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Death count from hurricane Ida could rise ‘considerably’ as 2 million estimated to be without power

Hurricane Ida: Death count could rise 'considerably'

Hurricane Ida has been downgraded to a tropical storm after making landfall, as Joe Biden declared a “major disaster” in Louisiana .

More than a million people were left without power after Hurricane Ida battered the state with 150mph winds tearing through some areas.

Originally described as an “extremely dangerous” category four storm, it hit on the same date Hurricane Katrina ravaged Louisiana and Mississippi 16 years earlier.

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