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21st-century storms are overwhelming 20th-century cities

Enlarge / Cars sit abandoned on the flooded Major Deegan Expressway in the Bronx following a night of heavy wind and rain from the remnants of Hurricane Ida on September 02, 2021, in New York City. (credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images ) In just a few hours on Wednesday night, between 6 and 10 inches of […]

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Husband Attacked & ‘Apparently Killed’ By Alligator In Front Of His Wife In Hurricane Ida Floodwaters

[Warning: Potentially Triggering Content] The dangers don’t end when the storm is over. A Louisiana couple was hit with that harsh truth when a wife had to watch her husband get attacked by an alligator in the floodwaters of Hurricane Ida. According to reports, the 71-year-old man had waded into just four feet of water […]

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Not enough backup power: AT&T and T-Mobile suffer big outages in Louisiana

Enlarge / LaPlace, Louisiana: Jacqueline Smith waits with her mother Lucille Matthew for transportation after they were rescued from their flooded neighborhood in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida on August 30, 2021. (credit: Getty Images | Scott Olson) AT& T today said that only 60 percent of its network within Louisiana is working as Hurricane […]

Entertainment Health

‘Screw You!’ Al Roker EXPLODES At Viewers Who Say He’s ‘Too Old’ To Cover Hurricane Ida!

Today Show mainstay Al Roker is sending a big F U to fans that think he’s “too old” to be covering a hurricane! On Sunday, daytime TV viewers were shocked to see the 67-year-old get slammed by intense waves in the eye of a very scary storm while he reported live from Lake Pontchartrain in […]

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Hurricane Ida slammed into Louisiana and then didn’t really weaken. Why?

Enlarge / Storm Ida had a distinct eye as it approached the Louisiana coast on Sunday morning. (credit: NOAA) Typhoon Ida roared into the southern US state of Louisiana on Sunday at 11: 55 am local time (16: 55 UTC) with sustained winds of 150 mph. The storm’s distinct vision moved into the state’s southernmost […]