According to Cantrell, while residents of New Orleans will see improvement in the coming days, the problems are not immediately solved. What does not help is that it is currently oppressively hot in the city, with temperatures around thirty degrees. “We know it’s hot,” the mayor said. “We know we have no power and that remains a priority.”
Due to the heat, residents of New Orleans can visit drive thrudistribution locations for ice, water and food, Cantrell announced. There will also be refrigerated areas in several places in the city where people can also eat.
Death toll stands at four
Hurricane Ida made landfall on Sunday in the southern state of Louisiana, of which New Orleans is the largest city. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) had placed the hurricane in Category 4, the second most severe category for hurricanes. The winds, with speeds of up to 150 miles per hour, destroyed buildings and shut down the electricity grid.
As far as is known, four people have been killed by Ida. In the state of Mississippi, two people were killed when their car ended up in a hole created after a section of highway was submerged by torrential rain.
In Slidell, Louisiana, a 71-year-old man died when he was attacked by an alligator in a flooded area. Conservationists warn of alligators, bears, snakes and wild boars foraging for food in the aftermath of the hurricane.
Louisiana Governor Edwards says he expects the death toll to rise.
Several hundred Louisiana residents were rescued in the aftermath of the hurricane:
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