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New Orleans Mayor Warns Residents To Brace For Hurricane Ida
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Aug 28, 20211:11Now Playing“Time is not on our side, Mayor LaToya Cantrell of New Orleans said in anticipation of Hurricane Ida which is expected to hit 130 miles (209 kilometers) per hour as it hurls towards the U.S. Gulf Coast.
Hurricane Ida gained power Saturday as it crossed the Gulf of Mexico on its way to smashing into Louisiana, with New Orleans and the coast braced for destruction.
After crossing Cuba, Ida’s winds grew to 105 miles (169 kilometers) per hour, and are expected to reach 130 mph as the storm strikes the U.S. coast late Sunday or early Monday. Ocean levels could increase as much as 15 feet (4.5 meters) in some places. Ida looks set to undergo explosive growth overnight.
“We are beginning to see the rapid intensification of the storm,” Deanne Criswell, administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, told President Joe Biden at a briefing at the White House.
The city of New Orleans is asking residents to evacuate or shelter in place, and suspending the mass transit system. The levee gates will close in many areas, hospital wards in the region are being cleared out, oil refineries and offshore production are shutting down, and thousands of residents are fleeing for their lives. Ida will probably hit New Orleans on the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, one of the most devastating natural disasters in U.S. history.
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