AccuWeather's Ali Reid reported live amid crashing waves in the New Orleans area as conditions rapidly deteriorated on the evening of Sept. 11.
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00:00Let's go now a little farther north up into the New Orleans Metro and Allie Reed has had a long day. Allie
00:05You're in Kenner, Louisiana. What kind of things are you experiencing there? I see some overwatch behind you
00:14Yeah, well just as you mentioned that landfall happened about two hours ago New Orleans though
00:19Just starting to see those strong effects from Hurricane Francine
00:24We are experiencing wind gusts 70 to 80 miles per hour here in this area
00:29We are live from Kenner, Louisiana. It is intense. I want to point your direction directly behind me here
00:35This is Lake Pontchartrain that wind is really just bringing the surf up over the rocks here
00:42It is intense to say the least as we are roving about this area my photographer Mike and I we have been moving
00:49Throughout this entire area. It is quiet
00:51There is no one left on the streets except for a few cars here and there but mainly it is police
00:58it is city officials that are out here making sure that people are staying hunkered down right now as we are starting to see those
01:06Intense winds really come through this area again landfall happening two hours ago
01:11But as you can see me in the thick of it right now
01:14New Orleans and the surrounding areas are feeling the impacts as Francine makes its way through this area again
01:21It's those major squalls that we are seeing the intense winds come through here Wow
01:27Jeff I will tell you it is taking my breath away
01:30But we knew that we needed to stop and do a live shot for you guys today just to show you
01:35This incredible view here from Lake Pontchartrain
01:39Really incredible stuff here Jeff
01:40We're going to continue to follow this
01:42Through the evening and into tomorrow morning to see what other effects that this storm brings here in New Orleans and the surrounding areas
01:50All right. Thank you so much for that report there. Stay safe there in Kenner, Louisiana
01:55Allie Reed there with pretty dramatic scene of that wind just leading to waves crashing into the shoreline
02:02into some of the flood protection
02:04Devices there and the flood walls and so forth and just the overwatch splashing behind her