No quick relief after Hurricane Ida’s wrath

Louisiana residents still reeling from flooding and damage caused by Hurricane Ida scrambled for food, gas, water and relief from the sweltering heat as thousands of line workers toiled to restore electricity and officials vowed to set up more sites where people could get free meals and cool off. Power and water outages affected hundreds of thousands of people, with many of them unable to get immediate relief. The death toll from the hurricane

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climbed to at least four in Louisiana and Mississippi. The two states are still taking stock of the disaster inflicted by the Category 4 storm that hit 16 years after Hurricane Katrina UNITED devastated STATES the area. The United Nations said on Wednesday

No quick relief after

that Ida could become the costliest

Hurricane Ida’s wrath

weather disaster on record. Louisiana residents still reeling from flooding and damage caused by Hurricane Ida scrambled for food, gas, water and relief from the sweltering heat as thousands of line workers toiled to restore electricity and officials vowed to set up more sites where people could get free meals and cool off. Power and water outages affected hundreds of thousands of people, with many of them unable to get immediate relief. The death toll from the hurricane climbed to at least four in Louisiana and Mississippi. The two states are still taking stock of the disaster inflicted by the Category 4 storm that hit 16 years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the area. The United Nations said on Wednesday that Ida could become the costliest weather disaster on record.