Original title: Hurricane “Ada” hits the brewery disaster in New Orleans, power outages throughout the city
Category 4 hurricane “Ada” landed in Louisiana in the United States at noon on the 29th and continued to cause disasters, causing at least one death. New Orleans, the largest city in Louisiana, suffered a power outage due to wind and rain that night. The heavy rainfall also threatened flooding in some areas of Louisiana.
According to US media reports, near Baton Rouge, the capital of Louisiana, trees blown down by strong winds hit a house, killing a man in the house.
Entegi Power Group, a major power company in the southern United States, said that hurricane “Ada” caused “catastrophic transmission damage,” and New Orleans lost power and was unable to restore power that night.
According to data from the U.S. Electricity Monitoring website, as of 23:00 on the 29th Eastern Time, nearly one million households and businesses in Louisiana were out of power, and more than 30,000 users in Mississippi were out of power.
The heavy rainfall also caused flooding. The National Weather Service issued an emergency warning on the evening of the 29th, requiring residents in some areas of Louisiana to evacuate to higher terrain as soon as possible.
Louisiana is one of the hardest hit areas of the current new crown epidemic in the United States. Medical resources in New Orleans and other places have been highly strained, and Hurricane Ada has made the situation worse. US health experts pointed out that many shelters in Louisiana are densely populated, and the risk of local people contracting the new crown virus has risen sharply.
After “Ada” landed near the Port of Fulchong in Louisiana, it brought heavy winds and heavy rains and storm surges. The Mississippi River once reversed, and lakes and lakes overflowed its embankments. At least 20 ships were blown out of the dock by strong winds, and a barge was in the air. The wind hit the bridge. After “Ada” landed, the wind gradually weakened, and it was reduced to a second hurricane on the evening of the 29th.
After “Ada” landed in the United States, it will continue to deepen, and it will take time to assess the disaster situation.According to Xinhua News Agency
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