From Louisiana to New York, communities across the eastern US are trying to piece lives back together more than a week after Hurricane Ida slammed into the Gulf Coast.
Parts of southeastern Louisiana and southern Mississippi, including Baton Rouge, New Orleans and Gulfport, are under a heat advisory Monday, as high temperatures will be in the upper 80s and lower 90s, with a heat index between 100 and 105 degrees.In addition, a flash flood watch is in effect in the region from noon through the evening Monday as slow-moving thunderstorms are expected to develop.
New Orleans is transporting some residents to shelters as hundreds of thousands remain without power after Hurricane IdaAt least seven people have died after being evacuated from a nursing home to a warehouse in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, CNN has reported. In response, State Sen. Kirk Talbot said he wants to require backup generators at nursing homes.
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