Drone video captures looters who broke into ATMs after Hurricane Ida

A drone video captured the moment after Hurricane Ida in New Orleans, Louisiana, several robbers tried to steal money from ATMs.

The video was posted to Twitter WXChasing (Brandon Clement) showed two people in a burnt-out market near St. Cloud, New Orleans.

“The moment the looters realized that the drone was monitoring their attempts to break into the ATM machine [sic] The St. Cloud’s Market on the lower level of the 9th arrondissement was burned down,” the tweet said.

In the video, one of them can be seen trying to empty an ATM that was severely damaged by the fire. As the video continues, another person walks into the market and then notices the drone flying above.

The New Orleans Fire Department also released multiple photos of the St. Cloud’s Market burnt down after Hurricane Ida.

“2- Alert fire. Photos of St. Cloud and Andry Street, taken by C Mickal, chief of NOFD’s photo department,” the New Orleans Fire Department wrote in a tweet that showed the burned market. According to Nola.co, the New Orleans Fire Department received its first report of a fire in the market early on Monday morning.

Although it is not clear what caused the fire, Hurricane Ida damaged many parts of Louisiana after making landfall in a Category 4 storm.

On Monday morning, the National Hurricane Center downgraded Ida to a tropical storm, but parts of New Orleans have already experienced heavy rainfall and strong winds.

In an update on Monday morning, the National Hurricane Center stated that “strong tropical storm winds, especially gusts, will continue this afternoon in parts of southeastern Louisiana, southern Mississippi, and southern Alabama.”

The update also pointed out that parts of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama are also expected to experience heavy rainfall, which may lead to “considerable” flash floods.

On Sunday morning, New Orleans Mayor Latoya Cantrell announced that as Hurricane Ida made landfall, the entire city had lost its electricity supply.

“The factory that provides power to New Orleans Entergy was destroyed,” she said. “We rely on this factory to ensure that we have electricity supply throughout the city.”

She continued, “It’s time to stay in a safe place. It’s not a time to take risks in our city. It’s not safe at all.”

New Orleans police The head of the department, Sean Ferguson, said in a video posted to Cantrell’s Twitter that the department will implement “anti-robbery deployment to ensure the safety of our citizens and the safety of our citizens’ property”.

Weekly newspaper Contacted the New Orleans Police Department to comment on the video, but did not receive a timely response.