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At about 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, just two days after Hurricane Ida pummeled New Orleans, plunging the city into a total blackout, more than 100 cars sat idling in a cue on North Rampart Street. The line stretched for several blocks, ending at a Chevron gas station at St. Louis Street just outside the French Quarter.
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FEMA officials have begun to distribute information about assistance following the devastating Hurricane Ida, with city and state leaders reminding people during Tuesday press conferences that they can start the application process.
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In the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, the Louisiana National Guard has rescued 191 citizens and 27 pets, but Louisiana officials said there have been at least two confirmed deaths as of Monday. Those numbers are expected to rise as state officials continue to assess the damage wrought by the storm, Edwards said.
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One person has died of injuries sustained after a tree fell on a resident in Prairieville, Louisiana, marking the first death from the catastrophic Hurricane Ida.
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Small communities just outside New Orleans and its levee protection system are being pummeled by Hurricane Ida, with hundreds of people asking for help but unable to be reached due to catastrophic flooding from several feet of stormwater.
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As Hurricane Ida continues to batter southeast Louisiana, Gov. John Bel Edwards said Sunday afternoon that search and rescue operations will not begin until first light Monday morning due to the Category 4 storm’s dangerous conditions.
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New Orleans residents who lived through Hurricane Katrina's devastation are now confronting another hurricane of epic scale. Some people are riding out the storm because they can't afford to leave.
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Hurricane Ida is now a tropical depression as it continues to move through Mississippi, according to the National Hurricane Center’s final advisory update on the storm.
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Many hospitals in Louisiana and across the Gulf South, strained by treating thousands of COVID-19 patients, are discharging as many patients as possible, diverting those in critical care to safer areas, and reducing staff ahead of Hurricane Ida’s landfall Sunday night.
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Gov. John Bel Edwards warned Louisianans in the path of Hurricane Ida that time is running out for them to make their final preparations and take shelter before what is expected to be a Category 4 storm begins to batter the Louisiana coast.