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We cannot condemn our children to a future where life-threatening natural disasters are a regular occurrence. This is preventable. We need climate action and we need it NOW.
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Ida is tied for the fifth-strongest hurricane to ever hit the U.S. mainland. Photos show collapsed buildings, including destruction in the French Quarter, and more in the wake of the ongoing storm's dangerous winds. bit.ly/3yxPy78 📷: AP, Getty Images
A vehicle drives through rain and high winds across Canal Street in New Orleans, Louisiana on August 29, 2021 during Hurricane Ida.
A truck is seen in heavy winds and rain from hurricane Ida in Bourg, Louisiana on August 29, 2021. - Hurricane Ida struck the coast of Louisiana Sunday as a powerful Category 4 storm, 16 years to the day after deadly Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans.
Montegut fire chief Toby Henry walks back to his fire truck in the rain as firefighters cut through trees on the road in Bourg, Louisiana as Hurricane Ida passes on August 29, 2021.
New Orleans Police detective Alexander Reiter, looks over debris from a building that collapsed during Hurricane Ida in New Orleans, Monday, Aug. 30, 2021.