Energy & Science
New Orleans Goes Dark as Hurricane Ida Slams into Louisiana
- Storm expected to deliver potentially catastrophic rainfall
- At least one person killed after a tree fell on his home
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Tropical Storm Ida pummeled New Orleans and the Louisiana coast overnight with lashing rain and ferocious gusts, leaving much of the region without electricity and bracing for widespread floods.
The storm, wielding some of the most powerful winds ever to hit the state, drove a wall of water inland when it thundered ashore Sunday as a Category 4 hurricane and reversed the course of part of the Mississippi River. All of New Orleans was without power when evening fell on Sunday. As Ida moves north, it’s expected to unleash as much as 2 feet (61 centimeters) of rain.