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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
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 
Luling-LA-destruction-of-a-home.-Courtesy-of-WGNOs-Cole-Walker 
Oakwood Mall Damage from WGNO’s Chris Welty 
Lafitte flooding from WGNO’s Chris Welty 
Lafitte flooding from WGNO’s Chris Welty 
Lafitte flooding from WGNO’s Chris Welty 
Lafitte flooding from WGNO’s Chris Welty 
Lafitte flooding from WGNO’s Chris Welty 
Barataria Blvd in Marrero photo by Chris Welty 
Entergy trucks crossing the spillway en route to recovery efforts (Photo: LBJ | WGNO) 
Fence down in Lakeview (LBJ | WGNO) 
Fence down in Lakeview (LBJ | WGNO) 
Fallen tree takes out power lines in Mandeville (Photo: Jeff Funk | WGNO) 
‘Breaking Point’ in Lacombe (Photo: Jeff Funk | WGNO) 
‘Breaking Point II’ in Mandeville (Photo: Jeff Funk | WGNO) 
Flood water still sits on top of Lower Lafitte following Hurricane Ida (Photo: LBJ | WGNO) 
Flood water still sits on top of Lower Lafitte following Hurricane Ida (Photo: LBJ | WGNO) 
Flood water still sits on top of Lower Lafitte following Hurricane Ida (Photo: LBJ | WGNO) 
Flood water still sits on top of Lower Lafitte following Hurricane Ida (Photo: LBJ | WGNO) 
Flood water still sits on top of Lower Lafitte following Hurricane Ida (Photo: LBJ | WGNO) 
WGNO covering Hurricane Ida aftermath in Lafitte PC: LBJ 
Lower Lafitte ll PC: WGNO’s Jeff Kent 
Lower Lafitte ll PC: WGNO’s Jeff Kent 
Lower Lafitte ll PC: WGNO’s Jeff Kent 
Lower Lafitte ll PC: WGNO’s Jeff Kent 
Lower Lafitte destruction Hurricane Ida aftermath (Photo: LBJ | WGNO) 
Lower Lafitte destruction Hurricane Ida aftermath (Photo: LBJ | WGNO) 
Kerner Swing Bridge in Lafitte (Photo: Jeff Kent | WGNO)
