Extremely dangerous category 4 hrk, 16 years to the day that Hurricane Katrina hit. Some could see Storm Surges of Up To 15 feet. The governor warns that ida will be one of the strongest storms to hit the state since at least the 1850s and the clock is stick ticking. You have a few more hours, really, to prepare, because early Tomorrow Morning were going to have weather degrade rapidly. This News Breaking just in to cnn, The Embassy has moments ago issued a Security Threats telling all u. S. Citizens in the vicinity of the Kabul Airport to leave the air immediately. This h is due to a specific and credible threat and it comes just hours after troubling new warning from biden on that front. The president saying his demanders are telling him that another Terrorist Attack in the Kabul Airport is, quote, highly likely in the next 24 to 36 hours. And as follows, the Pentagon Kirmg that two high Profile Isisk targets were killed in a Drone Strike overnight, retaliation for the attack that ki
Clogged with traffic from texas to alabama. Mississippis governor has declared a state of emergency. His state was also ravaged by katrina. The national Weather Service is underscoring the dire stakes warning that some places might be, quote, uninhabitable for weeks or months. We are covering all the angles of the approaching hurricane and the growing sense of urgency tonight. Lets begin with Meteorologist Tom Sater and the cnn weather center. How is it looking . Well, we just received the 8 00 p. M. Advisory from the national hurricane center. There are some changes, but the track doesnt change with this. Were going to get a lot more information for the 11 00 p. M. Advisory. When you look at an infrared satellite imagery, the bright colors, theyre the cold or higher cloud tops. A lot of Convective Activity around the core, as you would expect. When it really starts to circulate you know its still a breathing machine, but also on, of course, the feeder bands. Rain to jacksonville, sout
Rain trying to flow outside ward through the rivers and it s going to impede the process. the water is going to build up and the rain totals are 15, even 20 inches. it s just remarkable and tragedy that this is happening 16 years to the day that katrina hit. yes. can you talk about the similarities, maybe the differences between the two storms, but how much better the area is now, right? i m glad you brought that up. i think what katrina as well as sandy did was unvail our vul neshabilities. ida, the national hurricane center had a bead on this. where was it going? louisiana. katrina had a longer life cycle. at one point katrina got up to a category 5. it carried the water. the wind field was broader than ida, like four or five time. when it comes to landfall, if we
Xfinity xfi. so powerful, it keeps one-upping itself. can your internet do that? good evening. you re live in the cnn newsroom. i m poppy harlow in new york. we are following major developments on two fronts. first hurricane ida rapidly intensifying in the gulf, barreling towards the louisiana coast, expected to make a landfall tomorrow as an
Can your internet do that? back o to our continuing coverage of hurricane ida which is gaining strength by the hour. the governor of louisiana warns ida will be one of the strongest storms to hit anywhere in the state going back to the 1870s. the national weather service says this storm could make some places in southeast louisiana uninhabitable for weeks, even months. tom joins us. tom, what is the forecast, and also can you explain how that