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Hurricane Ida Traps Louisianans, Leaves The Grid A Shambles

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Posted on August 30, 2021 · A fearsome Hurricane Ida has left scores of coastal Louisiana residents trapped by floodwaters, while making a shambles of the electrical grid across a wide swath of the state in the sweltering, late-summer heat.

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Hurricane Ida Strikes Louisiana; New Orleans Hunkers Down

Kevin McGill, AP / Jay Reeves, Associated Press

Posted on August 26, 2021 · The Category 4 storm hit Sunday with winds of 150 mph. It was the same date Hurricane Katrina ravaged Louisiana and Mississippi 16 years earlier.

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Massive seaweed blob unlikely to majorly affect Galveston, other Texas beaches, researcher says

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