hurricane ida

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Her father was killed in a climate-driven flood. Here's how she's remembering him

12:02pm May 28, 2024

by Rebecca Hersher

Mandy Messinger is one of hundreds who lose loved ones to climate-linked extreme weather each year in the U.S. Her father Craig Messinger was killed in a 2021 flash flood in the Philadelphia suburbs.

Emergency personnel arrive to evacuate people at a mass shelter, on Sept. 2, 2021 in Independence, La. The owner of seven Louisiana nursing homes whose residents suffered in squalid conditions after being evacuated to a warehouse for Hurricane Ida has bee

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The owner of nursing homes whose residents suffered during Hurricane Ida is arrested

4:22pm June 22, 2022

by The Associated Press

The owner of seven Louisiana nursing homes whose residents suffered in squalid conditions after being evacuated to a warehouse as Hurricane Ida approached last year was arrested on Wednesday.

Annie Parfait, a Houma Nation elder, sits outside her home in Dulac, La., on Sept. 21, three weeks after Hurricane Ida made landfall in southeast Louisiana. Parfait, 70, rode out the storm at the Houma Nation Headquarters in Houma, La.

Pushed to the edge, tribe members in coastal Louisiana wonder where to go after Ida

9:31pm October 02, 2021

by Emma Bowman

By nature and necessity, the Houma people are a sprawling but tight-knit community in the bayou region. Federal recognition for the tribe could keep them out of harm's way.

The city of Galliano, La. is still recovering after Hurricane Ida ripped through the southeastern part of the state on August 29. In addition to the destruction, more than 100,000 homes and businesses are still without power.

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Two Weeks After Hurricane Ida, Tens Of Thousands in Louisiana Are Still Without Power

5:02pm September 13, 2021

by Frank Morris

Ida's ferocious 150 mph winds decimated parts of Louisiana's electrical grid. At the height, more than a million homes and businesses were without power. The remaining 117,000+ are having to make do.

Peter Hemans spent the night at New Jersey's Hackensack Middle School, where he is the head custodian, to make sure emergency sump pumps were working properly.

This Custodian Stayed At His School All Night Pumping Water During Ida's Storms

2:05pm September 11, 2021

by Bill Chappell

The hurricane's remnants hit New Jersey just days before classes were to begin at Hackensack Middle School. Its custodian was determined to keep the students on track.

This image provided by NOAA taken Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021 and reviewed by The Associated Press shows oil slicks at the flooded Phillips 66 Alliance Refinery in Belle Chasse, La. It's just one of the oil spills being looked into in the Gulf region in the af

Divers Are Investigating The Source Of Oil Spill Off The Coast Of Louisiana

4:27pm September 05, 2021

by Deepa Shivaram

Coast Guard teams have been dispatched to help determine the extent of the damage from the spill, which is situated roughly two miles off the Louisiana coast. Officials say the source remains unclear.

Jo (left), Joy Banner and their parents fled to the Big House on the Whitney Plantation to ride out Hurricane Ida last Sunday. They say their enslaved ancestors helped build the house.

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Descendants Of The Enslaved Sheltered From Ida In A Historic Plantation's Big House

11:11am September 05, 2021

by John Burnett

Joy Banner's family took shelter in a house on a plantation their ancestors helped build. "They were not able to have this kind of house for their own protection when a hurricane hit them," she says.

Sam Catrambone clears debris away from a friend's home that was damaged by a tornado in Mullica Hill, N.J., on Thursday after record-breaking rainfall brought by the remnants of Hurricane Ida that swept through the area.

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Stunned By Ida, The Northeast Begins To Recover And Worry About The Next Storm

3:18pm September 04, 2021

At least 49 people are confirmed dead, and in some areas, the search for the missing continues. Residents digging out from the wreckage are asking whether the region is prepared for the next storm.

Route 206 in Somerville, N.J., remained largely under water on Thursday. Similar scenes played out across the state and its neighbors.

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The East Coast Begins To Clean Up After Historic Storm Ida Kills 48 People

12:56pm September 03, 2021

by Jaclyn Diaz

After a major storm hit the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, with heavy rain, flash floods and tornadoes, multiple states now turn their attention to recovery.

Flood damaged buildings and boats in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, on Wednesday in Lafitte, La.

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At Least 4 Nursing Home Residents Have Died After Hurricane Ida Evacuation

7:27pm September 02, 2021

by Liz Baker

Four nursing home residents in Louisiana have died after being evacuated to another facility ahead of Hurricane Ida. Health officials are investigating reports of unsafe conditions at the site.