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Shortages of supplies and workers to delay damage repairs in US after Hurricane Ida
The hurricane damaged or destroyed more than 22,000 power poles.
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The hurricane damaged or destroyed more than 22,000 power poles.
US President Joe Biden surveyed the damage yesterday.
Seven vehicles were involved in the accident, including a motorcycle.
Forecasters warned of damaging winds, heavy rain that could cause flash floods, and life-threatening storm surges.
Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards said Ida would be one of the most powerful storms to hit the state since the 1850s.
Zeta broke the record for the earliest 27th named Atlantic storm – set on November 29 2005.
Flooding and more tornadoes are possible as the storm moves through Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama.
Videos on social media already show the damage from the storm.
Satellite images show that Hurricane Laura is threatening to smash homes and sink entire communities.
Evacuations in the two US States were ordered, as “destructive waves” are expected, as well as up to 30cm of rain which could cause flash flooding.
The Louisiana law is virtually identical to one in Texas that the court struck down in 2016.
One of the tornadoes travelled along a path of about 100 km.
The case is seen as a test for two new judges appointed by Donald Trump.
Forecasters predict heavy rains, a potential storm surge and flooding reminiscent of 2005′s Hurricane Katrina.
Restrictions passed by a number of US States recently are expected to be blocked in lower courts and eventually appealed to the Supreme Court.
Dakota Theriot was being sought on first-degree murder and other charges.
The women’s heads were found in plastic bags in Texas and Louisiana.
Wilbert Jones was only 19 when he was sentenced to life in prison.
Forecasters say the category 1 hurricane is expected to hit the Gulf Coast of the US by this evening.
Kenneth James Gleason, from Louisiana, killed two black men last week.
The Category 4 hurricane has wreaked havoc across the gulf coast since making its landfall last Friday.
The storm is due to make landfall tomorrow morning.
Two police officers fired at Jeremy Mardis and his father during a traffic stop in November 2015.
The suit alleges that not allowing the embryos to be born is “depriving them of their inheritance”.
Jeremy Mardis was in the front passenger seat of an SUV when police opened fire on the vehicle.
Over 20,000 people and hundreds of pets have been rescued from the floods so far.
Over 7,000 people have been rescued from flood waters in south Louisiana.
An autopsy shows Alton Sterling died of multiple gunshot wounds.
Ah here. Tissues, please.
John Russell Houser killed two people, before turning his gun on himself at a cinema in Louisiana last summer.
He was found after fleeing the scene.
The two officers are facing murder charges after a boy was shot to death in the front seat of his father’s car.
“[The body camera footage] is the most disturbing thing I’ve seen.”
Retrace every step of the Storm of the Century.
Nine people were also injured in the shooting.
Don’t you dare mess with a ‘gator.
Luckily nobody was killed in the accident.
The 64-year-old was freed following new information which showed he was not present at the murder he was accused of.
Give or take a few strings of beads.