Grand Isle, Louisiana's last remaining inhabited barrier island at the southern tip of the state, bore the brunt of Hurricane Ida and was devastated by the Category 4 storm's high winds, rain and storm surge.
Catastrophic damage means some areas won't have electricity for up to a month -- which can be deadly in the oppressive heat. The next few weeks will be ugly. Here's what experts say residents can do:
We have rivers cresting at up to 10 feet. I have never seen anything like it. Today was the first day of our annual State Fair, and it was cancelled due to heavy downpours all day and into tomorrow morning.
It's a historic night as the National Weather Service Office in New York City issued its first ever Flash Flood Emergency - and had to do so more than once.
Multiple tornados swirled through New Jersey, ripping apart and flattening homes amid furious downpours and flash floods from the remnants of Hurricane Ida.