Hurricane Ida hits the US coast: The raging element has its first victim, PHOTO of a huge trigger – Topky

Sky News reported on Monday night, referring to the latest update to the Miami-based National Hurricane Center (NHC) released at 2:00 AM CEST. According to the NHC, Ida is accompanied by a wind with an average speed of 195 km / h, which can cause great damage to family houses and break and uproot trees, blocking many roads. Hurricane Ida is moving slowly further inland over southeast Louisiana, where it has brought torrential rain, extreme winds and caused flooding, the NHC said.

Entergy, an electricity distribution company in Louisiana, said at least 620,000 customers had lost power more than five hours after the hurricane hit the mainland. The whole city of New Orleans was completely without electricity due to a serious failure. In this regard, Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards asked the White House to declare his state a disaster-stricken area, which would better help coordinate the assistance needed.

Hurricane Ida also caused an almost complete halt to oil and gas production in the Gulf of Mexico. Ida arrived on the Louisiana coast exactly 16 years after being hit by Hurricane Katrina, which claimed 1,836 lives and caused $ 125 billion in property damage. Ida struck only 64 kilometers from the place where Katrina hit for the first time.

Biden declared Louisiana a disaster-stricken area

Hurricane Ida, which hit the coast of the US state of Louisiana on Sunday morning local time as an “extremely dangerous” Category 4 storm, was reassigned to Category 2. Sky News reported on Monday night, citing the latest update from the Miami-based National Hurricane Center (NHC).

Source: SITA / AP Photo / Steve Helber

Although Hurricane Ida weakens after crossing the mainland and eventually becomes a tropical pressure lower, it moves very slowly further inland, increasing its destructive effect in the form of torrential rains, strong winds still exceeding 100 km / h and floods. They are also preparing for his arrival in the states of Mississippi and Alabama.

Stunning video taken from inside the eye of #Ida this morning by the NESDIS Ocean Winds Research team during a flight on the @NOAA_HurrHunter P3 aircraft @NOAASatellites pic.twitter.com/sjt970Yeiq

– National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic) August 29, 2021

The hurricane has already claimed its first victim. According to NBC News, the sheriff’s office at Ascension Parish on Sunday said a fallen tree injured a 60-year-old man in Prairieville, near Baton Rouge, who had died at the scene of the crash.

In this regard, Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards asked the White House to declare his state a disaster-stricken area, which would better help coordinate the assistance needed. President Joe Biden complied with his request and ordered federal aid sent to the area. The strength of Hurricane Ida is also evidenced by the fact that the return of one of the most famous waterways in the USA – the Mississippi River – was recorded in Louisiana.