It came onshore last night as a category 4 storm with 150mileperhour winds which would make it the strongest storm tied for the strongest storm ever to hit western louisiana. Its now a category 1 storm still, straight due north of where it came onshore. More than 450,000 people at last report in texas and louisiana are without power. These reports come in fairly slowly. Weve seen bucket trucks getting out there because the winds on the western side of the storm have died down enough for emergency crews to get out. There are still winds inside the storm. Hurricane force winds that are not allowing crews or Emergency Management to get out. Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards confirms the storm has killed at least one person. It was a 14yearold girl in leesville, louisiana, when a tree fell on her. Thats a major source of the damage. Water tends to be the most dangerous part of these things. But after the wind an rain, the trees fall. Thats generally what results in the Power Outages. Acc
Down at the same time, and drains are blocked instantly. Much of the coast has been hit with roads left impassable, while travellers were left stranded, and theres further disruption to come. The forecast is for more bad weather, with high winds and blizzards. Also tonight. Another victim of the coronavirus is confirmed in the uk. History in the making in ireland, as sinn fein gains huge support in the countrys general election. And im reporting live from the oscars red carpet for the 92nd Academy Awards. Good evening. Theres been widespread disruption to roads, railways and ports today, along with thousands of homes being left without electricity, after the most powerful storm so far this winter battered the uk. Storm ciara brought high winds, heavy rain and flooding, with some rivers bursting their banks. Winds in excess of 90 miles an hour led to Power Outages right across england, and parts of south wales. There are now 159 flood warnings in place, and yellow warnings for high wind
Ahead for what the jordanian government have confirmed earlier this morning in jordans local time the ministry of interior carried out the two al qaedarelated prisoners that it had in its custody. One of the individuals that was executed today was sajida al rishawi. It was one of the names that they floated around as an individual that they were willing to release for the jordanian pilot. People have been gathering and demanding revenge and the other person identified by the ministry of interior was an individual believed to be a Senior Member of al qaeda in iraq and he was also very close to the leadership of that group before it was somewhat and the jordanian government carried out the execution of days ago still. And yet why would they kill him if he was a bargaining chip for him . Well the sequence here is very important, betty. The way the sequence kind of unfolded over the past week or so since these kind of negotiations intensified was that the isis group actually released a vid
Despite that, despite 40 million, 18 trump haters including people that worked for Hillary Clinton and some of the worst human beings on earth, they got nothing. The president s blistering condemnation of mueller comes as more democrats push for his impeachment. So far, nancy pelosi still resisting. John roberts now from the north lawn. John, i should say within moments were expecting to see the president at falcon stadium. Hes giving the commencement speech. Well let you take it away with mueller. The president is running an hour late, so that will happen 1 15 or so. Certainly Robert Mueller yesterday injected new political momentum into this whole idea of whether or not the president committed any kind of obstruction in the russia investigation and giving more fuel to democrats that might want to go down the road for impeachment. Thats why the president came out swinging so hard as he was on his way out the door of the white house, saying there was no evidence of collusion between th
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