And the worst could be yet to come. Rolling tornado warnings. Highways under Water And Storm surges that could reach more than ten feet. All of this danger 16 years to the day after Hurricane Catrin arrived on louisianas shores. Cnn is on the scene across the gulf coast. Lets start with Brian Todd in New Orleans, a city all too familiar with hurricane devastation. We can see the winds are picking up. A short time ago, Emergency Services were suspended there. What can you tell us . Jim, the intensity has really picked up in the last hour since i last spoke to you. You can see some debris flying down The Street here in the french quarter. Debris everywhere as the winds have really intensified. Take a look down The Street. See some of this debris. Im going to pivot this way and our Photo Journalist is going to take you through this. Look at this collapsed roof. It came down across this intersection. Insulation and all of this stuff, it was a very violent crash just before we got on the sc
Newsroom. Im Jim Acosta In Washington for standing by for the Louisiana Governor set to give an update as Hurricane Ida barrels toward the gulf coast. The storm is projected to reach category 4 strength is expected to Pummel Louisiana tomorrow, the 16th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. The national Weather Service urgently warning residents to complete preelparations today, adding, quote, some places are uninhabitable for weeks or months. Storm surge of 0 to 15 feet is expected along with winds as strong as 150 miles an hour. Mayor of New Orleans says if youre going to evacuate, now is the time to leave. Evacuation orders are in effect across the state. As you can see right there, look at this video. Highways in New Orleans look more like Parking Lots as people try to evacuate. Were tracking this hurricane from all angles. Cnns Derek Van Damme and nadia is on the ground. Tom, whats the latest forecast . This thing is strengthening, No Doubt about it . No doubt about it, jim. What weve
Opened fire on the crowd. And overnight the official Death Toll rose to more than 90 people with at least 150 wounded including families with small children. The islamic State Isisk claiming responsibility for the attack and a short time later President Biden addressed the nation. To those who carried out this at attack, as well as anyone who wishes america harm, know this, we will not forgive. We will not forget. We will hunt you down and make you pay. The president says that he has ordered plans to strike isisk targets. Meantime the pentagon calls the threat of more isis attacks eminent and yet even now people in Kabul Gathering outside the Airport Gate all of this of course further complicating the last stages of the u. S. Evacuation and final withdraw from afghanistan after 20 years of conflict. International Security Editor Nick Paton Walsh is live for us in doha. Youve been reporting for days on the isisk threat. Were hearing this is still an imminent threat here. Reporter obviou
Im Kate Bolduan in for erin burnett. A race against time. Six days left, up to 1500 americans are still on the ground in afghanistan according to the Secretary Of State tony blinken. As administration offered for the first time any concrete numbers of americans left to evacuate, blinken said the u. S. Does not know if all of them are looking to leave or are even still in afghanistan. These are dynamic calculations that we are working hour by hour to refine for accuracy. Blinken also saying at least 4500 americans have been evacuated so far. More than 500 in the last day alone. But those evacuations in kabul growing more dangerous by the day as cnn learns an Isis Affiliate wants to create mayhem at the Airport And Planning to carry out multiple Terror Attacks there. Thats according to a u. S. Defense official who also tells our Jim Sciutto the Concerns Increase because of Quote A very specific Threat Stream from isisk. Adding to those concerns, members of isisk escaped two prisons in ka
The State Department has contacted all the americans registered in afghanistan now and instructed them to report to designated locations for evacuation. Those evacuations have surged in the last few days. At least 70,000 total since august 14th. But the president has asked the military to be ready with contingency options to adjust the Time Table for final departure if necessary. Still mr. Biden issed a Today Mo that it is time to heave. The sooner we can finish the Better. Each day of operations brings added risk to our troops. Every day were on the ground is another day we know that Isis K is seeking to target the Airport And Attack both u. S. And allied forces and innocent civilians. While the military races to get everyone out, two members of congress made their way in. Democrat Seth Moulton and Republican Peter Meyer both military vets said they flew to kabul to conduct oversight of Evacuation Efforts but they did not give advanced notice to House Leadership or the Defense Departm