with a storm like this the impact can take a great deal of time and of course an issue right now is we don't know the extent of the damage. a lot of people right now aren't able to communicate, power is out throughout the city, emergency lines are shut down and so we are still trying to assess exactly how bad the damage is, how many people are in danger, as are emergency managers. the headlines on bbc news: american anti—missile systems have intercepted rockets fired towards kabul airport — where the us evacuation operation is drawing to a close. the uk government seeks international support to ensure the taliban allow people to leave afghanistan — as british troops from kabul arrive back on uk soil. hurricane ida has now weakened to a tropical storm — after president biden declared a major disaster in louisiana as powerful winds and rain wiped out