On August 29, Hurricane Ida made landfall as a Category 4 storm southwest of New Orleans. The storm was one of the most intense hurricanes to ever hit the state, with sustained winds of 150 miles per hour, causing widespread power outages, flooding, and at least four deaths. Hurricane Ida struck Louisiana exactly 16 years after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans in 2005. As Ida weakens and moves northeast, many Louisiana residents are now assessing the damage, rescuing the stranded, and recovering what they can.
Photos: The Aftermath of Hurricane Ida
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Montegut fire chief Toby Henry walks back to his fire truck in the rain as firefighters cut through trees on the road in Bourg, Louisiana, as Hurricane Ida passes on August 29, 2021. #
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Theophilus Charles, 70, weeps while sitting on the front porch of his heavily damaged home in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida in Houma, Louisiana, on August 30, 2021. Charles, who hunkered down in the house through the category 4 storm, says he has now lost everything. #
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Dartanian Stovall looks at the house that collapsed with him inside during the height of Hurricane Ida, in New Orleans, on August 30, 2021. Stovall said he was inside the house that he was renovating on Lasalle Street in the Uptown neighborhood when the chimney collapsed and the rest of the house followed. He managed to crawl to safety. #
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John Legard cleans and checks on his son in a car after Hurricane Ida passed through New Orleans, on August 30, 2021. "I'm just glad my son didn't have to deal with this hurricane like how I dealt with Katrina. I was in a much safer area this time around," said Legard. #
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A police officer patrols past a woman walking along Bourbon Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans, after Hurricane Ida knocked out the city's power, on August 30, 2021. #
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Michael Thomas (back) carries his daughter Mikala out of his flooded neighborhood while a high-water-rescue vehicle moves past, in LaPlace, Louisiana, on August 30, 2021. #
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Volunteers Desiree Nye (left) and Hunter Louque (center), of Saint Amant, help Darrin Heisser evacuate his flooded home with his dog Sonny (in tub) with the help of Troy Gerard (right) as they climb into a high-water truck volunteering to evacuate people from flooded homes in LaPlace, Louisiana, on August 30, 2021. #
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People react as a sudden rain shower soaks them while riding out of a flooded neighborhood in a volunteer high-water truck in LaPlace, Louisiana, on August 30, 2021. #
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