November 10, 2009
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Homes are flooded along Costa del Sol beach in Zacatecoluca, El Salvador Photo: AP (click here)
Frantic search for survivors begins after El Salvador floods (click title to entry, thank you)
130 dead and 7,000 living in shelters as storm heads towards US coast
By David Usborne
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
...Some 124 people are now confirmed dead, with another 60 missing in the disaster, which struck most severely about 30 miles from the capital of San Salvador. Soldiers and emergency workers swarmed the town of Verapaz yesterday, searching for survivors in areas that were buried by the onslaught of mud and boulders from the slopes of the nearby Chichontepec volcano.
President Mauricio Funes called the storm a "tragedy" that had caused "incalculable" damage. "The images that we have seen today are of a devastated country," President Funes said in a televised address. He declared a state of emergency. Seven thousand people are living in shelters as a result of the disaster....
By Kia Hall Hayes, The Times-Picayune
November 09, 2009, 10:29AM
With extra city personnel and police on hand, Slidell officials have an eye on the Palm Lake subdivision and other low lying areas as Tropical Storm Ida approaches the Gulf Coast.
November 09, 2009, 10:29AM
With extra city personnel and police on hand, Slidell officials have an eye on the Palm Lake subdivision and other low lying areas as Tropical Storm Ida approaches the Gulf Coast.
Officials said tides in Slidell are expected to be 2 1/2 to three feet above normal, which is predicted to cause localized flooding in low-lying areas. High tide will occur around 11 p.m., with wind gusts of 35 to 40 mph. A total of three to five inches of rain is expected.
Mayor Ben Morris said a sandbag station will be set up at Lee Street and Pontchartrain Drive and others will be open if necessary.
All water at pumping stations has been pumped down, and all pumping stations are working except for one of three pumps at the Old Barn in Slidell. Parts are being shipped in this morning and all three pumps are expected to be online today.
Extra police units will be on patrol at the Palm Lake subdivision and throughout south Slidell, Morris said.
Mayor Ben Morris said a sandbag station will be set up at Lee Street and Pontchartrain Drive and others will be open if necessary.
All water at pumping stations has been pumped down, and all pumping stations are working except for one of three pumps at the Old Barn in Slidell. Parts are being shipped in this morning and all three pumps are expected to be online today.
Extra police units will be on patrol at the Palm Lake subdivision and throughout south Slidell, Morris said.
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