Tens of thousands of people are fleeing for safety from the US state of Louisiana as Hurricane Ida closes in.
Ida is expected on make landfall on the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday evening, bringing 140mph winds and a “life-threatening” storm surge.
Forecasters say it could be even stronger than Hurricane Katrina that devastated much of New Orleans in 2005.
Traffic jams clogged some motorways out of Louisiana as residents in many areas were ordered to evacuate.
Governor John Bel Edwards warned the storm could be one of the biggest to hit the state in 150 years.
