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Added on the 28/08/2021 23:53:14 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
In the seaside city of Puerto Vallarta -- a popular destination for Mexican and foreign visitors -- shopkeepers board up windows as Hurricane Lidia approaches. Lidia has become an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 storm as it heads toward beach resorts on Mexico's Pacific coast, threatening to bring flooding and mudslides. IMAGES
Streets in New Orleans' French Quarter are covered with debris as powerful Hurricane Ida batters the southern US state of Louisiana, leaving at least one person dead and knocking out power. IMAGES
Satellite images captured by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows "extremely dangerous" Category 4 Hurricane Ida nearing the coast of Louisiana, in the Gulf of Mexico. The hurricane made landfall later in the day, 16 years to the day after Hurricane Katrina devastated the region. IMAGES
Heavy rain batters New Orleans as Hurricane Ida strengthens to a Category 4 storm and is projected to make landfall 16 years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the city. IMAGES
Strong winds hit Cabo San Lucas, in Mexico's Baja California peninsula, as Hurricane Hilary, a powerful Pacific storm, triggers a "potentially catastrophic" flood warning in a northwestern tourist region and in the neighboring US state of California. IMAGES