After 4 nursing home deaths, Louisiana officials investigate Hurricane Ida evacuations

843 residents from seven nursing homes across four parishes are now being moved to safety. Twelve of the residents rescued required hospitalization.

Louisiana officials are investigating a facility where nursing home residents were evacuated to after four residents died there ahead of Hurricane Ida. The coroner determined three of the deaths to be storm-related, though the residents' definitive causes of death have not been confirmed. On Friday, Aug. 27, two days before Ida made landfall, the Louisiana Dept. of Health (LDH) learned of the four deaths at an unnamed facility in the Tangipahoa Parish. After the hurricane hit, LDH was alerted to "deteriorating conditions" at this facility and officials "promptly visited" the site Tuesday -- but were "expelled from the property and prevented from conducting a full assessment."