A Montco woman who defrauded FEMA of $1.5 million in Hurricane Ida relief money was sentenced to 5 years in prison

A Montgomery County woman was sentenced Wednesday to five years in prison for defrauding the government of more than $1.5 ...
FOX 5 Atlanta

Hurricane Ida: Damage to cost insurers $18 billion, estimate says

NEW ORLEANS - Hurricane Ida, which made landfall as a Category 4 storm with some of the strongest winds ever to slam Louisiana, is estimated to have caused nearly $18 billion in damage, a modeling ...
NOLA.com

Years after Hurricanes Laura and Ida, Louisiana’s billion dollar recovery program will soon end

We’ve learned a lot,” said State Rep. Jerome “Zee” Zeringue, R-Houma, who chairs a House panel on disaster recovery. “We ...
ABC 7 Chicago

Louisiana family sheltering in attic during Ida landfall was 'the only thing' they could do

Ida battered Louisiana as a Category 4 with top winds of 150 mph, a tie for 5th strongest hurricane to ever hit the mainland U.S. LAPLACE, Louisiana -- Some families near New Orleans have been forced ...
The Times of Houma/Thibodaux

Keep Terrebonne Beautiful to plant 200 free, native trees for those impacted by Hurricane Ida

This Saturday, Keep Terrebonne Beautiful and local volunteers will be planting 200 free trees for families affected by Hurricane Ida. Want a tree? Request one here!
wtvr

A month after Ida, some storm victims are still homeless

DULAC, LA -- — Exposed for the world to see, Penny Verdin stands in her front yard washing clothes by hand. This single mother of three lost her home in Hurricane Ida, and the only way she can do ...
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Ida caused Mississippi River to temporarily flow backwards as hurricane hit Louisiana

NEW ORLEANS, La. — When Hurricane Ida hit Louisiana as a Category 4 storm on Sunday, it temporarily reversed the flow of the Mississippi River. Ricky Boyette, a spokesman for the U.S. Army Corps of ...