mainland and struck 16 years to the day after deadly Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. Edwards said President Joe Biden declared Ida a disaster, releasing federal funds to assist with rescue and recovery efforts on Monday. Ida is tied for the fifth-strongest hurricane to ever hit the U.S. Rescue efforts underway: Boats, high-water vehicles fan out across Louisiana "Thousands of our people are without power and there is untold damage to property across the impacted parishes."ĬAUGHT ON VIDEO: Hurricane Ida rips off part of roof at Lady of the Sea hospital
John Bel Edwards said in a statement late Sunday. when it hit Louisiana with maximum winds of 150 mph, likely causing tens of billions of dollars in flood, wind and other damage, including to the electrical grid. After crossing over, Ida made its second landfall at 23:25 UTC at Playa Dayaniguas in Pinar del Ro, Cuba, with the same winds speeds and a slightly higher 988. Hurricane Ida was a deadly and extremely destructive Category 4 Atlantic hurricane in 2021 that became the second-most damaging and intense hurricane to make landfall in the U.S. Ida, as of Wednesday, was the fifth most powerful storm to strike the U.S. "Tonight, we have confirmed at least one death and sadly, we know there will be others," Louisiana Gov. Overall effects Fatalities: 107 total: Damage: 75.3 billion (2021 USD). Snapped trees, flipped trucks, submerged cars and flooded streets were just some of the scenes as the storm wreaked havoc and temporarily reversed the Mississippi River's flow near Belle Chase, according to preliminary data from the U.S. The storm caused at least one death after slamming into Louisiana's coast on Sunday and knocked out power to all of New Orleans while inundating coastal Louisiana communities.
Ida was downgraded to a Category 4 tropical storm on Monday, according to the National Hurricane Center. Watch Video: Video from inside the eye of Hurricane Ida: Beautiful, terrifying
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