the storm force winds of 150 miles an hour when it made landfall yesterday. ripping roofs from buildings and killing a man whose house was hit by a falling tree. there are reports that flash flooding has trapped residents in homes around new orleans where defences were strengthened after hurricane katrina 16 years ago. president biden has declared a major disaster in louisiana, releasing extra resources for rescue and recovery efforts there. this is the destructive power of ida. easily lifting the roof clear off this hospital in cut off louisiana. these coastal areas have been the hardest hit so far. besides ferocious winds, there have been tidal surges as high as 16 feet, and flash flooding. this fire station in delacroix, louisiana, posted footage before and after the storm, as water rushed in.
leaving more than a million people without power, including the whole of new orleans. having hit the gulf of mexico last week, the slow moving storm has brought what forecasters called catastrophic storm surge conditions and extreme winds to coastal areas of louisiana. nada tawfik sent this report from new orleans. this is the destructive power of ida. oh, my gosh! easily lifting the roof clear of this hospital in cut off louisiana. these coastal areas have been the hardest hit so far. besides ferocious winds, there have been tidal surges as high as 16 feet and flash flooding. this fire station in delacroix, louisiana, posted footage before and after the storm as water rushed in. officials warn some of the most affected parts may be uninhabitable for weeks. in comparison, much of new orleans is protected by the levees and flood walls of a newly built hurricane defence system. that is being put to the test now. in the iconic french quarter,
this is the destructive power of ida. oh, my gosh! easily lifting the roof clear off this hospital in cut off louisiana. these coastal areas have been the hardest hit so far. besides ferocious winds, there have been tidal surges as high as 16 feet, and flash flooding. this fire station in delacroix, louisiana, posted footage before and after the storm, as water rushed in. officials warned some of the most affected parts may be uninhabitable for weeks. in comparison, much of new orleans is protected by the levees and flood walls of a newly built hurricane defence system. that is being put to the test now. in the iconic french quarter, debris such as this roof and fallen tree branches litter the streets. and at nightfall, power went out across the entire city. just as new orleans was plunged
nada tawfik reports from new orleans. this is the destructive power of ida. oh, my gosh! easily lifting the roof clear off this hospital in cut off louisiana. these coastal areas have been the hardest hit so far. besides ferocious winds, there have been tidal surges as high as 16 feet, and flash flooding. this fire station in delacroix, louisiana, posted footage before and after the storm, as water rushed in. officials warned some of the most affected parts may be uninhabitable for weeks. in comparison, much of new orleans is protected by the levees and flood walls of a newly built hurricane defence system. that is being put to the test now. in the iconic french quarter, debris such as this roof and fallen tree branches litter the streets. and at nightfall, power went out across the entire city. just as new orleans was plunged into darkness, hurricane ida
the storm brought winds of 150 miles an hour when it made landfall yesterday, ripping moves from buildings and killing a man whose house was hit by a falling tree. >there are reports that fla5h flooding has trapped residents in their homes there, where defences were strengthened following hurricane katrina 16 years ago. president biden has declared a major disaster in louisiana releasing extra resources for rescue and recovery efforts. nada tawfik reports from new orleans. this is the destructive power of ida. oh, my gosh! easily lifting the roof clear off this hospital in cut off louisiana. the5e coastal areas have been the hardest hit so far. besides ferocious winds, there have been tidal 5urge5 as high as 16 feet, and flash flooding. thi5 fire station in delacroix, louisiana, posted footage before and after the storm, as water rushed in. 0fficials warned some of the most