PHOTOS: Downed trees show the strength of Hurricane Ida
Victoria Cristina
METAIRIE, La. (WGNO) — Hurricane Ida was one of the strongest storms to make landfall in Louisiana. The Category 4 storm hit on the same date Hurricane Katrina ravaged Louisiana and Mississippi 16 years earlier, coming ashore about 45 miles west of where Category 3 Katrina first struck land.
Shed of Metairie home leveled by Hurricane Ida
Fallen tree lands on home
Massive tree crushes home
Metairie home crushed by large tree
Home damaged by Hurricane Ida
St. Bernard storm damage
Uprooted tree in St. Bernard
Massive tree down rips through concrete
Tree down on cemetery in Covington; EJ Fielding & Sons Funeral Home
Downed Magnolia tree on Elise Avenue
Bricks ripped off of Metairie business
Norco storm damage
Metairie Road tree and powerline damage
Mobile homes tossed by Ida
Mobile homes tossed by Ida
Jefferson parish storm damage
9th Ward Storm Damage
Flooding in Foxwood Manor in LaPlace
LaPlace neighborhood flooding
Home damaged by downed tree
Garage destroyed by Hurricane Ida
Power lines in Metairie hanging on by a thread
Shell gas station ripped apart on Williams Blvd. in Kenner
Covington flooding
Neighbors block off street in Metairie; downed trees preventing access
Damage at St Charles Parish West Regional Library
Generators for sale in Covington
Tree down on cemetery in Covington; EJ Fielding & Sons Funeral Home
Mobile home park tossed by Ida
Pike Entergy staged in Covington
Pike Entergy staged in Covington
Highway 1077 in Folsom
9th Ward flooding
DeGaulle Dr Church of Christ in Algiers
Homes damaged in the 9th Ward
Mangled roof in St. Bernard
Sheet metal roof ripped away in St. Bernard
Storm damage in the 9th Ward
Metairie Road tree and powerline damage
Damage at Madisonville Elementary school
Metairie Road tree and powerline damage
Oak Lane Snoball Stand in Luling
Oakwood Mall damage
Pike Entergy in Madisonville
Storm damage in Luling
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The office of Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards said Ida caused “catastrophic” damage to the power grid, forcing hospitals, businesses, and private residents to rely on generators or go without refrigeration or air conditioning even as temperatures soar to close to 90 degrees.
Officials in New Orleans and surrounding areas are encouraging people who evacuated ahead of the storm to stay away in the immediate aftermath, because it remains unsafe to return amid downed power lines, flooded homes, snapped trees, and other destruction.
“U loot, I shoot” – (Photo: LBJ | WGNO)
Lafitte flooding from WGNO’s Chris Welty
Gentilly Terrace tree down photo from WGNO’s Elizabeth Ullrich
Gentilly Hurricane Ida damage. Photo from Elizabeth Ullrich
Oak Lane Snoball stand in Luling Courtesy of Cole Walker
Traffic light working at Elysian Fields and Filmore Gentilly picture from WGNO’s Jeff Kent
