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August 31, 2021

Over 1 Million in Path of Hurricane Ida Could Remain Without Power for Weeks
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Hurricane Ida has been downgraded to a tropical depression after it hit
the Louisiana coast Sunday as a Category 4 storm on the 16th anniversary
of Hurricane Katrina. On Monday, Ida continued to bring torrential rain
and flooding to Louisiana and southern Mississippi, where two people
died when a flooded highway collapsed. Louisiana's main utility company
Entergy says it could be weeks before it restores electricity to nearly
a million people in the storm's path, including all of New Orleans, as
temperatures rise to near 90 degrees.


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