Hurricane Ida live updates: first death in Louisiana as New Orleans loses power | US news
4.39 a.m. Summertime
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Flash flood warnings west of New Orleans
The National Weather Service warns of flash flood emergencies in LaPlace, Luling and Destrehan, west of New Orleans. Residents are advised to move to higher areas immediately.
NWS New Orleans
(@NWSNewOrleans)
Flash flood emergencies including Laplace LA, Luling LA, Destrehan LA through 7:15 a.m. CDT pic.twitter.com/o9qCgMzHOX
August 30, 2021
4.31 a.m. Summertime
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All American Airlines and United Airlines Departures from Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport in Jackson, Mississippi have been canceled.
JMAA
(@JacksonAirports)
TRAVEL ALERT 🚨
All outbound flights from @AmericanAir and @united in JAN were canceled due to the expected poor weather conditions caused by Hurricane Ida.
AA expects departures to resume on Tuesday, August 31st.
Check your flight status at https://t.co/ffq6cucltC. pic.twitter.com/jXwCJaVMVJ
August 30, 2021
4.12 a.m. Summertime
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Violent winds can be felt McComb and other areas in southwest Mississippi. The National Weather Service has urged people not to go outside. “Power outages likely and wind damage possible,” it said on Twitter.
Blake Levine
(@blake_levine)
Strongest wind still in McComb! @WJTV pic.twitter.com/GsVLSpl1YG
August 30, 2021
3.52 a.m. Summertime
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The interruption of the power supply and the cellular networks makes it difficult to obtain up-to-date information.
Sheba Turk
(@ShebaTurk)
Cellular service problems. We’re having trouble getting in touch with a lot of officials for updates @WWLTV
August 30, 2021
The New Orleans City Emergency Communications Center also previously announced that the 9-1-1 service is experiencing technical difficulties.
OPCD911
(@ opcd911)
Currently 9-1-1 is having technical difficulties.
If you are in an emergency, please go to the nearest fire station or contact your nearest officer. We will update you as soon as this issue is resolved. Thanks very much. pic.twitter.com/BE2AxwFuDa
August 30, 2021
3.33 a.m. Summertime
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One person died when Hurricane Ida, one of the strongest storms to ever hit the United States, cut power to all of New Orleans, reversed the Mississippi River and blew up roofs on buildings across Louisiana.
The first death was reported in Prairieville, a suburb of Baton Rouge, after a tree fell on a house, the Ascension Parish sheriff said.
Across Louisiana, more than a million households were without electricity, and the New Orleans outage had made the city more vulnerable to flooding – 16 years after Hurricane Katrina wreaked havoc.
Hundreds of thousands of the city’s residents were left without cooling in the sweltering summer heat and were asked to conserve water after sewage pumping stations – which do not have an emergency power supply – shut down. Boiling water notices have been issued in some areas.
3.24 a.m. Summertime
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The National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center has warned of an ongoing risk of tornadoes:
NWS Storm Forecast Center
(@NWSSPC)
A threat to some tornadoes will persist today (08/30) as the tropical system #Ida begins to curve to the east. Parts of southeast Louisiana, southern Mississippi, southern Alabama, and the western Florida Panhandle will be affected. #lawx #mswx #alwx #flwx pic.twitter.com/GNqEBH9kd3
August 30, 2021
3.17 a.m. Summertime
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A failure of the generator power on Thibodaux Regional Health System Hospital in Lafourche Parish, southwest of New Orleans, medical workers forced respiratory protection patients to breathe manually while they were moved to another floor, the state health department told Reuters.
General Hospital of the Lady of the Sea, Extensive roof damage was also reported in Lafourche Parish, near the place where Ida found land
It has not been possible to evacuate patients from hospitals in the hardest hit areas as health facilities elsewhere are already busy. Louisiana is currently facing an increase in Covid infections, in part due to the spread of the Delta variant and lower vaccination rates. An estimated 2,450 Covid-19 patients will be hospitalized across the state.
Updated at 3:35 p.m. EDT
2.10 a.m. Summertime
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Hurricane Ida was so severe that it reversed the current of the Mississippi on Sunday – an extremely rare occurrence.
“I remember spontaneously that the Mississippi flow reversed during Hurricane Katrina, but it’s extremely unusual,” Scott Perrien, a senior hydrologist at the USGS Lower Mississippi Gulf Water Science Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana told CNN.
Jeff Lindner
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Mississippi River at Belle Chase flows upstream as storm surge pushes inland #lawx pic.twitter.com/Btt8vXZfs6
August 29, 2021
Updated at 2:49 p.m. EDT
1:34 a.m. Summertime
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“We have never seen one like this, it is the worst storm in our history.” Lafitte Mayor Tim Kerner Jr tells WGNO TV. A flash flood warning was previously issued to Lafitte after reports that a dam could fail.
WGNO-TV (ABC) New Orleans
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MUST LISTEN: Lafitte Mayor Tim Kerner Jr. asks for help with the water rescue, saying 200 people are stranded and in “imminent danger” per @SusanRoesgen. pic.twitter.com/uuGmW3ZxXE
August 30, 2021
1:19 a.m. Summertime
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Locked camera footage of Hurricane Eye in Port Fourchon, Louisiana.
Closed camera shows the devastating force of Hurricane Ida – video
1:13 a.m. Summertime
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The New Orleans Weather Service issues a warning for areas north of the Pontchartrain lake.
NWS New Orleans
(@NWSNewOrleans)
🌊 MIDNIGHT: ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE LAKE THE STORM APARTMENT CONTINUES TO RISE FAST. If you are anywhere near Madisonville, Mandeville, Ponchatoula, or Killian please stay vigilant as the water rises quickly. #Ida #LAwx pic.twitter.com/6DiQw81wXj
August 30, 2021
1.08 a.m. Summertime
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Lots of residents in LePlace share their names and addresses on social media and seek urgent help. People are trapped in their attics and on their roofs.
CBSN Dallas – Fort Worth received the following message from a woman begging for help for her stranded mother.
Kennedi Walker
(@_KennediWalker)
SOUND ON‼ ️: This message was sent to me on social media. A lady says her mother is trapped in her home in Laplace. She begs for help. Your address: 11 Ridgewood Dr. Laplace, LA
So many post they need help but officials say they cannot send help until the roads are safe pic.twitter.com/WUY74tSc9q
August 30, 2021
12:54 p.m. Summertime
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From Frenier Landing, west of Lake Pontchartrain, in LaPlacewhere there is heavy flooding
Mark Sudduth
(@hurricanetrack)
The camera we installed at Frenier Landing in Laplace was 3 meters above the ground. This is what it currently looks like. pic.twitter.com/r1sPslU7nU
August 30, 2021
Updated at 12:56 p.m. EDT
12:32 p.m. Summertime
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More than a million customers in Louisiana are without power, according to poweroutage.us, which tracks outages.
The energy company Entergy previously confirmed that the electricity in the entire New Orleanswhich describes a “catastrophic transmission damage”. In a statement, Entergy said electricity will not be restored tonight:
- Due to the catastrophic intensity of Hurricane Ida, all eight transmission lines supplying power to the New Orleans area are currently out of service. When this happened it created a load imbalance in the area and caused the generation to go offline in the area.
- We are currently working to assess the damage and find a way to restore power to those in the area who can take it.
- We made a backup generation available to the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board.
- Power will not be restored tonight, but we will continue to work to remedy this.
Updated at 1:15 p.m. EDT
12:18 p.m. Summertime
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Ida has been downgraded to a Category 1 hurricane
Ida is attenuated to a Category 1 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, according to the latest recommendation from the US National Hurricane Center.
Ida is now about 50 km east-southeast of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, with maximum sustained winds of 95 miles per hour (155 km per hour), the NHC said.
Updated at 12:18 p.m. EDT
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