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The Latest Breaking News from Hurricane Ida

Gulf Coast residents still reeling from Hurricane Ida clean up mess left by Francine

Gulf Coast residents are cleaning up the mess left by Francine, which struck Louisiana as a Category 2 hurricane

The Independent UK

Louisiana residents breathe a sigh of relief as Hurricane Francine recedes

Storm did not cause large-scale damage or loss of life, but ferocity of winds and rain raises fears for the future

The Guardian - US

Deadly Heat Wave Exposes Vulnerability Of Air Conditioning

Learn about the vulnerability of communities to extreme weather events and heat waves post-Hurricane Ida in Louisiana.

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Nursing home owner sent 800 residents to ride out a hurricane in squalor

Within days after the storm hit, the state reported the deaths of seven of the evacuees, five of them classified as storm-related

The Independent UK

Insurance crisis leaves homeowners vulnerable in hurricane-prone Louisiana

Since the 2020 hurricanes, nine insurers became insolvent in the US state of Louisiana within a couple of years.

Al Jazeera

When homes flood, who retreats and to where? We mapped thousands of buyouts and found the average move is only 7 miles, and race plays a role

After Hurricane Ida hit New Orleans in 2021, Kirt Talamo, a fourth-generation Louisianan, decided it was time to go. He sold his flooded home, purchased his grandmother’s former house on New Orleans’ west bank, which hadn’t flooded, and moved in. It felt good to be back within its familiar walls,…

The Conversation

Filipino workers: Oil company abandoned us in Hurricane Ida

Ten Filipino men who worked for a major offshore oil industry employer under federally granted visas claim in a federal lawsuit they were treated like prisoners at a company bunkhouse and that some of them were abandoned there when Hurricane Ida struck the Louisiana Gulf Coast in August 2021

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Nursing home owner faces new lawsuit in Ida storm evacuation

A Louisiana nursing home owner is facing a new lawsuit over evacuating residents to a squalid warehouse to ride out Hurricane Ida in 2021

The Independent UK

Fleeing Hurricane Ida, Langston Allston came to Chicago and created this mural

The artist says his inspiration was the generosity and charity that came after the hurricane ravaged much of Louisiana.

Chicago Sun-Times

How to protect NYC from the next Sandy

The city wants to use its public housing developments to soak up extreme rain

Salon

'Captain America' fixes hurricane hit roofs in New Orleans

New Orleans hometown hero Anthony Mackie is helping rebuild roofs in the city damaged by Hurricane Ida

The Independent UK

The New Orleans elderly community ‘left to die’ after a hurricane

After Ida made landfall on August 29, 2021, residents of a senior living facility were plunged into ’12 days of hell’.

Al Jazeera

Insurances woes in coastal Louisiana make hurricane recovery difficult

With some major insurance companies not offering policies and small firms facing bankruptcy, residents are scrambling to find coverage for this year's hurricane season as structures remain unrepaired.

WEKU

Video shows van being swallowed by a sinkhole after severe storms in NYC

This phenomenon also occurred after Hurricane Ida struck last year

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Black parade culture museum reopening in New Orleans

Ten months after Hurricane Ida damaged a museum celebrating New Orleans' African American parading culture, the Backstreet Cultural Museum is reopening

WEKU

The owner of nursing homes whose residents suffered during Hurricane Ida is arrested

The owner of seven Louisiana nursing homes whose residents suffered in squalid conditions after being evacuated to a warehouse as Hurricane Ida approached last year was arrested on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

Nursing home owner whose residents suffered in Ida arrested

The owner of seven Louisiana nursing homes whose residents suffered in squalid conditions after being evacuated to a warehouse for Hurricane Ida has been arrested

The Independent UK

In Louisiana, Native Americans struggle to recover from Ida

As another hurricane season gets started, many Native American residents in southeast Louisiana are still struggling to recover from last year's Hurricane Ida

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The Philadelphia Inquirer

Editorial: Increasing oil and gas well inspections is a crucial step toward addressing climate change

With public schools implementing early dismissals during a recent heat wave that included record temperatures, with city residents bracing for the next occurrence of an extreme storm like Hurricane Ida, and with worsening air quality in Philadelphia overall, climate change and pollution remain a growing threat to the region.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

People in the Philly region are ‘still reeling’ emotionally from Hurricane Ida. Now, more rain is coming

Driving home from work, Kristin Herman was gripping her steering wheel hard. It was mid-April, and one of the region’s heaviest rainstorms since Hurricane Ida was hurtling through Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

The Independent UK

NJ residents say they're waiting for Ida aid 9 months later

Roughly two dozen people appeared Wednesday in Trenton to call on federal officials to speed up and improve disaster aid after remnants of Hurricane Ida struck the state, killing 30 and wrecking numerous properties

Zenger

Goodbye, Ida: Name Of Deadly Hurricane Retired

If Atlantic hurricane-naming sequence reaches “I,” the name will be “Ian.”

The Guardian - US

‘One traumatic thing after another’: New Orleans homes flattened by giant twisters

Residents of Arabi were still feeling the effects of Hurricane Ida, six months ago. And then the black, spinning tornadoes came

The Philadelphia Inquirer

'I can't get out': These families lost their homes in Hurricane Ida. They're stuck in hotels 6 months later

PHILADELPHIA — Courtney Ryan is still living in a hotel.

Evening Standard

Hurricane Ida and flooding in Europe make 2021 one of ‘costliest years on record’ for insurers

2021 was one of the costliest years on record for the insurance industry, according to speciality insurer Lancashire Holdings.

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