AREA,
VISITORS AND RESIDENTS.
IT MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR
THEM TO GET THOSE ESSENTIALS
LIKE FOOD, WATER, EVEN GAS
STATIONS CLOSED IN THIS AREA.
THAT’S MAKING IT VERY
DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TO GET
AROUND AND JUST MAKE IT
THROUGH THE DAY.
>> DIFFICULT FOR THE RESIDENTS
THERE AND DIFFICULT FOR YOU