“This is a COVID nightmare,” she said, adding: “We do anticipate that we could see some COVID spikes related to this.”
Stephens said the state will work to move people to hotels as soon as possible so that they can keep their distance from one another. The governor’s office said over 2,200 evacuees were staying in 41 shelters as of Monday morning, a number expected to rise as people were rescued or escaped from flooded homes.
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It would have killed us,” he said.įour Louisiana hospitals were damaged and 39 medical facilities were operating on generator power, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said. “Lucky the whole thing didn’t fall inward. A short time later, the whole side of the living room fell onto his neighbor’s driveway. “I had a long miserable night,” said Chris Atkins, who was in his New Orleans home when he heard a “kaboom” and all the sheetrock in the living room fell into the house. While it was still early, there were no immediate reports of the catastrophic flooding city officials had feared. When daylight came, streets were littered with tree branches and some roads were blocked. “We have tremendous damage to homes and to businesses.”Īll of New Orleans lost power right around sunset Sunday as the hurricane blew ashore on the 16th anniversary of Katrina, leading to an uneasy night of pouring rain and howling wind. “For the most part, all of our levees performed extremely well - especially the federal levees - but at the end of the day, the storm surge, the rain, the wind all had devastating impacts,” Edwards said. The governor’s office said damage to the power grid appeared “catastrophic.” And officials warned it could be weeks before power is fully restored. John Bel Edwards, said that given the level of destruction, “We’re going to have many more confirmed fatalities.”
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But with many roads impassable and cellphone service knocked out in places, the full extent of its fury was still coming into focus.Ĭhristina Stephens, a spokesperson for Gov. Ida was blamed for at least one death - someone hit by a falling tree outside Baton Rouge. mainland weakened into a tropical storm overnight as it pushed inland over Mississippi with torrential rain and shrieking winds, its danger far from over. One of the most powerful hurricanes ever to hit the U.S. NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Rescuers set out in hundreds of boats and helicopters to reach people trapped by floodwaters and utility crews mobilized Monday after a furious Hurricane Ida swamped the Louisiana coast and made a shambles of the electrical grid in the sticky, late-summer heat. If you’re unable to see the map in your browser, click here.
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