Hurricane Ida: 16 years after the Katrina trauma, New Orleans is once again facing severe weather conditions

Sixteen years after Katrina, Louisiana on Monday discovered the extent of the damage caused by the passage of Hurricane Ida, which killed at least one near New Orleans and flooded large coastal areas.

Uprooting trees, destroying roofs or certain buildings, the hurricane plunged more than a million homes into darkness on Sunday evening, including those in New Orleans, according to the specialized site PowerOutage.US.

Classified in category 4 with winds of 240 km / h, Ida began Sunday shortly before noon to hit the coasts of this southern state of the United States.

The hurricane gradually weakened overnight and was classified as a tropical storm on Monday morning by the US meteorological services.

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