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Hurricane Ida traps Louisianans, leaves the power grid a shambles

More than 1 million customers in Louisiana and Mississippi - including all of New Orleans - were left without powe

NEW ORLEANS - Rescuers set out in hundreds of boats and helicopters to reach people trapped by floodwaters Monday, and utility repair crews rushed in, after a furious Hurricane Ida swamped the Louisiana coast and ravaged the electrical grid in the sticky, late-summer heat.

People living amid the maze of rivers and bayous along the state's Gulf Coast retreated desperately to their attics or roofs and posted their addresses on social media with instructions for search-and-rescue teams on where to find them.

More than 1 million customers in Louisiana and Mississippi - including all of New Orleans - were left without power as Ida, one of the most powerful hurricanes ever to hit the U.S. mainland, pushed through on Sunday and early Monday before weakening into a tropical storm.

https://www.startribune.com/ida-weakens-as-rescues-begin-and-damage-checked-in-louisiana/600091994/

 

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