150mileperhour winds, hurricane ida made landfall as a category4 storm near port fourchon this afternoon. The storm surge has reached four to seven feet in southeast louisiana and coastal mississippi. Water has engulfed roads, homes, businesses, and marinas. Right now, ida is holding strong as an extremely dangerous category3, as it makes its way through louisiana. Nbc news is continuing to obtain dramatic video out of the gulf coast. Here is the roof being ripped off lady of the sea hospital in galliano. Stream flow on the mississippi river by bell chase, louisiana, reversed for approximately three hours on sunday, according to data from the u. S. Geological survey. In the past, the mississippi river has reversed flow locally during other hurricanes, including laura, isaac, and katrina. The eye of the storm is currently approaching baton rouge and should hit the state s capital city within the next few hours. Tonight, roughly half a million louisianians are without power. And fema is
Across the midlands towards the south east of england, could be heavy with somehow and thunder. Sunshine for northern england and the south west of england, but in a cold day, temperatures nine, 12, that sort of order. Not as windy, winds will be lighter on thursday. Some showers around on thursday. Friday does look drier, it will be a cold start, temperatures by day should be a little higher. Good evening from a very sunny holyrood were tonight, the leaders of the main parties in scotland will meet in the final debate of the scottish parliamentary campaign. The next 20 minutes or so will be building up to bbc scotland s coverage of that debate and stay with us afterwards for all of the reaction and analysis. We will be joined by our political correspondent and get the thoughts of voters and commentators to the events. First, my colleague ben brown looking at exactly how the voting system works here in scotland. In scotland, 129 seats were up for grabs in the scottish parliament, 73 of
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