Intense conditions from Francine arrive in New Orleans hours after landfall

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