A day after the Category 4 storm struck the state, rescue operations were underway amid widespread power outages, flooding and wind damage.
After the sun rose, and the wind and rain ceased, residents across southeastern Louisiana began to survey the wreckage from Hurricane Ida, which hit the state on Sunday. The Category 4 storm had maximum sustained winds of 150 miles per hour when it made landfall, causing widespread power outages and flooding. It had caused at least three deaths as of Monday afternoon. Mayor LaToya Cantrell of New Orleans urged residents who had evacuated not to return to the city until officials said it was safe to do so. “Now is not the time for re-entry into the city of New Orleans,” she said at a news conference on Monday afternoon.
