Heat indices could reach 108 degrees across south Louisiana on Wednesday.
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108. That's how high the heat index could rise across southeast Louisiana on Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service.There have been no commercial flights into or out of New Orleans International Airport since Saturday, but Delta Air Lines isHurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana on Sunday with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph, tying it with two other storms as the most powerful to hit the state in recorded history.
, which took a hit from the storm's eastern eyewall, nearly every structure has reportedly taken on damage and a levee designed to protect the community has broken.
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