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WATCH: Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves gives update on Hurricane Ida impact

By News Desk

Two people were killed and at least 10 others were injured late Monday when seven vehicles plunged, one after another, into a deep hole where a dark, rural highway collapsed as Hurricane Ida blew through Mississippi.

Louisiana residents reeling from Hurricane Ida damage

By Kevin McGill, Chevel Johnson, Melinda Deslatte, Associated Press

Power and water outages affected hundreds of thousands of people, many of them with no way to get immediate relief.

Remnants of Hurricane Ida are forecast to dump rain in Northeast

By Associated Press

Ida is forecast to dump rain from the central Appalachians into New England on Wednesday, with up to 8 inches possible in spots from Pennsylvania to Massachusetts.

California fire approaches Lake Tahoe after mass evacuation

By Sam Metz, Janie Har, Associated Press

"It's more out of control than I thought," evacuee Glen Naasz said of the fire that by late Monday had been pushed by strong winds across California highways 50 and 89, burning mountain cabins as it swept down slopes into…

Hurricane Ida traps Louisianans, shatters the power grid

By Rebecca Santana, Jay Reeves, Kevin McGill, 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 sweltering, late-summer heat.

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.

U.S. declares a public health emergency post-Hurricane Ida

By Associated Press

U.S. health officials Monday declared public health emergencies for Louisiana and Mississippi, seeking to suspend government red tape that may get in the way of providing help to people affected by Hurricane Ida.

Two-week-old wildfire threatens Lake Tahoe area

By Noah Berger, Associated Press

Fire officials ordered more evacuations near Lake Tahoe and told other residents to be ready to leave as a destructive fire roared through forests southwest of the alpine lake that straddles the California-Nevada state line.

EXPLAINER: Ida similar to Katrina, but stronger, smaller

By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press

Hurricane Ida is looking eerily like a dangerous and perhaps scarier sequel to 2005’s Hurricane Katrina, the costliest storm in American history. But there’s a few still-to-come twists that could make Ida nastier in some ways, but not quite as…

Crews battle to protect Lake Tahoe region from wildfire

By Associated Press

Firefighters faced a critical day in efforts to prevent a massive California wildfire from reaching the Lake Tahoe resort region Saturday, hoping to take advantage of calmer winds before hot, heavy gusts return.