Louisiana communities beginning the huge task of clearing debris and repairing the damage inflicted by Hurricane Ida are facing the dispiriting prospect of weeks without electricity in the oppressive, late-summer heat.
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Faced with tough questions about leaving Afghanistan, including Americans left behind, President Joe Biden planned to address the nation Tuesday about the way forward after 20 years of U.S. war.
The Caldor Fire was 3 miles outside of South Lake Tahoe on Tuesday, officials said. The National Weather Service warned that weather conditions Wednesday would include wind gusts up to 30 mph.
Rescuers set out to reach people trapped by floodwaters, and utility repair crews rushed in after Hurricane Ida swamped the Louisiana coast and ravaged the electrical grid in the late-summer heat.
By nightfall, all residents on the California side of the Lake Tahoe Basin were warned to evacuate the region.
Nevada Task Force 1 Urban Search Rescue team will offer assistance in response to Hurricane Ida.
One of the most powerful storms to ever hit the U.S., Ida was downgraded late Sunday to a Category 1 hurricane, but was heading toward Mississippi, more states.
Rockets struck a neighborhood the Kabul airport on Monday amid the ongoing U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. It wasn’t immediately clear who launched them.
The Pentagon said the remaining contingent of U.S. forces at the airport, now numbering fewer than 4,000, had begun its final withdrawal.
Hurricane Ida headed for potentially devastating landfall on the Louisiana coast Sunday, while officials grappled with opening shelters for evacuees despite spreading of the coronavirus.