Hurricane Ida: First death as entire of New Orleans plunged into darkness with power cut

The Mirror says Hurricane Ida has claimed its first fatality with a person being crushed to death by a falling tree.

The storm system has caused a major power outage in the city of New Orleans with all 45m residents losing power.

Entergy New Orleans said because of “catastrophic damage to (their) transmission system, all of Orleans Parish is currently without power.”

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