Death toll from Ida increases to 68
CBSN
The death toll from Hurricane Ida on Sunday climbed to at least 68. Many are sill without power, and in Louisiana, recovery is a question of, "where do you begin?"
Adding to the devastation: a significant oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico 100 miles south of New Orleans. A week after Ida slammed the Gulf Coast, much of New Orleans is still in the dark and drying out after deadly flooding and high winds. Barrier Island Grand Isle is uninhabitable.Ashley White received her earliest combat action badge from the United States Army soon after the first lieutenant arrived in Afghanistan. The silver military award, recognizing soldiers who've been personally engaged by an attacker during conflict, was considered an achievement in and of itself as well as an affirming rite of passage for the newly deployed. White had earned it for using her own body to shield a group of civilian women and children from gunfire that broke out in the midst of her third mission in Kandahar province. All of them survived. She never mentioned the badge to anyone in her battalion.