Ida latest: 69 dead in 8 states, power slowly returns after storm

At least 69 people have died due to Hurricane Ida and the storm’s aftermath across eight states.

The nation is still grappling with the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, which made landfall Aug. 29 and knocked out power to more than 1 million in Louisiana. At least 69 people have died due to the storm -- which hit Louisiana as a Category 4 hurricane -- as well as the devastation it left across eight states In Louisiana, 13 have died due to the storm’s wrath. In the Northeast, at least 52 have died. President Joe Biden will survey the damage of Ida’s remnants in New York and New Jersey on Tuesday.