President Joe Biden has warned that Ida is a ’devastating hurricane – a life threatening storm’ as
Public Group active 3 years, 1 month agoPresident Joe Biden has warned that Ida is a ‘devastating hurricane – a life threatening storm’ as one of the most powerful weather systems to ever reach the mainland United States swept in to the Gulf Coast on Sunday. Biden spoke hours after Ida made landfall on the Louisiana coast as a Category 4 hurricane, bringing with it 150mph winds, storm surges of up to 16 feet, and flash floods across a widespread area.
More than 500,000 residents were left without power as of Sunday evening.The National Weather Service said that the storm weakened to a Category 3 hurricane at around 7pm EST on Sunday, with maximum sustained winds at 125mph. The NWS office in New Orleans says that a levee was overrun by rainfall and storm surge on the east bank of Plaquemines Parish between the Parish line and White Ditch. ‘If you are in the Braithwaite area…SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW!’ In Lafourche Parish, officials said their 911 line and the phone lines that service the Parish Sheriff Office have been knocked down as a result of the storm.
Local residents who are stranded in the Parish are advised to call 985-772-4810 or 985-772-4824.A generator in the intensive care unit of Thibodaux Regional Health System in Lafourche Parish failed, forcing hospital staff to bag and transport patients on life support to another wing of the f
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In a press conference Sunday, President Joe Biden commented on Hurricane Ida, saying he’s ‘ready to surge all the response capacity capability that we have to deal with whatever comes next.’ The images above of the inner wall of the hurricane were taken from cell phone footage filmed by someone who did not evacuate Golden Meadow, Louisiana on SundayKatrina was blamed for 1,800 deaths and caused levee breaches and catastrophic flooding in New Orleans, which took years to recover. The governor of Louisiana says that the newly installed levees which were put in place at a cost of billions of dollars will hold in place. RELATED ARTICLES
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‘I have requested a Presidential Major Disaster Declaration from President Biden due to the severe impact of Hurricane Ida,’ Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards announced on Sunday after the storm made landfall.’This declaration will help us better respond to Ida so we can begin getting additional aid and assistance to our people.’ more videos
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‹ Slide me › The images above show the extent of the flooding that engulfed Fire Station #12 in Delacroix within a one-hour time span ‹ Slide me › The heavy rains pounded the area just before 10:30am local time on Sunday ‹ Slide me › The street was inundated with flood waters as the hurricane made landfall along the Gulf Coast on Sunday ‹ Slide me › The images above were taken by surveillance cameras on Grand Isle Marina.
The flood waters accumulated within a three-hour time span ‹ Slide me › Ida hit on the same date Hurricane Katrina ravaged Louisiana and Mississippi 16 years earlier, coming ashore about 45 miles west of where Category 3 Katrina first struck land.
The images above were taken by cameras attached to Fire Station #12 in Delacroix ‹ Slide me › An estimated 410,000 homes have so-far been left without power.
There have not been any reports of injuries or deaths, although some of those ordered to evacuate have vowed to stay home and take their chances ‹ Slide me › Ida made landfall in Port Fouchon on the Louisiana coast at 11:55am EST on Sunday, as an ‘extremely dangerous’ Category 4 hurricane more videos
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The governor said: ‘Hurricane Ida is one of the strongest storms to ever hit Louisiana. ‘It is our goal to assist our local agencies and the citizens of the state as quickly as possible, and we have pre-positioned search and rescue teams, boats and other assets to begin helping people as soon as it is safe.”This major disaster declaration will help Louisiana better respond to this crisis and protect the health and safety of our people, and I hope the White House will act quickly so we can begin getting additional aid and assistance to our people,’ the governor added. Earlier on Sunday, Edwards told reporters at a news briefing: ‘This is one of the strongest storms to make landfall here in modern times.’ The state ‘has never been more prepared,’ he said, predicting that no levees in the Hurricane & Storm Damage Risk Reduction System protecting the greater New Orleans area would be overtopped. more videos
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Two boats appeared to collide on the waters off St.
Rose, Louisiana, as Hurricane Ida whipped up fierce winds on Sunday ‘Will it be tested?
Yes. But it was built for this moment,’ he said. Edwards said some levees in the state’s southeast not built by the federal government were predicted to overtop. The rising ocean swamped the barrier island of Grand Isle as landfall came just to the west at Port Fourchon. Ida made a second landfall about two hours later near Galliano. The hurricane was churning through the far southern Louisiana wetlands, with the more than 2 million people living in and around New Orleans and Baton Rouge up next. The force of the storm made the Mississippi River flow backwards due to due sheer strength of the winds pushing against the water at the river’s mouth.Speaking hours after Ida hit Sunday, Biden said: ‘I’ve been in touch with the governors of Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana and my team at the White House has been in touch with other state and local federal officials in the region, and they know they’ll be the full resources and support of the federal government. ‘So I want to emphasize again, this is going to be a devastating hurricane – a life-threatening storm.
So please all you folks in Louisiana and Mississippi and God knows, maybe even further East, take The image above shows Hurricane Ida striking the coast of lower Louisiana east of New Orleans on Sunday A person crosses a street in New Orleans as the city felt some hurricane-force winds generated by Ida on Sunday A group of people walk through the French District during Hurricane Ida on Sunday Kandaysha Harris wipes her face before continuing traveling through inclement weather generated by Hurricane Ida on Sunday New Orleans and the parishes surrounding the city have been placed under a flash flood warning as of Sunday evening The image above shows rain battering downtown New Orleans after Hurricane Ida made landfall 100 miles away in Port Fourchon on Sunday A section of a building’s roof is seen after being blown off during rain and winds in the French Quarter of New Orleans on Sunday The National Weather Service announced flash flood warnings for New Orleans and surrounding parishes on Sunday As of Sunday evening, there were at least 530,000 Louisiana residents who were without power – the vast majority of them in the areas closest to the hurricane Its windspeed sat just 7mph short of a category five hurricane, with the weather event predicted to be one of the most severe ever to hit the southern state. The hurricane’s eye is 17 miles in diameter, with the extreme weather event also set to bring flash floods, thunder, lightning, storm surges and tornados to areas in or close to its path. Palm trees trembled as rain blasted in sideways through New Orleans on Sunday, where retired 68-year-old Robert Ruffin had evacuated with his family to a downtown hotel from their home in the city’s east. ‘I thought it was safer,’ he said.
‘It’s double trouble this time because of COVID.’Hours later, howling winds sucked out windows on the hotel’s third floor, and blue curtains were seen fluttering outside. Wind gusts of up to 180mph are expected close to shore, with the National Hurricane Service warning of ‘catastrophic damage’ to anything in their path. The NHC also warned of potentially catastrophic wind damage and up to two feet of rainfall in some areas. The roof was ripped off a building in New Orleans’ famous French Quarter by Hurricane Ida on Sunday afternoon Firefighters use a wet vaccum to soak up water leaking into a firestation as hurricane Ida passes in Bourg, Louisiana on August 29, 2021 A woman walks her dog in the French Quarter during Hurricane Ida on August 29, 2021 in New Orleans, Louisiana A truck sits submerged in Bay St Louis, Mississippi, after being abandoned by its driver because of storm surges caused by Ida A worker rides a bicycle to deliver food in the French Quarter during Hurricane Ida on August 29, 2021 in New Orleans, Louisiana Utility workers play in the wind from Hurricane Ida as they wait for the storm to pass to begin repairs on August 29, 2021 in New Orleans, LouisianaResidents who have no interior rooms in their home were told to move to a closet or bathroom for protection, with the governor warning it could take 72 hours for emergency responders to arrive.Some parishes imposed curfews beginning Sunday evening, forbidding people from going outside.’We’re as prepared as we can be, but we’re worried about those levees,’ said Kirk Lepine, president of Plaquemines Parish on the state’s Gulf Coast.Plaquemines, one of the most vulnerable parishes, is home to 23,000 people along the Mississippi delta.Lepine feared water topping levees along Highway 23.’That’s our one road in and out,’ he said. Ida is also forecast to bring ‘extremely life-threatening’ storm surges of up to 16 feet of water, with the region stretching from Burns Point in Louisiana to Ocean Springs, Mississippi, most at risk of inundation. New Orleans is not forecast to see high surges, amid worries flood water could overcome the city’s levees and other flood defenses, which were bolstered in the wake of Katrina. ‘Everyone who cares about New Orleans is worried,’ said Andy Horowitz, a history professor who wrote Katrina: A History, 1915-2015. Horowitz fled to Alabama with his family from their home near New Orleans’ French Quarter.Some $14billion was spent strengthening levees after Katrina, but that may still be insufficient in the face of climate change, he said. As a result of the storm, the Mississippi River is flowing in reverse in southeastern Louisiana as Ida pushes immense amounts of sea water ashore, according to flood-control authorities. The Big Easy has been warned to expect between 15 and 20 inches of rainfall.
Forecasters fear such a downpour could cause widespread flash floods, as the city’s pumping system struggles to cope. On Sunday, Edwards said he expects Ida to be ‘a big challenge for us.’ While speaking with CNN’s Jake Tapper on ‘State of the Union,’ Edwards said Louisiana ‘is as ready as we can be,’ but he expects Ida to be ‘a very serious test of our levy systems, especially in our coastal Louisiana.’ A foolhardy utility worker braves a sea wall to take some snaps in Bay St Louis, Mississippi, despite warnings of storm surges of up to 16 feet A man takes a selfie on the shore of Lake Pontchartrain in New Orleans on Sunday as Hurricane Ida hit the area Waves crash against the New Canal Lighthouse on Lake Pontachartrain, amid warnings of storm surges of up to 16 feet A truck makes its way through Bourg, Louisiana, on Sunday, with Ida’s winds whipping the trees behind it ‘This is not the kind of storm that we normally get,’ Edwards told Associated Press. ‘This is going to be much stronger than we usually see and, quite frankly, if you had to draw up the worst possible path for a hurricane in Louisiana, it would be something very, very close to what we’re seeing.’After the failure of Katrina in 2005, the state invested in shoring up the levy system.
The governor said Ida ‘will be the most severe test,’ but he expects the levees to hold. ‘The next 24, 36 hours are just going to be very, very critical for us here in,’ Edwards said. In addition, Edwards compared Ida to be similar in strength to 2020’s Hurricane Laura at landfall. Laura had been Louisiana’s strongest-measured hurricane since 1856.’Your window of time is closing.
It is rapidly closing. By the time you go to bed tonight, you need to be where you intend to ride this storm out and you need to be as prepared as you can be,’ said Edwards. The number of Louisiana National Guardsmen in place was around 400, and will rise to around 5,000 in the coming days, Edwards said. Edwards added that 10,000 electrical linemen were also stationed around Louisiana, with another 10,000 contracted on a needed basis.Officials had ordered widespread evacuations of low-lying and coastal areas, jamming highways and leading some gasoline stations to run dry as residents and vacationers fled, wowgoldone.com although Edwards said it was impossible to evacuate patients from hospitals. Louisiana hospitals were treating some 2,450 COVID-19 patients after a surge in infections, Edwards said, with many in some of the state’s parishes already nearing capacity. more videos
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The sky is seen darkening over Lake Pontchartrain in Mandeville, Louisiana, on Sunday morning as Ida approaches the coast of the state A foolhardy walker checks out the rough waters caused by Ida in Gulfport, Mississippi, on Sunday Two women walk past a boarded-up business in New Orleans on Sunday, with locals warned to stay inside until Ida passes A man was seen checking his phone in Gulfport, Mississippi, on Sunday as Ida began to barrel in, with the storm set to be the worst on record to hit Louisiana Route 90 in Gulfport, Mississippi, saw roads flooded by Ida, with the Category 4 hurricane set to bring flash floods and storm surges of up to 15 feet When speaking to Wolf Blitzer, Dr.
Katherine O’Neal, chief medical officer or Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in Baton Rouge, said her hospital is ready to sustain Ida, but will be stretched thin due to a spike in Covid-19 patients. ‘This hospital is ready to sustain quite a bit of damage, ready to sustain quite a bit of power outages.
We’re talking about rationing supplies, getting ready for days of having our team here, but we have the ability to do that,’ O’Neal said. What the hospital is lacking is space, in addition to health care workers because of Covid. ‘We have 619 people in-house today.
We have 157 Covid patients, which is just unbelievable and still higher than we’ve ever seen in this pandemic before,’ O’Neal said. The storm will travel upwards through midweek, with a local flash flood threat penetrating inland into Tennessee Valley, Ohio Valley, Central Appalachians and mid-Atlantic. A few rotating cells in Ida’s rainbands may generate tornadoes from southeast Louisiana into southern Mississippi, southern Alabama and the Florida Panhandle Sunday into Monday. This threat might spread as far north and east as the Tennessee Valley and northern Georgia Monday into Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service. Jefferson Parish, which sits close to New Orleans, is said to be particularly vulnerable to a breach. The sky over New Orleans grew dark on Sunday morning, with the city’s I-10 freeway largely deserted as locals prepared for Ida A satellite photo taken from the International Space Station shows just how large Ida is as it sits off the coast of the US An astonishing satellite image showed lighting bolts flashing amid Storm Ida as it moved towards the Louisiana coast Leeville in Louisiana is pictured starting to flood as Ida rolled in on Sunday morning Hurricane expert Eric Blake tweeted Sunday that the strength of Ida has made him ‘sick to his stomach’ This would be the first time the newly-upgraded defenses have been breached since they were strengthened in the wake of Katrina. On Sunday, longtime NBC weatherman Al Roker, headed straight into the storm, making certain viewers got a firsthand look at the category 4 hurricane and what it was doing along the banks of Louisiana. Judging from Roker’s report of the storm, things are escalating quickly. During Sunday’s report, the 67-year-old weatherman was plummeted by waves as the storm surged upwards of 15-16 feet in New Orleans. On Sunday morning New Orleans – which is set to be hit by the full force of the storm – saw its 911 service go down, with locals urged to call a far longer number instead, although service has since been restored. It is currently around 50 miles off the Louisiana coast, and is expected to make landfall later on Sunday. In addition, a tornado warning is in effect for southeast Mobile county and Grand Bay in Pointe Coupee Parish, with twisters a common occurrence at the outer edges of hurricanes as the make landfall. Evacuations have begun amid warnings of storm surges of up to 15 feet, with Jefferson Parish President Cynthia Lee Sheng saying of the predicted inundation: ‘I want to reiterate, the storm surge that we are expecting is unsurvivable.’ Hurricane expert Eric Blake also tweeted his horror at the weather event, writing: ‘I feel sick to my stomach watching this #hurricane.
#Ida ‘s eye is clearing out, and the rapid intensification continues. At this point be ready for the one of the strongest to ever make landfall in #Louisiana. This is a very sobering morning… godspeed.’ According to the National Hurricane Center, Ida sustained winds of 150 mph, just 60 miles south of the mouth of the Mississippi River, continuing its way toward Louisiana and the Gulf of Mexico. It would take merely 7 mph for Ida to transition into Category 5 storm, the NHC said, the strongest category.
If Ida does become a cat 5 hurricane, it will be the first on record to have made landfall in Louisiana. With Hurricane Ida intensifying over the Gulf of Mexico Saturday and barreling towards the Gulf Coast, thousands of fleeing residents clogged highways as they raced inland, and the New Orleans airport cancelled all of Sunday’s inbound and departing flights. A car sits parked on a levee close to New Orleans, amid fears the flood defenses could be overcome by Hurricane Ida <div class="art-ins mol-factbox floatRHS news" data-version="2" id="mol-8c409d50-08f4-11ec-9144-b5fff4efafc6" website Hurricane Ida could BREACH levees on 16th anniversary of Katrina
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