{"id":697855,"date":"2021-08-29T23:05:52","date_gmt":"2021-08-30T03:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=697855"},"modified":"2021-08-29T23:05:56","modified_gmt":"2021-08-30T03:05:56","slug":"hurricane-ida-slams-louisiana-causes-widespread-damage-and-power-outages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hurricane-ida-slams-louisiana-causes-widespread-damage-and-power-outages\/","title":{"rendered":"Hurricane Ida Slams Louisiana, Causes Widespread Damage And Power Outages"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhurricane-ida-slams-louisiana-causes-widespread-damage-and-power-outages%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=697855&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/LA-1-scaled-1.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Hurricane Ida battered Louisiana as a category 4 hurricane when it made landfall on Sunday, before weakening to a category 3 hurricane later on in the evening.<\/p>\n<p>The massive hurricane caused widespread power outages and led to large numbers of people fleeing the area for shelter while others stayed in place and braced for impact.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIda\u2019s eye came ashore late Sunday morning near Port Fourchon, La., with maximum sustained winds of 150 miles an hour, just shy of the 157 m.p.h. winds of a Category 5 storm,\u201d The New York Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2021\/08\/29\/us\/hurricane-ida-live-updates-new-orleans-louisiana\">reported<\/a>. \u201cStorm waters are expected to strain the levees and pumps and other hurricane defenses that were reinforced around New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards, a Democrat, said during a press conference on Sunday evening that there was \u201cno doubt that the coming days and weeks are going to be extremely difficult for our state and many, many people are going to be tested in ways that we can only imagine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The hurricane hit as the state has had to deal with one of the worst coronavirus outbreaks in the nation over the last several weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Edwards said in a major disastrous declaration that the hurricane was \u201cone of the strongest storms to ever hit Louisiana.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.5309446254072\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We&#8217;ve observed hurricanes packing their punch well inland but typically they&#8217;re zipping along.  The heat content of brackish water must be extreme, and it makes sense.  Those bogs fester at 95\u00b0F+ and hotter in the sun on a given summer day. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PCk5R94JGv\">pic.twitter.com\/PCk5R94JGv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ryan Maue (@RyanMaue) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RyanMaue\/status\/1432089946857345025?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 29, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cMore than 814,000 homes and businesses were without power in Louisiana as of about 7 p.m. CDT,\u201d The Weather Channel <a href=\"https:\/\/weather.com\/news\/news\/2021-08-29-hurricane-ida-updates-the-latest-news\">reported<\/a>. \u201cEntergy, the state\u2019s largest utility provider, said that number included every customer in New Orleans. The outages reflect only individual accounts \u2013 not the number of people actually in the dark.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Scenes from the area included:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.060070671378\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">SOUND OF FURY: Powerful winds and sheets of rain brought by Hurricane Ida lash a dock in Port Fourchon, Louisiana, as the extremely dangerous Category 4 storm continues to move inland.<\/p>\n<p>LIVE UPDATES: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/S1Phqc9Gta\">https:\/\/t.co\/S1Phqc9Gta<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OsbrFFK2NM\">pic.twitter.com\/OsbrFFK2NM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ABC News (@ABC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABC\/status\/1432109497011556367?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 29, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.5753424657534\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Pretty extensive damage in LaFourche Parish. Some areas have almost every home damaged. These apartments are in Lockport. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HurricaneIda?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HurricaneIda<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/lawx?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#lawx<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZNFZ28wD90\">pic.twitter.com\/ZNFZ28wD90<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brian Emfinger (@brianemfinger) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brianemfinger\/status\/1432131058825375748?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 30, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.888524590164\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Low-lying areas in Hancock County, MS are underwater after Hurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana.<\/p>\n<p>Mississippi might not be directly impacted by the storm but surges, winds and rain will bring a lot of damage to the area.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WLOX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WLOX<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sbWKxDTUrb\">pic.twitter.com\/sbWKxDTUrb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andr\u00e9s Fuentes (@news_fuentes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/news_fuentes\/status\/1432050263972622343?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 29, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.6690647482014\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here&#8217;s an incredible view from the cockpit, as Hurricane Hunters fly through the rough eye wall of Hurricane Ida, and enter the relatively calm conditions within the eye of the hurricane.  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HurricaneIda?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HurricaneIda<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/82LS6h6dG7\">pic.twitter.com\/82LS6h6dG7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 WeatherNation (@WeatherNation) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WeatherNation\/status\/1432146051075563523?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 30, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.6536312849162\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">FLOODING in NOLA: Look at this in Venetian Isles in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CityOfNOLA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CityOfNOLA<\/a>. This is one area in New Orleans under a *mandatory* evacuation. Venetian Isles, Lake Catherine &amp; Irish Bayou; areas outside the levee protection system. Water is almost up to the stop sign \ud83e\udd7a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wdsu?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@wdsu<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HurricaneIda?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HurricaneIda<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RQ8uMwpWRJ\">pic.twitter.com\/RQ8uMwpWRJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Christina Watkins (@CWatkinsWDSU) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CWatkinsWDSU\/status\/1432112997363863554?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 29, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.5562913907285\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Footage from Louisiana shows areas before and after they were hit by Hurricane Ida. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fb3PB4W03a\">pic.twitter.com\/fb3PB4W03a<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 USA TODAY (@USATODAY) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USATODAY\/status\/1432105855604957184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 29, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"3.4375\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Currently in Kenner\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HurricaneIda?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HurricaneIda<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrookeLaizer_Wx?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BrookeLaizer_Wx<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HankAllenWX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HankAllenWX<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WGNOtv?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WGNOtv<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bajk5TxPAx\">pic.twitter.com\/bajk5TxPAx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jori Parys (@JoriParys) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoriParys\/status\/1432133241562144768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 30, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>This is a developing news story, refresh the page for updates.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hurricane Ida battered Louisiana as a category 4 hurricane when it made landfall on Sunday, before weakening to a category 3 hurricane later on in the evening.The massive hurricane caused &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-697855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=697855"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697855\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=697855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=697855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=697855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}