Cleanup efforts in the wake of Hurricane Ida are held up by power outages and shortages of gas and drinking water. We hear from survivors. Despite the damage, why are some grateful? Now that the U.S. troops have withdrawn, will people flee Afghanistan for years to come? We hear from scholars who make predictions based…
Ida’s Sweltering Aftermath: No Power, No Water, No Gasoline
NEW ORLEANS—Hundreds of thousands of Louisianans sweltered in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida on Tuesday with no electricity, no tap water, precious little gasoline, and no clear idea of when things might improve. Long lines that wrapped around the block formed at the few gas stations that had fuel and generator power to pump it….
Hurricane Ida Leaves Indelible Mark in Louisiana
The one thing Debbie Russel of LaPlace, Louisiana, remembers about Hurricane Ida is the wind—“It was unreal.” “The wind was so strong,” she said. “We just got in the hall and prayed. I had my hands over my ears—the wind.” With gusts blasting in at 150 miles per hour, the Category 4 storm made landfall…
NTD Business Full Broadcast (Aug. 31)
Consumer confidence plummeting to its lowest level in 6 months. We look at what that means for the economy. We might see fuel prices go up even more soon. Ida forced oil production to shut down, and experts say you should expect price fluctuations heading into the labor day weekend. And South Korea passes a…
Biden Talks With Louisiana Governor After Ida Strikes State
President Joe Biden on Monday spoke with Louisiana’s governor after Ida, a major hurricane, pummeled the state. “I know you’re busy as the devil. I know you got a lot to manage in your states. But the fact is that, I want to hear from you, we both want to hear from you,” Biden told…
Ida: Exclamation Point on Record Onslaught of US Landfalls
In the past two years, hurricanes have been brewing, strengthening, and hitting the United States at a record pace, and Ida will likely go down as one of the nastiest of a dangerous bunch. While not quite record-setting, Ida is among some of the strongest and fastest intensifying storms in more than 150 years of…
Explainer: Ida Similar to Katrina, but Stronger, Smaller
Hurricane Ida is looking eerily like a dangerous and perhaps scarier sequel to 2005’s Hurricane Katrina, the costliest storm in American history. But there’s a few still-to-come twists that could make Ida nastier in some ways, but not quite as horrific in others. “The main story with Katrina was storm surge damage, and over a…
Intensifying Category 4 Hurricane Ida to Hit Louisiana on Sunday
NEW ORLEANS—Hurricane Ida rapidly grew in strength early Sunday, becoming a dangerous Category 4 hurricane just hours before hitting the Louisiana coast while emergency officials in the region grappled with opening shelters for displaced evacuees despite the risks of spreading the coronavirus. As Ida moved through some of the warmest ocean water in the world…
Ida Could Be Devastating Cat 3 Hurricane Near New Orleans
BATON ROUGE, La.—Tropical Storm Ida swirled toward a strike on Cuba on Friday showing hallmarks of a rare, rapidly intensifying storm that could speed across warm Gulf waters and slam into Louisiana as a Category 3 hurricane on Sunday, the National Hurricane Center warned. “The forecast track has it headed straight towards New Orleans. Not…
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