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King and Queen at Screening of Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans: PHOTO
King and Queen at Screening of Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans The fantastic Coco and Ice-T Susan Sarandon looks really pale and thin Susan Sarandon looks significantly less busty than she used to. Hot Mess - adj . (hawt mehs ). def. Eva Mendes Sylvia Miles ( wiki ) Model Irina Pantaeva Fashion stylist Phillip Bloch also looking ill Source
Hurricane warning for Gulf Coast from Mississippi to Florida; New Orleans under watch for Ida
MIAMI (AP)
The Associated Press: La. Gov. declares emergency ahead of hurricane Ida
New Orleans — Hurricane Ida, the first Atlantic Hurricane to target the United States this year, plodded Sunday toward the Gulf Coast with 100 mph winds, bringing the threat of Flooding and storm surges. A Hurricane watch extended over more than 200 miles of coastline across southeastern Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and the Florida Panhandle. Louisiana's Governor declared a state of emergency. Authorities said Ida could make landfall as early as Tuesday morning, although it was...
La. Gov. declares emergency ahead of hurricane Ida: PHOTO
New Orleans -- Hurricane Ida, the first Atlantic Hurricane to target the United States this year, plodded Sunday toward the Gulf Coast with 105 mph winds, bringing the threat of Flooding and storm surges. A Hurricane watch extended over more than 200 miles of coastline across southeastern Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and the Florida Panhandle. Louisiana's Governor declared a state of emergency. Authorities said Ida could make landfall as early as Tuesday morning, although it was forecast to...
Hurricane Ida Takes Aim at U.S. Gulf Coast: PHOTO
New Orleans Hurricane Ida, the first Atlantic Hurricane to target the United States this year, plodded Sunday toward the Gulf Coast with 105 mph winds, bringing the threat of Flooding and Storm surges. A Hurricane warning extended more than 200 miles of coastline from Pascagoula, Miss., east to Indian Pass, Fla. Tropical Storm warnings and Hurricane watches are in effect across other areas of southeastern Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and the Florida Panhandle, including New...
Hurricane Watch Issued for Coastal Louisiana, Mississippi
MIAMI — A hurricane watch has been issued for coastal Louisiana and Mississippi as Hurricane Ida begins making its way through the Gulf of Mexico toward the U.S. Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami said Sunday morning that the watch does not include New Orleans and stretches from Grand Isla, La., to the Mississippi-Alabama state line. The watch means hurricane conditions are possible within 36 hours.
Navy ship built with WTC steel to go into service
New YORK -- The Navy is commissioning its newest battleship with a bow forged from steel that once held up the World Trade Center. The USS New York is to be placed in active Military service during a ceremony on a Manhattan pier Saturday morning. Naval officials say the steel from the trade Center attacked on 9/11 symbolizes that the United States will always persevere. The $1 billion warship was built near New Orleans by workers who themselves survived Hurricane Katrina. Just before the...
US New York Commissioning
New YORK - The Navy is commissioning its newest battleship with a bow forged from steel that once held up the World Trade Center. The USS New York is to be placed in active Military service during a ceremony on a Manhattan pier Saturday morning. Naval officials say the steel from the trade Center attacked on 9/11 symbolizes that the United States will always persevere. The $1 billion warship was built near New Orleans by workers who themselves survived Hurricane Katrina. Just before the...
Survivor victim Marisa slams 'jerk': VIDEO
The first victim of Survivor: Samoa says she would never use a tragedy like Hurricane Katrina to gain an advantage in a reality television show. Marisa Calihan, a 26-year-old Cincinnati student, became the first victim of the latest season of the top-rating TV3 show when she confronted her wayward Foa Foa tribe mate Russell Hantz, who spearheaded her demise. In the first episode, Hantz burnt socks, emptied water canisters and formed multiple allegiances - one of which he called the "dumb-ass...
Navy ship built with WTC steel to go into service
NEW YORK (AP)
USS New York To Enter Service
The Navy is commissioning its newest battleship with a bow forged from steel that once held up the World Trade Center. The USS New York is to be placed in active Military service during a ceremony on a Manhattan pier Saturday morning. Naval officials say the steel from the trade Center attacked on 9/11 symbolizes that the United States will always persevere. The $1 billion warship was built near New Orleans by workers who themselves survived Hurricane Katrina. "
Corps starts $1B barrier for New Orleans' West Bank, another vulnerable, bowl-shaped area
HARVEY, LA. — Mindful that the suburban West Bank of New Orleans has regained its pre-Hurricane Katrina population and is primed for growth, the Army Corps of Engineers is launching a $1 billion effort to keep the next storm at bay. The New flood protection is already having a potentially dangerous consequence, though: It's encouraging more people to move into another bowl-shaped area that experts consider perhaps the city's most vulnerable flank. While New Orleans' population plummeted...
Flooding kills 40 in El Salvador
Three days of heavy rains have caused widespread damage in El Salvador At least 40 people have been killed in El Salvador by Flooding caused by days of heavy rain , the government says The authorities have declared a state of emergency in five regions and expect to find more victims, Interior Minister Humberto Centeno told reporters. News of the deaths came as Hurricane Ida was poised to enter the Gulf of Mexico , experts warned.
Deadly Ida gaining strength
HURRICANE Ida has been upgraded to a category two storm, packing top wind speeds of nearly 160km/h as it heads towards Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. The storm has already caused severe Flooding and landslides that left 50 dead in El Salvador and hundreds homeless in Nicaragua. Ida was this morning about 155km north-northeast of Cozumel, Mexico, and was moving at near 17km/h, the Miami-based National Hurricane Centre said. A hurricane watch has been issued for parts of the Yucatan...
Forty dead in El Salvador flooding
Mr Centeno told a news conference that the deaths happened in at least five of the 14 provinces of the mountainous Central American country, where it has been raining since Thursday. Mr Centeno said at least two dozen of the deaths happened in the central San Vicente province. He did not provide details. Hurricane Ida passed through Nicaragua on Thursday, slamming the country's Atlantic coast, and damaging or destroying about 500 homes, as well as roads and bridges. The rains in El Salvador were...
Hurricane Ida strengthens, heads to Gulf of Mexico: PHOTO
Ida Becomes Hurricane a 2nd Time off Mexico Coast: PHOTO
Ida Becomes Hurricane a 2nd Time off Mexico Coast
Ida floods kill at least 50 in El Salvador: PHOTO
Heavy rains caused by Hurricane Ida have killed at least 50 people and left several others missing in El Salvador, civil protection officials said Sunday. The authorities have declared a state of emergency in five regions. Minister Humberto Centeno says the deaths happened in at least five of the 14 provinces of the mountainous Central American country. Ida, a Category 1 hurricane, churning in the western Caribbean, was barreling toward Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula early Sunday, bringing...
Ida kills 42 in El Salvador, heads for U.S. Gulf Coast: PHOTO
A hurricane watch was issued Sunday for the U.S. Gulf Coast as Hurricane Ida moved through the Yucatan Channel heading into Gulf waters, the National Hurricane Center said.
Ida becomes a Cat 1 and could grow stronger
Hurricane Ida steamed toward the Yucatan Channel on Sunday, a Category 1 storm that could grow stronger, and last longer, than forecasters had expected earlier and bring strong winds and rain to much of Florida by midweek. At 7 a.m., the National Hurricane Center said Ida's winds had hit 90 mph, with gusts up to 110 mph. It could reach Category Two later Sunday. Ida was still expected to weaken as it churns into cooler waters of the northern Gulf of Mexico -- but more slowly than previously...
Gulf Coast under hurricane watch
A hurricane watch has been issued for coastal Louisiana and Mississippi as Hurricane Ida begins making its way through the Gulf of Mexico toward the United States.
Hurricane Ida strengthens to Category 2
MIAMI, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Hurricane Ida grew into a Category 2 storm Sunday as it neared the northeastern tip of the Yucatan Peninsula, forecasters said. At 1 p.m. EDT, the center of the storm was about 95 miles west-northwest of Cuba and about 510 miles south-southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi River, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said. Top sustained winds were 100 mph with higher gusts and Ida was moving toward the north-northwest at almost 10 mph with little change in strength...
Ida kills 91 in El Salvador, heads for U.S.: PHOTO
Hurricane Ida moved into the southern Gulf of Mexico on Sunday, prompting a declaration of emergency in Louisiana and concern along the U.S. Gulf Coast.
Late-season hurricane takes aim at U.S.
Hurricane Ida, the first Atlantic Hurricane to target the United States this year, plodded Sunday toward the Gulf Coast with 105 mph winds, bringing the threat of Flooding and storm surges.
Hurricane Ida Makes Path Towards Gulf Coast
Forecasters at the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami say Ida's winds are now near 100 mph (160 kph), and Ida could get stronger later Sunday. The watch means hurricane conditions are possible in the next 36 hours. Ida could reach the Gulf Coast by Tuesday, though it was unclear how strong it would be by then.Ida was moving to the northwest near 10 mph and was expected to pick up some steam as it moved over open waters in the Gulf of Mexico. Video of Hurricane Ida Hurricane Ida blew...


















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