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Please log in to use this feature Log In. Don't have an account? Sign Up Today. Follow Us. Misinformation during hurricane Katrina over how lawless New Orleans had become made the situation far worse, according to both the man who was in charge of the troops on the ground during the disaster and the state governor. While television images did capture people grabbing electronics and other valuable goods from local retail outlets, the majority of looters were hunting for bare essentials such as food, water, diapers and medicine, he said.

In one incident at the time on Danziger bridge, two unarmed civilians were shot dead by local police. People confused looting with people going into survival mode. I can tell you there were no Navy Seals operating as snipers in New Orleans. Fear of looting also prompted local officials to overreact, he said. These troops know how to shoot and kill, and they are more than willing to do so if necessary, and I expect they will. Many took her words as a declaration of martial law, although Blanco told the Guardian that was never the intent.

Just because a reporter sees some dude in waist-deep water with a TV on his back is not a reason to shoot. Hyped stories were difficult to verify because of circumstance. Since the flooding confined the media largely to one area downtown, journalists could not report with depth what was happening in the neighborhoods, which created an information vacuum.

Gunshots fired in the air, for example, intended to attract attention from rescuers were often translated as attacks on helicopters. Blanco said the media amplified stories of widespread violence it could not verify, which impacted rescue operations.

For example, she said school bus drivers refused to drive their vehicles into New Orleans to help in the evacuation because of the dangerous situation they heard about on television. Blanco enlisted the national guard to drive the buses instead. The image above shows a row of flooded homes in New Orleans, Louisiana on Monday. People queue to fill cars and containers with gas at an open-for-business gas station in New Orleans on Monday.

Meanwhile, there were reports that the levees - which had been upgraded since Hurricane Katrina devastated the area exactly 16 years ago - once again failed or were overtopped, leaving houses flooded with saturated sail turning parts of the city into a phenomenon known as brown ocean.

That sees saturated soils and swampy ground absorb very low quantities of rain water from storms or hurricanes, or none at all. The phenomenon meant Ida barely lost power after it hit the New Orleans shoreline on Sunday afternoon. Scientists say relatively warm groundwater also helped ramp up Ida's power even more. Ida's strength was so ferocious that it pushed water flowing out into the Gulf of Mississippi back into the Mississippi River, causing 'negative flow' - water flowing backwards, Army Corps of Engineers Spokesman Ricky Boyette said.

There were four flash flood emergencies in place through parts of southeastern Louisiana, CNN reported, with between eight to 16 inches of rain in LaPlace. Local law enforcement also reported flash flooding in Lafitte and Jean Lafitte. A Coast Guard helicopter revealed the devastation to Louisiana's coastal regions in the wake of the disaster.

Stream gauge reports continued to show rapid rises near the stream, and a flash flood emergency for Alliance continued Monday morning due to levee failure near Highway The National Weather Service warned these are extremely dangerous and life-threatening situations.

Anyone needing emergency help was urged to go to their nearest fire station or approach their nearest officer. Some people also took to social media to post their addresses and locations, asking for help, with officials promising rescue efforts would begin in the early morning hours of Monday, as it moved into Mississippi. In a Sunday news conference, Edwards said rescue crews would not be able to immediately help those who were stranded, and warned the state could see weeks of recovery.

Rescue operations began around 3 a. Monday, the governor said in his interview with MSNBC, with search and rescue personnel from 16 different states assisting with the efforts as some residents continue to shelter on the second-floors of their homes or in their attics. Matthew Marchetti, a spokesman for Houston-based nonprofit Crowdsource Rescue, said the group had rescued about people out of the 1, reports it received in Louisiana.

The group currently has three teams operating in LaPlace and are en route to Lafitte in hopes of assisting rescue efforts there. But, he told CNN, that is going to be difficult. It's up to the top of the roof. The weather conditions and power outages made it tough for teams to work overnight.

They had to wait for the sun to come up this morning. They had a strategy,' Lee explained to CNN. We're going to have boats, high-water vehicles. Our first responders are ready to go. They just needed the daylight to be able to do their best work. She called for a mandatory curfew for all of the parish from 6am on Monday through at least 6am on Tuesday. All residents are urged to stay off the roads during this time.

The storm slammed the barrier island of Grand Isle and blew off the roofs of buildings around Port Fourchon as it made landfall early Sunday morning and churned its way through the southern Louisiana wetlands, over the state's petrochemical corridor, threatening more than 2 million people living in and around New Orleans and Baton Rouge on the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Many did not have enough money or resources to flee from the fast-approaching storm, which wreaked havoc in its wake and left many buildings destroyed.

By late Sunday, significant flooding was reported in LaPlace and in places like LaFitte, where a barge struck a swinging bridge. The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality was also in contact with more than 1, oil refineries, chemical plants and other petrochemical plants, and will respond to any reported pollution leaks or petroleum spills, agency spokesman Greg Langley said.

And on Monday, LaFourche Parish officials said re-entry into the area will be delayed for up to a week 'due to conditions created by Hurricane Ida,' saying in a news release : 'LaFourche Parish roads are currently unpassable and will be for some time. Officials said first responders will be 'working around the clock to clear the roads for residents to return,' as a curfew remains in affect.

The area is also under a boil water advisory, the officials said, with many residents completely without water. And in Sidell, Louisiana, Mayor Greg Comer said, there is flooding in 'every neighborhood in town,' and local officials had to deploy boats to conduct water rescues on Monday. Some people also waded out into waist-deep water to flag down police officers, Comer said, 'and we were able to get in there and find these folks, but it has been a pretty long morning for our first responders, our police officers and some of our firemen.

He now hopes to have power back to the region in three to five days 'which would be much, much quicker than the two weeks it took after Katrina. The storm's top wind speed on Monday was 60 mph, and forecasters expect it will weaken drastically as it dumps rain on Mississippi. It was centered about 65 miles south-southwest of Jackson, Mississippi this morning, heading north at 8 mph with sustained winds of 45 mph.

It is expected to bring strong winds throughout the day, which could knock out the power for even more residents. A tornado risk will also continue to the east of the center of circulation, according to FOX News , and heavy rain is going to be the biggest concern as the remnants move into the Mid-South, Mid-Atlantic and the Northeast in the coming days. Three to six inches of rain is expected along Ida's path, including through southern New England, where the ground is already saturated from Tropical Storm Henri one week ago.

The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. Argos AO. Privacy Policy Feedback. We will not tolerate and we have not tolerated it' Cantrell also announced that the death toll from the storm has officially risen to two after a driver drowned in their vehicle in the city The NOPD has deployed a group of 'anti-looting' officers and is working with the Louisiana National Guard More than 1 million homes were without power through Louisiana and Mississippi on Monday, with , in the Big Easy alone reporting power failures.

The outage could last for three weeks The governor said the Louisiana National Guard alone rescued people across St. John the Baptist, Jefferson and Orleans parishes by boat, helicopter and high-water vehicle as of 7pm EST on Monday In Alabama, at least three people were injured after an unconfirmed tornado believed to have been whipped up by feeder bands from Ida struck homes in Saraland Mississippi's governor, Tate Reeves, said that 20 water rescues were staged in three counties on Monday.

In total, some 85, Mississippians were without power as of late Monday As of late Monday, Ida had been downgraded to a tropical depression with maximum sustained winds of 35mph; flash flooding could be seen in parts of Tennessee and Ohio Valleys and Mid-Atlantic later in the week By Ariel Zilber and Brian Stieglitz For Dailymail.

Share this article Share. I lost everything that I had': Lifelong Louisiana resident, 70, pleads for assistance after Hurricane Ida destroys his home in Houma Sitting on his front porch, year-old Theophilus Charles was still visibly in shock as he described Sunday night when Ida ripped through Louisiana and destroyed his home in Houma, Louisiana.

Tennessee town hit by deadly floods last week braces for remnants of Ida. America is finished. Your children will never know But, as people on the ground get their bearings in the wake of the storm, some say the focus on looting is misplaced—or worse. Some residents who have been displaced by the storm say the police would do better serving in other capacities.

During the Sunday press conference, Ferguson made no mention of plans for the police to help civilians in the city. Others say the police have in fact been providing a helping hand. Terry Asevado, another lifelong New Orleans resident said that officers saw him walking after trying to get some supplies on Wednesday and gave him a ride to where he was going.

However, these reports have since been discredited as exaggerated and inaccurate. In reality, thousands of mostly Black residents had stayed when the hurricane hit.