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New Orleans is in monitoring during the night due to the potential for heavy rainfall, the National Weather Service said yesterday. The possibility of damage from winds up to 80 miles per hour is also a concern in the city when Lee drew near, he said.
Prospects flooding in New Orleans to raise the memory of Hurricane Katrina, which submerged 80 percent of the city, killing 1,500 people and causing loss of more than $ 80 billion (RM232 billion) in 2005.Part of the city lies below sea level and protected by the embankment and the flood gates
New Orleans is in monitoring during the night due to the potential for heavy rainfall, the National Weather Service said yesterday. The possibility of damage from winds up to 80 miles per hour is also a concern in the city when Lee drew near, he said.
Prospects flooding in New Orleans to raise the memory of Hurricane Katrina, which submerged 80 percent of the city, killing 1,500 people and causing loss of more than $ 80 billion (RM232 billion) in 2005.Part of the city lies below sea level and protected by the embankment and the flood gates
TOKYO: At least 17 people were killed and 43 missing after typhoon hit the northern part of Japan Taro yesterday, bringing with them heavy rains and causing landslides, state media reported.Kyodo news agency reported, authorities had issued a directive to move to about 460,000 people in western and central parts of the country.
Recording television stations showed a bridge washed away after heavy rains, while the banks of a river overflowing. Residents carry an umbrella through knee deep water in the streets in the city involved and residential areas.
Japan Meteorological Agency, said the 12 seasonal hurricane center moved slowly to the north the Sea of Japan and is now across the southern Japanese island of Shikoku and Honshu north central part of the island last night.
Because of the slow-moving typhoon affected, the agency warned that heavy rains and strong winds will continue and can cause flooding and landslides.
At least three houses buried in a landslide in Wakayama province, while a woman who saved his identity is known but not yet confirmed to have died after that.Police said the four victims were still missing, while a 14-year-old girl was rescued from the debris involved.
"At least 10 killed and 32 others missing in the affected region," said a senior police officer.
A total of seven people reported missing in the Nara area after some houses were washed away near the river, according to NHK.
Meanwhile in Louisiana, United States, New Orleans Hurricane Katrina devastated six years ago, is facing a new threat on Tuesday with the arrival of Tropical Storm Lee, bringing heavy rains to face the challenge once the city's flood.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center reported that Hurricane Lee expected to bring rain to 51 centimeters to the southeast Louisiana within the next few days, including in New Orleans.
Huge waves that brought the storm could cause flooding in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama before sweeping south-east region next week.
Slow-moving storm that weather forecasters confusing. Lee Wind weakened last night north towards the Louisiana coast at a speed of three miles an hour after the blow gently for a few hours in the afternoon.
Late yesterday, the center is located off the coast of Lee Louisiana about 137 miles west southwest of Morgan City, with maximum winds of 80 kilometers per hour, the hurricane center said. Wind is expected to remain at a speed of 119 kilometers per hour as the storm was ready to hit the coast, the possibility of midnight last night.
New Orleans causeway system pumps about 20 centimeters of rain so far, the report was first detected in flooded roads and homes.
"We still face the risk. This storm moved slowly but still hazardous, "said Mayor Mitch Landrieu in a
Recording television stations showed a bridge washed away after heavy rains, while the banks of a river overflowing. Residents carry an umbrella through knee deep water in the streets in the city involved and residential areas.
Japan Meteorological Agency, said the 12 seasonal hurricane center moved slowly to the north the Sea of Japan and is now across the southern Japanese island of Shikoku and Honshu north central part of the island last night.
Because of the slow-moving typhoon affected, the agency warned that heavy rains and strong winds will continue and can cause flooding and landslides.
At least three houses buried in a landslide in Wakayama province, while a woman who saved his identity is known but not yet confirmed to have died after that.Police said the four victims were still missing, while a 14-year-old girl was rescued from the debris involved.
"At least 10 killed and 32 others missing in the affected region," said a senior police officer.
A total of seven people reported missing in the Nara area after some houses were washed away near the river, according to NHK.
Meanwhile in Louisiana, United States, New Orleans Hurricane Katrina devastated six years ago, is facing a new threat on Tuesday with the arrival of Tropical Storm Lee, bringing heavy rains to face the challenge once the city's flood.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center reported that Hurricane Lee expected to bring rain to 51 centimeters to the southeast Louisiana within the next few days, including in New Orleans.
Huge waves that brought the storm could cause flooding in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama before sweeping south-east region next week.
Slow-moving storm that weather forecasters confusing. Lee Wind weakened last night north towards the Louisiana coast at a speed of three miles an hour after the blow gently for a few hours in the afternoon.
Late yesterday, the center is located off the coast of Lee Louisiana about 137 miles west southwest of Morgan City, with maximum winds of 80 kilometers per hour, the hurricane center said. Wind is expected to remain at a speed of 119 kilometers per hour as the storm was ready to hit the coast, the possibility of midnight last night.
New Orleans causeway system pumps about 20 centimeters of rain so far, the report was first detected in flooded roads and homes.
"We still face the risk. This storm moved slowly but still hazardous, "said Mayor Mitch Landrieu in a
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