We start in the us state of louisiana, which has declared a state of emergency as Tropical Storm barry approaches hurricane strength and nears landfall. New orleans is bracing itself as the storm approaches shore. The city has already seen severe rain and flooding. New Orleans City Council says it is as prepared as it can be, and has told residents to stay indoors from tonight. The bbcs sophie long joins us now from new orleans. How severe is this storm predicted to be . A state of emergency was declared he had three days ago in the state of louisiana so the message was for people to take the threat of this storm very seriously. In the past few hours, we have watched people make their preparations, families filling sandbags to stalk shore up their properties. The mayor of new orleans has urged people to stop their preparations now and go home. She said they should do that by 8pm. That time has now passed. As you see, there are still a few people out and about but not many. I am on cana
New Orleans City Council says it is as prepared as it can be, and has told residents to stay indoors from tonight. The bbcs sophie long is in new orleans and told us more about the severity of the storm. A state of emergency was declared here three days ago in the state of louisiana so the message was for people to take the threat of this storm very seriously. In the past few hours, we have watched people make their preparations, families filling sandbags to shore up their properties. The mayor of new orleans has urged people to stop their storm preparations now and go home. She said they should do that by 8pm. That time has now passed. As you can see, there are still a few people out and about, but not many. I am on canal street in the French Quarter in new orleans. This is normally a very busy street at this time. I should say that what people are really worried about here is not the wind, we have heard about wind speed and whether they will reach 7a mph which would make Tropical Sto
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The us state of lousiana has declared a state of emergency as Tropical Storm barry approaches hurricane strength and nears landfall. New orleans is bracing itself as the storm approaches shore the city has already seen severe rain and flooding. New Orleans City Council says it is as prepared as it can be, and has told residents to stay indoors. Sophie long reports. High winds lashing the louisiana coast as Tropical Storm barry approaches land. As it travelled slowly across the warm waters of the gulf of mexico, families, friends, and neighbours filled sandbags in the hope of protecting their homes. We are hopeful, you know, we have been watching the news the whole time. And they have confidence in us, that all we can do is have confidence in the system, make sure everything holds up. I feel great. Because this is bringing us together, you know. Very few things bring our community together, black and white. A state of emergency was declared days ago, and people were told to stock up on