Headlines: Hurricane Ida has arrived in Louisiana
Vehicles are damaged after a building facade collapsed during Hurricane Ida on August 29, 2021 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Sixteen years to the day after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, Ida arrived in Louisiana.
A hurricane that weakened overnight from Sunday to Monday and which has since been downgraded to a tropical storm according to the
New York Times
, but which still left a victim, a 60-year-old man killed by the fall of a tree.
According to the
New Orleans Advocate
, residents of this state who have decided to stay are mostly stranded in their attics. And if some are asking for help to be evacuated, the emergency services refuse for the moment any assistance, considering that the situation is too dangerous. The damage in New Orleans is considerable, according to this
daily newspaper
which publishes an impressive photo of the weather services with the eye of the hurricane almost above New Orleans. Other photos published in this Monday's edition show the preventive measures put in place, in particular to deal with rising water levels, in order to prevent a recurrence of the floods of 16 years ago, during the passage of Hurricane Katrina.
The situation therefore remains very tense, warns the
New York Times
, and the results could well evolve on Monday after a night from Sunday to Monday which promised to be very complicated.
Very heavy precipitation is expected in the coming days in Louisiana as well as in Alabama.
American Instagram influencer helps Afghans
This is information that was released over the weekend by the US news agency
AP
. Quentin Quarantino, real name Tommy Marcus, a 25-year-old who was so far known for his liberal memes and jokes about opponents of the Covid-19 vaccination managed to lift in just seven days million dollars on the GoFundMe platform to launch rescue missions in Afghanistan. The idea is to evacuate as many people as possible. Last Wednesday, 51 Afghans were able to leave their country for Uganda thanks to a plane chartered by this platform. More than 121 people responded to his call among the 832,000 subscribers to his Instagram account. "
It restored my faith in humanity
»Declared this influencer who estimates that around 350 people could be saved thanks to this operation.
Mexico welcomes Afghan refugees
Last week, Mexican authorities announced the arrival of nearly 130 Afghans in Mexico.
And this Sunday a third group of 86 people arrived in the capital.
Refugees who had been initially evacuated to Qatar and the United Kingdom, says
Milenio
.
These are mainly journalists and their families.
According to the Mexican authorities, other requests will be studied in the coming hours and days, which should allow more people to obtain refugee status in Mexico.
"
The reception of people coming from Afghanistan is a political decision of the Mexican state and is carried out in total respect of the historical tradition of humanitarian aid of our country
", specifies a statement of the government published in the pages of
El Universal
.
Back to class for Mexican students
This Monday, Mexican students return to school after 17 months of distance learning. Hydroalcoholic gel, temperature measurement, open windows and above all doubts and fears. It is under these conditions that some 30 million Mexican pupils and students will return to class, details
Diario Libre on
Monday
.
If the authorities say they are confident, directors of establishments say they are less optimistic.
The means are lacking and the state has not done what is necessary to prepare the classrooms, for example, considers Bettina Delgadill, director of a private school in the state of Nuevo Leon, who admits not knowing what to expect. for this recovery.
Mexico has been hit hard by the pandemic with more than 380,000 dead.
And even if 64% of the adult population has received at least a first dose of vaccine, there is no confidence in this return in person, concludes
Diario Libre
.
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