At least one person died in United States’ Louisiana and power supply was knocked off in all of New Orleans as Hurricane Ida hit the two states on Sunday, AP reported.
One of the most powerful storms to have ever hit the country, Ida ravaged several houses and reversed the flow of the Mississippi river. An unidentified person died in Prairieville suburb of Louisiana following a report of a fallen tree on a home, the local sheriff said.
A Category 4 storm, according to the US weather department, Ida hit on the same date on which Hurricane Katrina crashed onto Louisiana and Mississippi 16 years ago. With wind speeds reaching 230 km per hour, Ida was the fifth strongest hurricane to hit the US.
It has since been downgraded to a Category 1 storm.
Videos showed heavy rains lashing and flooded localities in the two states. One of the videos from the US National Hurricane Centre captured the eye of the storm too.
Stunning video taken from inside the eye of #Ida this morning by…