The city's energy company said the storm had caused “catastrophic transmission damage' on Sunday night.
as a Category 4 behemoth, lashing the state with 150-mph winds, tying as the fifth-strongest hurricane to ever hit the mainland U.S.
It weakened to a Category 3 storm as it closed in on New Orleans, but the sheer size of Ida threatened theThe National Weather Service’s New Orleans office said later Sunday that it expected strong winds and heavy rain throughout the night, urging residents to
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