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At least two deaths, severe material damage, torrential rains and more than a million people without electricity is the initial balance of the passage of Hurricane Ida through the United States, which degraded to a tropical storm after making landfall.
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However, the authorities fear that the inspection of the damage this Monday could offer a more accurate picture of the impact.
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“Daylight will bring horrible images as the damage is assessed,” tweeted Shauna Sanford, communications director for the governor of Louisiana.
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President Joe Biden had previously said that Ida would be “life threatening” and the National Hurricane Center has warned that heavy rains can still cause flooding in parts of the state.
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However, local media report that this time New Orleans’ flood levees, strengthened after Hurricane Katrina killed 1,800 people in 2005, have so far worked.
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The winds of Ida on landfall were plus intense that Katrina’s.
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Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards said the levees had remained “for the most part,” although storm surge, rain and wind had a “devastating” impact on the entire state.
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Ida touches land
Ida made landfall in the United States on Sunday afternoon as a Category 4 hurricane, with maximum sustained winds of 240 km / h, one of the biggest storms to reach the south of the country.
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His arrival coincided precisely with the anniversary of the passage of devastating Hurricane Katrina around New Orleans 16 years ago.
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Wind speeds began to decline as the hurricane moved inland Monday morning.
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After making landfall, the storm left slowing down, moving northwest at 10 miles per hour, according to the National Hurricane Center.
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The fact that it slowed down as it reached shore is not an exception, but a worrying trend that has been observed in the last decades.
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When this occurs, the storm generates much greater devastation, as winds and rains hit a particular region for a longer time.
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One person was killed when a tree fell on his home in Ascension Parish, in the Baton Rouge area.
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The storm caused severe damage in its wake.
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Damage
Authorities estimate that it will take weeks to restore electricity service.
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Magen Cheramie, a resident of the state, captured the moment when the wind blew away part of the roof of the Lady of the Sea hospital.
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Strong winds from Ida blew off the roof of a hospital in Louisiana.
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Biden declared Louisiana a disaster zone, freeing up additional resources for rescue and recovery efforts in the state.
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Since Saturday, tens of thousands of Louisiana residents fled as the hurricane approached its shores.
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Traffic jams Louisiana’s exit freeways collapsed, where residents of multiple areas received evacuation orders.
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In Bourg, Louisiana, there were intense storms with hurricane force winds.
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Fear in New Orleans
By Nada Tawfik, BBC News
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It’s an eerie feeling to be in New Orleans in the dark. In the famous French Quarter, debris and tree branches are already on the streets.
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The rain lashes, while winds of over 110 km / h make it difficult to stand.
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Most residents heeded the warnings to shelter until the worst of the storm passed. When you talk to them, they tell you that hurricanes have become a part of their lives. It is the counterpart that they accept for everything else the city has to offer.
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Still, there is always the fear that the next storm will be “the big one.”
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Kenneth McGruder has lived here for over 30 years. He evacuated due to Hurricane Katrina and, like many others, returned to find his home underwater. He is an older man who talks openly about the trauma he caused him.
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Ida got stronger so fast that the man felt he didn’t have enough time to get out of the house. Trust the city’s new hurricane infrastructure, but again, there’s always that fear.
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The waters of the Mississippi River were very rough near New Orleans.
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All flights to and from New Orleans this Sunday were canceled.
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Governor John Bel Edwards called on residents to get to safety.
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“There is no doubt that the next days and weeks are going to be extremely difficult for our state … but I can also tell you that as a state we have never been more prepared, “the governor said Sunday.
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The governor of the neighboring state of Mississippi, Tate Reeves, also declared a state of emergency.
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Ida intensified over the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico, climbing from Category 2 to an extremely dangerous Category 4 storm within hours.
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Katrina Anniversary
There is the causality that the sunday fulfillsieron 16 years since Hurricane Katrina which hit New Orleans as a Category 3 hurricane.
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Katrina flooded 80% of the city and caused more than 1,800 dead.
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“I am absolutely devastated to think of those communities under mandatory evacuation orders,” Alessandra Jerolleman, an emergency management expert at Tulane University in New Orleans, told the BBC as she fled in her car.
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