Hurricane Ida

President Joe Biden visits New York and New Jersey Tuesday to survey damages after Hurricane Ida, the Texas election reform bill is finally signed into law, and the secretary of state dismisses reports that Americans are being blocked from leaving Afghanistan.

President Joe Biden on Tuesday toured communities recovering from Hurricane Ida in two northeastern states, asserting the storm shows the threat of climate change and the need to invest in infrastructure to prepare for future extreme weather events. The Democrat saw firsthand the damage from Ida in Manville, New Jersey, and Queens, New York, visiting […]

At least 44 people have died and four are still missing in New York and New Jersey after the remnants of Hurricane Ida swept through the Northeast. The storm’s death toll has risen to at least 68. President Joe Biden Monday declared parts of the two states major disaster areas, and he plans to visit […]

Close to half a million households and businesses in U.S. Southern states remained without power in the fallout of Hurricane Ida on Monday, as new flash warnings were issued due to slow-moving rain and drenching thunderstorms. According to PowerOutage.us, roughly 456,000 power outages in Louisiana were reported as of late Monday, while 13,500 households and […]

President Joe Biden has declared New Jersey and New York major disaster sites after Hurricane Ida, a former Marine is charged with first-degree murder in the killing of four people in Florida, and city officials in Portland, Oregon, want to ban doing business with Texas.

President Joe Biden has approved disaster funds for New York and New Jersey in the wake of last week’s flooding caused by the remnants of Hurricane Ida, according to the White House in a statement released on Sept. 6. The disaster funds were released by the federal government to the two states on Sept. 5, […]

Over half a million households and businesses remain without power in Louisiana on Monday, eight days after Hurricane Ida struck the state.

President Joe Biden has visited Louisiana in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida and promised federal aid to recovery efforts in affected communities.

NEW YORK—Tales of selflessness and heroism—and of deadly delays and heartbreaking missed opportunities—are emerging after the remnants of Hurricane Ida, the deadliest storm the nation has seen since 2017, pummeled the Northeast with record-breaking rain that flooded roads and houses, killing dozens. Earlier, Ida laid waste to parts of Louisiana and Mississippi after blowing ashore […]

The U.S. Department of Energy announced Thursday it will utilize the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve to address fuel shortages in Louisiana because of Hurricane Ida. The Category 4 hurricane devastated coastal areas and inland parishes across the state’s southeastern region. Gasoline-powered generators remain critically important as widespread power outages persist amid sweltering summer temperatures. Transportation […]

President Joe Biden made a trip to Louisiana on Friday, as the state works to restore power and fix the damage from Ida. It’s said to be the fifth most powerful hurricane to hit the United States. Now Biden is pledging to provide residents with emergency spending cash and funding to repair roofs.

The remnants of Hurricane Ida devastated states across the Northeast. At least 45 people lost their lives in New York and New Jersey, almost five times more than in the south where Ida made landfall on Sunday.

President Joe Biden is expected to visit Louisiana Friday, days after Hurricane Ida battered the state. A press release says he’ll survey the damage from the hurricane.

The cleanup—and mourning—continued Friday as the Northeast United States recovered from record-breaking rainfall from the remnants of Hurricane Ida. At least 48 people in five states died as storm water cascaded into people’s homes and engulfed automobiles, overwhelming urban drainage systems never meant to handle so much rain in such a short time. The toll […]

Reporter Roman Balmakov was on the ground at one of the hardest-hit areas by Hurricane Ida in the city of LaPlace, Louisiana.

The whole Northeast has been hammered by what’s left of Ida, causing massive damage and triggering states of emergency. NTD was in New Jersey, where certain areas are still shut down.

At least 45 people have died as remnants of Hurricane Ida hit the mid-Atlantic and the Northeast regions. Many more are suffering from the devastation. The storm surprised and overwhelmed residents and officials alike.