In American Louisiana, more than a million people were left without electricity because of Hurricane Ida.
Over one million homes and businesses were left without electricity in the southern American state of Louisiana due to Hurricane Ida.
This is reported by the profile portal poweroutage.us.
According to him, at 07.06 Moscow time, there is no electricity in 1,000 809 Louisiana households. In the neighboring state of Mississippi, more than 40 thousand customers were without electricity.
The hurricane, which is assigned the second category of five possible, struck the Louisiana coast on Sunday and rages over the state, with winds exceeding 165 kilometers per hour. The large city of New Orleans, according to local authorities, was completely de-energized due to the impact of the hurricane.
US President Joe Biden has declared a natural disaster in the state. At least one person was killed in a hurricane in Louisiana.