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“#Hurricane Ida pummels Louisiana, knocks out power in New Orleans<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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\n Hurricane Ida has battered southern Louisiana.
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Powerful Hurricane Ida battered the southern US state of Louisiana and plunged New Orleans into darkness Sunday, leaving at least one person dead 16 years to the day after Hurricane Katrina devastated the city.<\/p>\n


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Ida slammed into the Louisiana coast as a Category 4 storm but had weakened to a Category 1 by Sunday night.<\/p>\n

As of 11 pm (0400 GMT Monday), Ida was packing maximum sustained winds of 95 miles (153 kilometers) per hour, and the powerful storm knocked out power for all of New Orleans.<\/p>\n

“@EntergyNOLA has confirmed that New Orleans has no power,” tweeted NOLA Ready, the city’s emergency preparedness program, referring to the area’s electricity provider.<\/p>\n

“The only power in the city is coming from generators.”<\/p>\n

Nearly a million customers across Louisiana were without power, according to outage tracker PowerOutage.US.<\/p>\n

President Joe Biden, who described Ida as “a life-threatening storm,” declared a major disaster for Louisiana, which gives it access to federal aid.<\/p>\n

One person was killed by a falling tree in Prairieville, 60 miles northwest of New Orleans, the Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office said.<\/p>\n

Ahead of Ida’s arrival, showers and strong wind swept New Orleans’ deserted streets throughout the morning, buffeting boarded-up windows at businesses and homes surrounded by sandbags.<\/p>\n

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\n Hurricane Ida is seen at 1630 GMT on August 29, 2021.
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The National Hurricane Center warned that the storm surge could create a “life-threatening situation” and urged residents in affected areas to “take all necessary actions to protect life and property.”<\/p>\n

Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards said Ida could be the most powerful storm to hit the state since 1850.<\/p>\n

“There is no doubt that the coming days and weeks are going to be extremely difficult,” he said at a briefing Sunday, adding that some people might have to shelter in place for up to 72 hours.<\/p>\n

“Find the safest place in your house and stay there until the storm passes,” he tweeted earlier.<\/p>\n

Storm surges flooded the town of Grand Isle, on a barrier island south of New Orleans, and low-lying highways in the area were covered in water.<\/p>\n

‘Not sure if I’m prepared’<\/b><\/p>\n

Most residents had heeded warnings of catastrophic damage and authorities’ instructions to flee.<\/p>\n

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\n A truck is seen in heavy winds and rain from Hurricane Ida in Bourg, Louisiana on August 29, 2021.
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Roads leading out of New Orleans had bumper-to-bumper traffic in the days preceding Ida’s arrival.<\/p>\n

In one neighborhood in eastern New Orleans, a few residents were completing preparations just hours before landfall.<\/p>\n

“I’m not sure if I’m prepared,” said Charles Fields, who was bringing his garden furniture indoors, “but we just have to ride it.”<\/p>\n

“We’ll see how it holds up,” added the 60-year-old, who in 2005 saw Hurricane Katrina flood his house with 11 feet (3.3 meters) of water.<\/p>\n

In St. Bernard Parish, a large ferry boat broke free of its moorings and was being blown up the Mississippi River, according to local TV channel WWL, which posted a video of the boat.<\/p>\n

‘Very serious test’<\/b><\/p>\n

Governor Edwards warned on Sunday that Ida would be “a very serious test for our levee systems,” an extensive network of pumps, gates and earthen and concrete berms that was expanded after Katrina.<\/p>\n

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\n Hurricane Ida knocked out power in New Orleans.
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He told CNN that hundreds of thousands of residents were believed to have evacuated.<\/p>\n

The storm “presents some very challenging difficulties for us, with the hospitals being so full of Covid patients,” he said.<\/p>\n

With a low rate of vaccination, Louisiana is among the states hit hardest by the pandemic, severely stressing hospitals.<\/p>\n

Hospitalizations, at 2,700 on Saturday, are near their pandemic high. <\/p>\n

The memory of Katrina, which made landfall on August 29, 2005, is still fresh in Louisiana, where it caused some 1,800 deaths and billions of dollars in damage.<\/p>\n

“It’s very painful to think about another powerful storm like Hurricane Ida making landfall on that anniversary,” Edwards had previously said.<\/p>\n

Rainfall of 10 to 18 inches (25 to 46 centimeters) is expected in parts of southern Louisiana through Monday, with up to 24 inches in some areas.<\/p>\n

The storm is expected to continue weakening as it moves over land, with a predicted track taking it north over the central United States before veering eastward, reaching the mid-Atlantic region by Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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    \n US President Joe Biden speaks about Hurricane Ida alongside FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell (L) during a visit to FEMA Headquarters in Washington, DC, August 29, 2021.
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    \n Map of the southern United States with the forecast trajectory of Hurricane Ida, which made landfall in Louisiana.
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    \n Firefighters use a wet vaccum to soak up water leaking into a firestation as Hurricane Ida passes in Bourg, Louisiana on August 29, 2021.
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    \n Rain comes down on a wall of sandbags in Montegut, Louisiana before the arrival of Hurricane Ida on August 29, 2021.
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    Ida and the coronavirus<\/b><\/p>\n

    The White House said Sunday that federal agencies had deployed more than 2,000 emergency workers to the region\u2014including 13 urban search-and-rescue teams\u2014along with food and water supplies and electric generators. <\/p>\n

    Local authorities, the Red Cross and other organizations have prepared dozens of shelters with room for at least 16,000 people, the White House added. <\/p>\n

    Plans to cope with the hurricane\u2014and set up shelters\u2014have been complicated by Covid-19. <\/p>\n

    Biden on Saturday urged anyone in community shelters to wear masks and maintain distance. <\/p>\n

    Scientists have warned of a rise in cyclone activity as the ocean surface warms due to climate change, posing an increasing threat to the world’s coastal communities.<\/p>\n\n

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    Hurricane Ida strikes Louisiana as Category 4 storm\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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    \n \u00a9 2021 AFP<\/p>\n

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