Blasting onshore on the 16th anniversary of Katrina, Hurricane Ida sent its immense storm surge coursing over southeast Louisiana, with gusts up to 172 mph reported at its Port Fourchon landfall at midday Sunday.
With distress calls coming from Laplace and other communities in coastal parishes, first responders and volunteers organized to move in with morning light.
“In Louisiana we have a lot of shrimp fishermen, commercial fishermen,” ready to head out for high-water rescues, Todd Terrell of the volunteer group United Cajun Navy told CNN late Sunday.
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