Hurricane Ida aftermath: New Orleans, the rest of Louisiana and tracking the path ahead

Rescuers set out in hundreds of boats and helicopters to reach people trapped by floodwaters Monday, and utility repair crews rushed in, after a furious Hurricane Ida swamped the Louisiana coast and ravaged the electrical grid in the stifling, late-summer heat. https://www.wltx.com/article/news/nation-world/tracking-hurricane-ida-impact-on-us/507-9720375b-ac7e-4664-ae85-dea2b3141746

Residents living amid the maze of rivers and bayous along the state's Gulf Coast retreated desperately to their attics or roofs and posted their addresses on social media with instructions for search-and-rescue teams on where to find them.

More than 1 million customers in Louisiana and Mississippi — including all of New Orleans — were left without power as Ida, one of the most powerful hurricanes ever to hit the U.S. mainland, pushed through on Sunday and early Monday before weakening into a tropical storm.

Officials warned it could be weeks before the power grid is repaired.

Видео Hurricane Ida aftermath: New Orleans, the rest of Louisiana and tracking the path ahead канала News 19 WLTX