IRONTON, La. (AP) The land on which Audrey Trufant Salvant’s home sits in the small Louisiana town of Ironton has become an island in a sea of mud and snake-infested marsh grass. Nearby houses are disconnected from their foundations, a refrigerator is lodged sideways in a tree, and dozens of caskets and tombs from two nearby cemeteries are strewn across lawns for blocks.
IRONTON, La. (AP) — The land on which Audrey Trufant Salvant’s home sits in the small Louisiana town of Ironton has become an island in a sea of mud and
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A month after Hurricane Ida roared ashore with 150 mph winds, communities all along the state's southeastern coast Ironton, Grand Isle, Houma, Lafitte and Barataria are still suffering from the devastating effects of the Category 4 storm.