Things in The Big Easy are anything but after Hurricane Ida spent six hours hovering above the city just days ago, completely overwhelming New Orleans.
At the peak of the trouble, over 1 million people were without power in Louisiana and Mississippi, with a week’s worth of repairs only getting about half of those residents back in business.
Now, with 500,000 folks still in the dark, new weather trouble is barreling toward the bayou.
A flash flood watch has been issued for New Orleans until late Monday night as Louisiana continues its path toward recovery following Hurricane Ida’s disastrous touchdown.
Some regions of southern Louisiana could see two to four inches of heavy rain, threatening neighborhoods still picking up the pieces from one of the strongest hurricanes on record to hit the state.
Ida killed at least 11 people in Louisiana and initially left almost a million without power as it dumped more than 13 inches of rain in some communities. According to local utility company Entergy, Ida damaged or destroyed more than 14,000 poles, 2,223 transformers and 155 transmission structures.
The lack of power in the region has been not only frustrating for residents, but also dangerous, as the late summer heat continues to bake The Big Easy. Many residents were forced to sleep in their vehicles, while running them, to keep the air conditioning going.
