The president of one of Louisiana’s Gulf Coast parishes spoke bluntly Saturday afternoon as she warned residents about the potential dangers of Hurricane Ida.
"I want to reiterate, the storm surge that we are expecting is unsurvivable," Jefferson Parish President Cynthia Lee Sheng said at a news conference, hours ahead of Ida reaching Category 3 and then Category 4 early Sunday, with winds over 130 miles per hour.
"You have time to get out," Sheng told residents,"especially in those areas where there is a mandatory evacuation. We need you to leave immediately."Jefferson Parish, with about 440,000 residents, is located close toNews reports on Saturday showed vehicles backed up on New Orleans-area highways as residents heeded warnings from public officials and tried to leave the area before Ida’s expected landfall Sunday.
Vehicles head slowly east on the Interstate-10 twin spans leaving New Orleans while only a trickle of cars heads west back into the city before landfall of Hurricane Ida in New Orleans, Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021.
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