Hurricane Ida wreaks havoc across Louisiana
The hurricane was downgraded to a tropical storm over southwestern Mississippi on Monday, about 16 hours after making landfall in Louisiana as a Category 4 hurricane, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.
Whole city of New Orleans loses power due to Hurricane Ida
Sunday also marked the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's destructive landfalls in Louisiana and Mississippi, reports Xinhua news agency. "New Orleans has no power. The only power in the city is coming from generators," NOLA Ready, New Orleans' emergency preparedness campaign, tweeted on Sunday night.
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