feels like. as this tropical storm continues to travel over warm waters in the gulf of mexico, wind speeds have intensified. forecasters predict that, by the time it reaches land, this will be a category four hurricane. that is the second most severe on the scale. while the storm will weaken, after it makes landfall, so strong strong at the outset that it is going to be extremely powerful. president biden says plans are in place. we have pre positioned food, water and generators and other supplies in the area. mobile communication support teams are also en route. mandatory evacuation plans are in place for some parts of new orleans. mobile communication support teams are also en route. mandatory evacuation plans are in place for some parts of new orleans.
the ministry of defence says the last british plane carrying armed forces personnel and diplomats has taken off from kabul airport, ending britain s 20 year military involvement in afghanistan. a57 british service personnel lost their lives during the conflict. president biden has warned that another attack on kabul airport is highly likely this weekend. as many as 170 people including 13 us service personnel were killed in the islamic state attack on thursday. two is members died in a retaliatory drone strike by the us. the president has also said that hurricane ida which is heading towards the gulf coast of the united states is turning into a very dangerous storm . winds of around 130 miles per hour are expected when it reaches land in lousiana on sunday. the mayor of baton rouge urged residents
this is bbc news. the headlines. the ministry of defence says the last british plane carrying armed forces personnel and diplomats has taken off from kabul airport, ending britain s 20 year military involvement in afghanistan. a57 british service personnel lost their lives during the conflict. president biden has warned that another attack on kabul airport is highly likely this weekend. as many as 170 people including 13 us service personnel were killed in the islamic state attack on thursday. two is members died in a retaliatory drone strike by the us. the president has also said that hurricane ida which is heading towards the gulf coast of the united states is turning into a very dangerous storm . winds of around 130 miles per hour are expected when it reaches land in lousiana on sunday. the mayor of baton rouge urged residents food producers are warning that
width. it is a bigger storm circumference. not necessarily higher wind speeds. when spins were not that dramatic in new orleans with katrina. this is 0rleans with katrina. this is likely to have higher wind speeds and what i m fearing to is notjust the wind but the rainfall in the in then parishes. we have a slow moving storm dumping a fit of rain in areas where we have had rain for the last week so we ll have and then flooding in addition to wind damage, power outages, potential covid spread. let s get some of the day s other news italian coastguard vessels have rescued 539 migrants from a fishing boat drifting off the island of lampedusa. the rescue on saturday delivered one of the largest numbers of migrants to the italian island in a single day. women and children were among those on board. tens of thousands of people have marched in several us cities demanding the protection of voting rights. the demonstrators are seeking changes to newly introduced
widespread. communications will be disrupted and so, there are preparations being made to restore those as soon as possible. is 16 years, isn t it, tomorrow, sunday? since hurricane katrina. how do you expect it to compare to that? the events are pretty comparable. it is easy to make a comparison between hurricane katrina and hurricane ida. hurricane ida is forecast to be slightly stronger but also take a path a little bit further to the west of new orleans. there was a lot of investment in infrastructure and storm surge protector following katrina so it is hoped it will protect the residents from the storm surge associated with the storm. aha, associated with the storm. a lot was done, wasn t it, to strengthen the levees and improve their maintenance? has enough been done, though, because there is a still concern, isn t there, that could be overtop?- concern, isn t there, that could be overtop? they are designed could be overtop? they are designed to could be overtop? they are des