12/28/2023 0 Comments Hurricane aftermath louisiana![]() My administration will continue to work diligently with state, federal, tribal, and local partners in preparation and response to this severe weather event,” Lombardo said in an announcement. “Today, I am declaring a state of emergency due to the imminent impact of Hurricane Hilary across the state. In Nevada, Governor Joe Lombardo declared a state of emergency as the state prepares for Hilary’s downpour and flooding. ![]() The Associated Press reports mud spilling on to highways, water overwhelming drainage systems and tree branches falling in places from San Diego to Los Angeles. Videos posted online showed streets in Las Vegas, Nevada, and Coachella, California, being flooded as cars struggle to navigate the roads. “Move immediately to higher ground quickly move away from the burn scar area,” the NWS warned. The National Weather Service in Los Angeles has announced that a flash flood warning is in place for Los Angeles, Long Beach and Glendale until 7.45pm today. ![]() Volunteers and members of the Long Beach fire department fill sandbags at Belmont Shore beach in Long Beach, California, on Sunday. It would be the first tropical storm to make landfall in the south of the state in 84 years, extending a summer of extreme weather that experts are tying to the climate crisis. “Hurricane Hilary is going to be a serious impact and threat to southern California.” ![]() “People need to take the storm seriously, they need to listen to their local officials, and they need to make sure that they’re not putting themselves in harm’s way as the storm passes through,” Deanne Criswell, administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema), told CNN’s State of the Union. Experts predicted life-threatening floods and landslides, while some desert regions could receive two to three years’ worth of rain in three days. In Texas, a utility company said it could take up to a week to restore power to customers along the state’s southeastern border.ĬNN’s Rebekah Riess, Hollie SIlverman, Melissa Alonso, Haley Brink, Michael Guy, Kay Jones, Gene Norman, Ray Sanchez, Alta Spells and Joe Sutton contributed to this report.Despite weakening to tropical storm, the storm was still packing winds of 80mph as it approached the south-western US, with “catastrophic” flooding expected to follow landfall.Įvacuations were under way in many areas, including Baja California and in the mountains and foothills of San Bernardino county, in California. More than 9,000 people are still in shelters in the state, Edwards said, but the vast majority – 8,230 – are evacuees from Hurricane Laura. There’s a lot of homes that were damaged from Laura, and now it’s just adding insult to injury,” the governor said Saturday. “Already we’re picking up the pieces, but we have quite a road ahead of us. Highways out of Lake Charles were packed as people fled Delta, and about 7,000 residents were still displaced from Laura when Delta hit, he said. The city of 78,000 is still recovering from Laura’s 150-mph winds in August and now must deal with the double whammy of wind and flood damage, the mayor said, adding that Delta forced more residents to evacuate than did Laura. Lake Charles, which faced the brunt of Hurricane Laura’s destruction, saw significant flooding after Delta passed through, and Delta’s flooding surpassed Laura’s, Mayor Nic Hunter said. Danielle Fontenot runs to a relative's home in the rain with her son Hunter ahead of Hurricane Delta, Friday, Oct.
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