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Nursing Home Owner Whose Residents Suffered in Ida Arrested
The owner of seven Louisiana nursing homes who sent more than 800 of his elderly residents to a crowded, ill-equipped warehouse to ride out Hurricane Ida last year was arrested Wednesday on fraud and cruelty charges arising from the squalid conditions. Bob Glynn Dean Jr., 68, had already lost state licenses and federal funding for crowding his residents into a…
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Ida Flooding Displaced Caskets and Vaults in Louisiana. Returning Them Isn't Always Easy
A Louisiana task force is working to gather vaults and caskets disrupted from their burial sites by Hurricane Ida and rebury them.
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Victim of Alligator Attack During Hurricane Is Identified
The remains found in an alligator’s stomach have been positively identified as those of a man who was attacked and killed in Hurricane Ida floodwaters.
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Alligator Suspected in Post-Ida Attack Captured, Human Remains Found in Stomach
Louisiana authorities have captured and killed an alligator believed to have attacked a man who went missing in flood waters from Hurricane Ida
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From COVID to Ida: Louisiana's Marginalized ‘See No Way Out'
Some of the hardest-hit victims left in deadly Hurricane Ida’s wake are Louisiana residents already devastated by the pandemic.
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Ida Deaths Rise by 11 in New Orleans; Louisiana Toll Now 26
Officials have raised Hurricane Ida’s death toll in Louisiana to 26
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Ida and COVID-19: ‘Twin-Demic' Slams Louisiana Hospitals
As one of the most powerful hurricanes in the nation’s history barreled into Louisiana, a pair of hospitals squarely in its path braced for the worst
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After Ida Oil Spill in Gulf of Mexico, Divers Put Containment Dome on Pipeline
Houston-based Talos Energy said in a statement that its oil spill response contractor had installed the containment dome Monday evening, allowing for the recovery of the oil.
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Hurricane Ida Power Outages, Misery Persist 9 Days Later
More than 400,000 homes and businesses in Louisiana still don’t have power nine days after Hurricane Ida.
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After Ida Deaths, Louisiana Revokes Nursing Home Licenses
Louisiana health officials are revoking the licenses of seven nursing homes that were evacuated to a warehouse where residents died after Hurricane Ida amid conditions deemed squalid and unsafe.
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Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards Gives Update on Ida Recovery
As crews continued working to bring power to those in Louisiana without it, Gov. John Bel Edwards provided an update on Ida recovery efforts.
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Biden Tours Ida Damage in Manville, NJ
President Biden toured Manville, New Jersey, on Tuesday to survey the heavy damage caused by the remnants of Hurricane Ida last week.
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No More Time: Biden Tours Ida-Devastated Parts of NJ, NY With Climate Change Message
Pointing accusingly at climate change, President Joe Biden toured deadly flood damage in New Jersey and New York City Tuesday and said he was thinking about the all families who suffered “profound” losses from the powerful remnants of Ida. Biden first toured Manville, New Jersey, a community devastated both by fires and floods. Later, he visited Queens, which lost nearly…
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New Orleans: Seniors Left in Dark, Hot Facilities After Ida
Officials in New Orleans say they will thoroughly inspect senior living apartments in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida after finding people living in buildings without working generators that trapped residents in wheelchairs in dark, sweltering upper floors.
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Tenants in Ida-Ravaged La. Apartments Forced Out, With Few Good Options Ahead
One resident said she was videoing the raging storm outside when her bedroom ceiling collapsed on top of her. Now she worries another storm will come and ruin what possessions she has left.
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A Hurricane-Hardened City Coping ‘the New Orleans Way'
While chefs and amateur cooks alike piled plates high with comfort food, residents with generators charged their neighbors’ cellphones and revved up chain saws to clear downed trees.
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Afghan Resettlement Adds to Crushing Workload for Beleaguered FEMA
FEMA officials say the cascade of emergencies — from hurricanes and wildfires to COVID-19 and Afghan resettlement — is stretching the agency thin.
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Divers Identify Broken Pipeline as Source of Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill in La.
Divers at the site of an ongoing oil spill that appeared in the Gulf of Mexico after Hurricane Ida have identified the apparent source as a one-foot diameter pipeline displaced from a trench on the ocean floor and broken open.
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Louisiana Residents Thankful for Small Miracles After Ida
Parishioners of a church outside New Orleans were surprised to find electricity had been restored overnight, allowing for an indoor service on Sunday
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Cleanup Boats on Scene of Large Gulf Oil Spill Following Ida
The U.S. Coast Guard said Saturday that cleanup crews are responding to a sizable oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico following Hurricane Ida