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Hurricane Ida

Carla Bayerri inspects her restaurant after flooding in the seaside town of Alcanar, in northeastern Spain, September 2, 2021. (Joan Mateu Parra/AP)
January 11, 2022, 9:39 am
Hurricane Ida, Europe floods made 2021 a costly year of disasters
Reinsurance company Munich Re estimates economic losses from natural disasters worldwide last year at $280 billion, warns of links to global warming as shown by studies
By Frank Jordans
Headstones at a cemetery that flooded in Somerville, N.J. September 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)
September 3, 2021, 2:46 pm
Cleanup, mourning continue in northeast US after Ida claims at least 48 lives
Majority of fatalities drowned after their cars were caught in flash floods caused by record-breaking rainfall
By AP
People take a look at the 206 route partially flooded as a result of the remnants of Hurricane Ida in Somerville, N.J., Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021. (AP/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)
September 3, 2021, 2:07 am
Death toll from historic Ida drenching hits 45 as northeast US mops up
At least 23 people killed in New Jersey, 13 in New York after former hurricane combines with front to dump record-breaking amounts of rain, inundating Atlantic seaboard
By AP
Vehicles are under water during flooding in Philadelphia, on Thursday, September 2, 2021, in the aftermath of downpours and high winds from the remnants of Hurricane Ida that hit the area. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
September 2, 2021, 9:23 pm
Rabbi among at least 18 people killed as remnants of Ida slam New York area
One fatality named as Shmuel Dovid Weissmandel, 69, of Mount Kisco, New York, who was found lifeless in his car while on his way home
By AP and ToI Staff
A fast-moving tornado is seen in the distance through a windshield just before the toll booth for the Burlington Bristol Bridge on September 1, 2021, in Burlington, New Jersey. (Scott Smith via AP)
September 2, 2021, 10:23 am
At least 8 deaths as Ida remnants belt US Northeast and flood NY roads, subway
At least 2 tornadoes pound area; videos show cars and garbage floating down streets, Torah scrolls rescued from Williamsburg synagogue; Postal Service roof collapses in New Jersey
By AP and ToI Staff
In the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, people line up for food and ice at a distribution center September 1, 2021, in New Orleans, Louisiana. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
September 2, 2021, 4:44 am
Scattered by Hurricane Ida, New Orleans Jews struggle ahead of High Holidays
While many fled the city, those who remained are faced with long periods without power and air conditioning amid sweltering heat; several services will again be held over Zoom
By Asaf Shalev
A woman returns to her destroyed home with the assistance of a Louisiana National Guard high-water vehicle to retrieve medicine for herself and her father, and a few possessions, after she evacuated from rising floodwater in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida in LaPlace, Louisiana, August 30, 2021. (Gerald Herbert/AP)
September 1, 2021, 8:44 pm
UN: Weather disasters and their costs are multiplying, though deaths are falling
World Meteorological Organization finds that catastrophes are happening four to five times more often than in 1970s, causing seven times more damage
By Seth Borenstein and Jamey Keaten
Jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong in the upstairs den of his Corona, New York home on June 23, 1971. (AP Photo/John Rooney)
September 1, 2021, 5:18 am
Hurricane Ida levels Jewish family home where Louis Armstrong found inspiration
A youthful Armstrong spent time with the Karnofsky family at their home and tailor shop, where they mentored him, bought his first trumpet and instilled a love of matzah
By Ron Kampeas
Homes are flooded in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, August 30, 2021, in Lafitte, Louisiana. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
August 31, 2021, 1:25 pm
Hurricane Ida causes 2 deaths, as thousands in US face weeks without power
25,000 utility workers are on the ground in Louisiana to help restore electricity after ‘catastrophic’ damage, governor says
By Rebecca Santana and JAY REEVES
Traffic diverts around downed power lines August 30, 2021, in Metairie, Louisiana. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
August 30, 2021, 8:21 pm
Hundreds trapped, 1 million without power, as Ida churns through Louisiana
Officials say it could take six weeks to fully restore power to parts of New Orleans hit hard by hurricane, as extent of damage seen for first time
By Rebecca Santana, Kevin McGill and Janet McConnaughey
A section of roof that was blown off of a building in the French Quarter by Hurricane Ida winds blocks an intersection, Sunday, August 29, 2021, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
August 30, 2021, 8:00 am
Hurricane Ida knocks out New Orleans power, claims its first fatality
Unidentified person found dead after a tree crashes down on a home in Prairieville; the 150-mph winds make it the 5th strongest hurricane to ever hit the mainland US
By Rebecca Santana, Kevin McGill and Janet McConnaughey
A man passes by a section of roof that was blown off of a building in the French Quarter by Hurricane Ida winds, Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
August 30, 2021, 12:54 am
Massive Hurricane Ida makes landfall, barreling towards New Orleans
Swift emergence of category 4 storm with winds of 150 mph (230 kph) leaves no time to order mandatory evacuation, but city hopeful this time levees will hold
By Kevin McGill and JAY REEVES
US residents drive north (L) on Interstate Highway 55 near Magnolia, Mississippi, as they evacuate away from New Orleans on August 28, 2021, before the arrival of Hurricane Ida. (Photo by Patrick T. FALLON / AFP)
August 29, 2021, 11:41 am
Evacuations, fear as ‘extremely dangerous’ Hurricane Ida grows to Category 4
Storm expected to make US landfall Sunday afternoon, battering New Orleans on 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina; ‘Extended power loss is almost certain,’ says city official
By Daxia Rojas
In preparation of Hurricane Ida, a US worker attaches protective plywood to windows and doors of a business in the French Quarter in New Orleans, August 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
August 29, 2021, 8:54 am
Hurricane Ida expected to slam into Louisiana on Sunday afternoon
Storm slated to bring winds as high as 130 mph and flooding rains when it hits US shores, endangering New Orleans and parts of Alabama
By Rebecca Santana and Kevin McGill
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