- Hurricane Ida caused severe damage in Louisiana, USA.
- Officials are carrying out rescue operations.
- US President Joe Biden announced major disasters in Louisiana and Mississippi.
On Monday, rescuers combed through the “catastrophic” damage caused by Hurricane Ida in Louisiana. A day ago, this violent storm killed at least two people, trapped others in rising floods, and destroyed houses. Cut off the roof.
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Within 24 hours after Ida hit the coast of Louisiana with a Category 4 storm, the city of New Orleans still had almost no electricity, exactly 16 years after Hurricane Katrina made landfall and caused fatal damage.
The governor of Louisiana, John Bel Edwards, told NBC, “The biggest concern is that we are still in search and rescue. We have people all over southeastern Louisiana… Nowadays.
As staff began to take boats and off-road vehicles to spread out looking for communities cut off by the hurricane, two people have been confirmed dead.
Pictures of people rescued from flooded cars and photos of destroyed houses appeared on social media, and New Orleans itself still had limited damage.
Embankment system
According to data from the power outage tracker PowerOutage.US, Ida-which was downgraded to a tropical depression on Monday-caused power outages in all areas of New Orleans, and more than 1 million properties in Louisiana were out of power.
“I went there 16 years ago. This time the wind seems to be worse, but the damage does not seem to be that serious,” said Dereck Terry, a resident of the French Quarter, wearing flip-flops and a T-shirt, holding it in his hand. The umbrella is looking around.
The 53-year-old retired pharmacist added: “My window is broken. Some tiles on the roof are spread on the street and water flows into it.”
According to Edwards, the dike system in the affected diocese “is indeed very well maintained, otherwise we will face more problems today”.
In the town of Jean Lafitte, south of New Orleans, Mayor Tim Kerner said that the rapidly rising water level has exceeded the 2.3 million-meter-high dam.
“Total destruction, catastrophic, our town’s embankment has been flooded,” Kerner told the ABC affiliate WGNO.
“We have between 75 and 200 people stranded in Barataria,” a barge drove out a bridge to the island.
Cynthia Li Sheng, chairman of Jefferson Diocese, who is in charge of parts of Greater New Orleans, said people are hiding in the attic.
Several residents of Laplace, located in the upper reaches of New Orleans, posted requests for help on social media, saying they were trapped by the rising floods.
“The damage is really catastrophic,” Edwards said NowadaysAnd added that Ada “brought a surge in forecasts. Forecasted wind and rain.”
National Guard launch
US President Joe Biden announced major disasters in Louisiana and Mississippi, which enabled the states to receive federal assistance.
The Ascension Diocese Sheriff’s Office said a fallen tree killed one person in Prairieville, 96 kilometers northwest of New Orleans.
The Louisiana Department of Health said on Twitter that the second victim died while trying to drive through floods in New Orleans.
Edwards reported on Twitter that Louisiana has deployed more than 1,600 personnel to search and rescue statewide.
U.S. Army Major General Hank Taylor told reporters at a Pentagon briefing that the military, federal emergency management officials, and the National Guard have activated more than 5,200 in Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, and Alabama. personnel.
Most residents have noticed warnings of catastrophic damage and instructions from the authorities to flee.
Mike, who lives in the French Quarter, told AFP on Monday that he refused to disclose his surname, “I stayed in Hurricane Katrina. Much less.”
Hurricane Katrina, which made landfall on August 29, 2005, is still fresh in the state’s memory. It caused approximately 1,800 deaths and billions of dollars in damage in the state.
As Ida moved northeast, the National Hurricane Center issued storm surge and flash flood warnings to parts of southeastern Louisiana, southern Mississippi, and southern Alabama.
As of 21:00 GMT on Monday, Ida is located about 32 kilometers northwest of Jackson, Mississippi.
The storm system is expected to pass through the United States before Wednesday and extend to the mid-Atlantic. Flash floods may occur along the way.
Scientists warn that as climate change causes the ocean surface to warm, cyclone activity will increase, posing an increasing threat to coastal communities around the world.
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