Energy companies begin to assess damage from Ida

Energy companies, refiners and pipeline operators throughout the Gulf surveyed damage to their facilities in the wake of Hurricane Ida

Louisiana communities battered by Ida faced a new danger as they began the massive task of clearing debris and repairing damage from the storm: the possibility of weeks without power in the stifling, late-summer heat. Entergy said a crew of at least 20,000 will take several days to assess the damage in New Orleans and southeast Louisiana caused by Hurricane Ida’s landfall on Sunday. As of Monday, nearly 900,000 customers had no power, and the New Orleans-based power company estimated that based on the damage, customers in the direct path of the storm face extended outages. Energy and chemical companies throughout the region were surveying damage.