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The president is dealing with Afghanistan, the global pandemic and now a deadly hurricane.
A superstorm is expected to hit the state of Louisiana, 16 years to the day of the most deadliest hurricane to hit the state.
Much needed break from the constant coverage of the military pullout of Afghanistan.
President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov, John Bel Edwards of Louisiana are warning Louisiana residents that every Parish is at risk of death and destruction.
Hurricane Ida has made landfall in southern Louisiana and its path is direct impact on Baton Rouge.
The state has already declared a state of emergency and those who choose to stay are at risk of death.
The 911 system has crashed already in the state.
The cyclone's path is basically stretching from Louisiana to Florida. The hurricane is a Category 4 which is considered catastrophic on the scale of 1 to 5. Hurricanes that are Category 5 are considered extremely catastrophic.
The hurricane churned out in the Gulf of Mexico last Monday and hit Cuba on Thursday. It was expected to pick up steam around Friday and those live in the impact zone were given ample time to prepare.
Ida made landfall over Port Fourchon, Louisiana, at about 11:55 a.m. CDT as the storm moved into the mouth of the Mississippi River, the National Hurricane Center said.
Air Force Reserve aircraft and radar data showed that "Ida's maximum sustained winds at landfall were estimated to be 150 mph," the NHC added. Rainfall projections topped two feet in some parts of southern Louisiana.
"This is going to be devastating — a devastating, a life-threatening storm," Biden told reporters after he was briefed by FEMA officials. "So please, all you folks in Mississippi and in Louisiana ... take precautions, listen, take it seriously."
The president also said he signed emergency declarations so those two gulf states will gain the "full resources and support of the federal government."
Bel Edwards told residents who didn’t evacuate to keep a loose mattress within reach — in case a home’s roof is ripped off by powerful gusts.
“Because of the possibility that severe winds will damage your home, it is a good idea to have a mattress nearby that you can use to put over yourself and other family members to protect yourself from any falling debris,” he said.
Despite all these dire warnings, New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell told people who opted against evacuating not to panic.
“Be calm in the midst of this storm. You can be calm," Cantrell said during a briefing on Sunday, just as Ida was making landfall.
"You have everything that you need. We will get through this together. Be prepared. Stay where you are.”
Collin Arnold, director of the New Orleans Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, warned residents that emergency services wouldn’t be able to reach them until Monday.
“You need to stay inside until tomorrow. We’ll look at this during the first light of day,” Arnold said. “There’s nobody coming right now. You need to stay inside.”
At landfall, the storm's wind speeds were just short of 157 mph, the level considered a Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale, which rates storms from 1 to 5 based on maximum sustained wind speed.
Only four storms have made landfall in the continental United States as Category 5 hurricanes in the last century: the Labor Day Hurricane in 1935, Camille in 1969, Andrew in 1992 and Michael in 2018.
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