At least one person died as Hurricane Ida slammed Louisiana on Sunday with 150 mph winds, damaging buildings, uprooting trees and power lines, causing 911 outages, and leaving a million people, including all of New Orleans, without power.
Ida weakened to a tropical storm early Monday, and is moving to Mississippi as officials warned of life-threatening flash flooding and dangerous storm surges over parts of southeastern Louisiana, southern Mississippi, and southern Alabama. Tornado threats also continued across the central Gulf states, the National Weather Service said.
One person died on Sunday after being possibly injured from a fallen tree at a residence in Ascension Parish, the sheriff’s office said.
Many 911 call centers throughout Louisiana were down, and people in New Orleans with emergencies were asked to go to their nearest fire station or flag down an officer.
More than 1,600 personnel, including the National Guard, have begun conducting search and rescue across the state, Gov. John Bel Edwards said.
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