Aug 31 Watch 5:43 Sen. Cassidy: Hurricane Ida shows need for infrastructure investment — including broadband Rebuilding and recovery from Hurricane Ida is going to be a long-term proposition and could be an expensive undertaking. For those whom the hurricane has displaced, basic necessities like power and water are gone, and fuel is running low. Louisiana… Continue watching
Aug 31 WATCH: Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards and FEMA’s Criswell give Hurricane Ida damage update By Kevin McGill, Jay Reeves, Associated Press Louisiana communities battered by Hurricane Ida are now dealing with the possibility of weeks without power in the stifling, late-summer heat. Continue reading
Aug 31 Hurricane Ida leaves no power, no flights, scant drinking water for many By Rebecca Santana, Jay Reeves, Associated Press Ida ravaged the region's power grid, leaving all of New Orleans and hundreds of thousands of other Louisiana residents in the dark with no clear timeline on when the electricity would come back on. Continue reading
Aug 31 Small Louisiana communities bear brunt of Hurricane Ida By Jay Reeves, Associated Press While New Orleans largely escaped catastrophic flooding during the storm, LaPlace and other nearby communities were not so lucky. Continue reading
Aug 30 Watch 14:21 16 years after Hurricane Katrina, Ida takes ‘significant’ toll on Louisiana Hurricane Ida tore through Southeastern Louisiana's cities and towns, flooding streets and ripping apart buildings and homes, killing at least two people. Crews are still trying to assess its full impact. Electricity remains out in New Orleans and surrounding areas… Continue watching
Aug 30 Watch 3:23 ‘It looks like a war zone’ : Hurricane Ida floods Louisiana’s Plaquemines Parish Judy Woodruff speaks to Louisiana Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser about the aftermath of Hurricane Ida on Plaquemines Parish and what rebuilding efforts will look like. Continue watching
Aug 30 How to help people affected by Hurricane Ida By Chloe Jones Hurricane Ida, one of the strongest hurricanes ever to hit the United States, has caused at least one death in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and knocked out power for the entire city of New Orleans. Here's how you can help. Continue reading
Aug 30 WATCH: Biden pledges Hurricane Ida support for ‘as long as it takes’ By Associated Press Ida has left scores of coastal Louisiana residents trapped by floodwaters and pleading to be rescued, while making a shambles of the electrical grid across a wide swath of the state in the sweltering, late-summer heat. Continue reading
Aug 30 WATCH: News Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell holds briefing after Hurricane Ida slams region By Rebecca Santana, Kevin McGill, Janet McConnaughey, Associated Press A fearsome Hurricane Ida has left scores of coastal Louisiana residents trapped by floodwaters and pleading to be rescued, while making a shambles of the electrical grid across a wide swath of the state in the late-summer heat. Continue reading
Aug 29 Watch 4:04 Ida: Louisiana braces for impact as evacuations continue By PBS NewsHour Evacuations continue and more than 2,000 FEMA personnel are deployed as the gulf coast braces for Hurricane Ida, a category 4 storm -- on the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the most devastating storm in America’s history. NewsHour Correspondent Roby Chavez… Continue watching