Hurricane ravaged Louisiana is picking up the pieces, with people returning to find their homes destroyed or under water. More than one million people were left without power: GenoveseMichael 9News
The Louisiana National Guard said it activated 4900 Guard personnel and lined up 195 high-water vehicles, 73 rescue boats and 34 helicopters.Mr Edwards said he decided not to tour hurricane damage by air to add one more aircraft to the effort.
The road to the island remained impassable and rescuers would try to reach them as soon as they are able, the sheriff said. The power company said more than 3218 kilometres of transmission lines were out of service, along with 216 substations. The tower had survived Katrina.Michael Thomas, back, carries his daughter Mikala, out of his flooded neighborhood after Hurricane Ida moved through on Monday .
The governor said 25,000 utility workers were in the state to help restore electricity, with more on the way.AT&T said its wireless network in Louisiana was reduced to 60 per cent of normal but was coming back.The company sent a mobile tower to the state's emergency preparedness office so it could get some service.Charchar Chaffold left her home near LaPlace for Alabama after a tree fell on it Sunday .She last heard from them Sunday night.
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