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GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — Hurricane Ida, which slammed into the US Gulf Coast at the weekend, could become the costliest weather disaster on record, the UN said Wednesday, hailing though that prevention measures had dramatically limited casualties. Louisiana and Mississippi are still taking stock of the disaster inflicted by the powerful Category 4 storm that hit exactly 16 years after Hurricane Katrina made landfall and devastated the area. Ida is known to have killed […]
Powerful Hurricane Ida battered the southern US state of Louisiana, leaving at least one dead and knocking out power for more than a million people, including the whole of New Orleans. Ida slammed into the Louisiana coast as a Category 4 storm on Sunday, 16 years to the day after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, but had weakened to a tropical storm early Monday. The storm knocked out power for all of New Orleans, with […]
Hurricane Ida was upgraded to a Category Four storm, the US National Hurricane Center said Sunday, staying on course to hit New Orleans with sustained winds of 130 miles per hour (209 kilometers per hour). Sunday, when Ida is due to make landfall, marks 16 years since Katrina, the devastating hurricane that flooded 80 percent of New Orleans, left 1,800 people dead, and caused billions of dollars in damage. “Major Hurricane Ida continues to strengthen… […]
Rain didn’t stop Hollywood stars from attending the star-studded Oscars Awards yesterday at the Dolby Theater. The 87th Academy Awards was hosted by Tony Award veteran Neil Partick Harris, who later performed a spoof on “Birdman” in his underwear. The highest recognition was awarded to “Birdman”, which won best picture and best original screenplay and best in cinematography. Birdman is a film directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, who was also awarded best director. Eddie Redmayne […]
