Right now. Announcer katrina, 10 years later. This is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Reporting tonight from new orleans. Good evening. Exactly 10 years ago the streets behind me were virtually empty. Landfall of Hurricane Katrina was just over 12 hours away. A monster storm that would slam the gulf coast and knock this city to its knees. We will look back at katrina a bit later in this newscast. But its another storm named erika that we want to lead off with tonight. Right now hitting the Dominican Republic with high winds and heavy rain and beating a path toward florida, which is under a state of emergency at this hour. Tropical storm erika has already killed at least 12 people in the caribbean before barreling into puerto rico. Nbcs Janet Shamlian is in san juan. She starts us off tonight. Reporter devastation on the tiny island of dominica. 12 dead, as many as 20 missing after more than a fooft rain from Tropical Storm erika triggered 34udslides and flooding. Turning roads into
Path of the storm brings it over the dominican republic, haiti. It may start to shred because of the high mountains there. If it goes over cuba, it gets even more danger as far as its not being able to survive. Its then out into the atlantic, comes on shore sometime monday afternoon as a weak tropical storm, and then continues on up into the southeast. But again, lester, we still have to watch it. It still could intensify. So people arent out of the danger zone yet to the southeast. Al roker. Thanks very much. Now we turn to the crisis exploding overseas. Enormous waves of migrants, many of them refugees from wartorn nations, fleeing en masse to europe. But the journey is long and perilous with thousands dying along the way to what they hope will be a better life. Ron allen is following the story for us tonight from calais, france. Reporter today the bodies of desperate migrants washing up on shore who drowned in search of a better life. At least 2,500 already lost at sea this year. Th
Instead of an effective response, what we have witnessed, i believe these past few months from various agency has been confusing and at times contradictory plans. For example, the cdcs guidance to hospitals has been a moving target. This uncertainty may have exposed Health Care Professionals to unnecessary risks. The administration also has sent mixed messages on the issue of quarantine. While the president has discouraged straight quarantine rules, defense secretary hagel has prudently put in place a 21day mandatory quarantine for troops returning from west africa. In addition, the administration did not call for enhanced airport screenings for travelers entering the u. S. From west africa until months after the epidemic became severe. It still remains to be seen whether these cursory screenings will be effective. Not surprisingly, americans have been frustrated by the lack of clarity and coordination within their government. Even though the president has named a socalled ebola czar t
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Service uniform that he was wearing when he landed that gyrocopter on the west front lawn of the capitol. He will be back in court for another hearing next month. Reporting live at Federal District Court Suzanne kennedy abc 7 news. Larry thanks for that. Stay with abc 7 and wjla. Com for updates on this gyrocopter incident and the investigation. Alison lets go ahead and turn to the weather now. Really nice day out but once again, changes are in the forecast. Larry just the way it is. Doug hill is in the abc 7 storm watch Weather Center. Rain is on the way. Doug its on the way. Clouds are starting to roll in. Lets give a look at temperatures around the area. 71 at Reagan National. You can see a little bit of blue skies still but a fair amount of cloudiness moving in from the west and southwest. A little band of rain weve been watching all afternoon long here in the Weather Center continues to move to the east and northeast. Heavy little shower now just north of winchester. And a few mor