From NOLA.com (Times-Picayune + New Orleans Advocate):
7:15pm CDT
All of New Orleans without power after Hurricane Ida leaves 'catastrophic transmission damage'
....MUCH MORE
NOLA.com's hurricane page
And Twitter feed
Ascension Parish Sheriff Bobby Webre said that the death is the first officially reported as a result of Hurricane Ida. https://t.co/rttLeziC9I
— NOLA.com (@NOLAnews) August 30, 2021