Ida Death Toll in Louisiana Rises to 26, Officials Say
Eleven new deaths have now been linked to the storm, which hit the state with Category 4 winds in the final days of August.
Marco Bello/Reuters
The Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office confirmed Wednesday that 11 additional deaths have now been traced to Hurricane Ida. This raises the total count to 26, according to the state’s Department of Health. The majority of the newly identified dead, nine victims all over 60 years old, succumbed to excessive heat conditions during an extended power outage. Two others, a 24-year-old man and a 44-year-old man, died from carbon monoxide poisoning. Ida slammed into Louisiana on Aug. 29 as a Category 4 hurricane, blowing gales of 150 miles per hour. With these new identifications, the nation’s storm-related death toll will climb close to 80. Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of people across the country remain without power.
BREAKING: The Orleans Parish Coroner confirmed 11 new deaths related to #Ida. @LADeptHealth says nine of the 11 are related to extended power outages. There are now 26 storm-related deaths in Louisiana @wdsu
— Christina Watkins (@CWatkinsWDSU) September 8, 2021
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