SecondIn extremely dangerous situations hurricane Traveling to the U.S. Gulf Coast over the weekend, the authorities warned of severe damage and flooding, especially in Louisiana. Governor John Bell Edwards urged everyone to go to a safe place no later than Saturday night (local time). The National Hurricane Center (NHC) warned that the state and the city of New Orleans will face heavy rainfall, storm surges and catastrophic winds.
As the NHC warned, Hurricane Ida is expected to make landfall in Louisiana on Sunday afternoon (local time). This is an “extremely dangerous large hurricane.”That would be exactly 16 years after the arrival of the devastating Hurricane Katrina, which caused catastrophic damage in and around New Orleans flood Caused. About 1,800 people were killed at that time.
Expect fast gusts of 200 km/h
The National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Saturday that “Ada” now brings mountain foothills with winds exceeding 155 kilometers per hour. This is equivalent to the second level of a Category 5 hurricane. The storm is expected to continue to intensify rapidly in the warm waters and hit the land of Louisiana in the United States on Sunday afternoon (local time), becoming an “extremely dangerous large hurricane.”
Then, according to forecasts, it may be a Category 4 hurricane. Such storm systems can bring wind speeds in excess of 209 kilometers per hour and usually cause “catastrophic damage.” According to the NHC, serious damage and long-term power outages are expected.
“Hurricane Ida poses a direct threat to the people of New Orleans,” Mayor Latoya Cantrell said on Friday (local time). Due to the rapid approach of the storm, there was no time to order the entire city to evacuate. Therefore, she only ordered the evacuation of the particularly endangered areas outside the flood control dam. Call on all citizens to go to sheltered places before the storm.
On Saturday, US President Joe Biden received a briefing from the Fema Civil Defense Agency about the storm and urged all citizens to arrive safely. He said that Fema has provided 500 emergency services as well as water and food supplies and generators to the area. The Coast Guard brought 18 helicopters and multiple ships into the area for rescue missions.
New Orleans is preparing for the storm surge
In addition to storm damage, flooding due to expected heavy rain and storm surges is especially dangerous for this city known as the Jazz Metropolis. New Orleans is almost completely surrounded by water-Lake Pontchartrain to the north, Lake Bogne to the east, and wetlands along the mouth of the Mississippi River to the south.
NHC warned that parts of the Louisiana coast may experience storm surges as high as four and a half meters. For Lake Borgne, it can be expected to be 3 meters, and for Lake Pontchartrain, it is 2 meters. The governor of Louisiana mobilized the National Guard and declared a state of emergency to mobilize more aid in advance.
According to local official media reports, the “Ada” caused a power outage in Cuba and the collapse of trees. Thousands of people were evacuated and public transportation in the capital Havana was suspended. “Ada” is the fourth Atlantic hurricane this season.
At the same time, in the Pacific, Hurricane Nora set a course for Mexico. Miami, the center of the US hurricane, said it has winds of up to 120 kilometers per hour and will move along the southwest coast of Mexico on Saturday. US agencies have warned that several states including Jalisco and Guerrero will experience heavy rains, flash floods and landslides. Therefore, “Nora” had previously gone from a storm to a first-degree hurricane in the Pacific region.
