US: Hurricane Ida kills one, knocks out power across New Orleans

Category 4 storm submerges parts of Louisiana coast,, knocks out power across New Orleans city.

Hurricane Ida has made landfall as one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the United States, lashing the coast with fierce winds, torrential downpours and pounding surf that submerged much of the Louisiana shoreline under several feet of water. All of New Orleans, Louisiana’s most populous city, had power knocked out due to “catastrophic transmission damage,” the local utility reported on Sunday. At least one person died after being injured by a fallen tree in the New Orleans suburb of Prairieville, according to the sheriff’s office.