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Brad Arceneaux, Sr. looks at the damage from water in the family home in Laplace, Louisiana, on August 30, 2021, after Hurricane Ida made landfall. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)
Brad Arceneaux, Sr. looks at the damage from water in the family home in Laplace, Louisiana, on August 30, 2021, after Hurricane Ida made landfall. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)
A Louisiana National Guard helicopter assists people in Laplace, Louisiana, on August 30, 2021, after Hurricane Ida made landfall. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)
A Louisiana National Guard helicopter assists people in Laplace, Louisiana, on August 30, 2021, after Hurricane Ida made landfall. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)
A Louisiana National Guard truck assists people in Laplace, Louisiana, on August 30, 2021, after Hurricane Ida made landfall. Hurricane Ida battered Louisiana after making landfall August 29, 2021, leaving at least one dead and knocking out power for more than a million people, including the whole of New Orleans. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)
A Louisiana National Guard truck assists people in Laplace, Louisiana, on August 30, 2021, after Hurricane Ida made landfall. Hurricane Ida battered Louisiana after making landfall August 29, 2021, leaving at least one dead and knocking out power for more than a million people, including the whole of New Orleans. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)
Alonzo Lewis rescues items from his mother's home after it was destroyed by Hurricane Ida on August 30, 2021, in Laplace, Louisiana. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Alonzo Lewis rescues items from his mother’s home after it was destroyed by Hurricane Ida on August 30, 2021, in Laplace, Louisiana. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Vehicles drive past a petrol chemical plant near Highway 61 in Norco, Louisiana, on August 30, 2021, after Hurricane Ida made landfall. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)
Vehicles drive past a petrol chemical plant near Highway 61 in Norco, Louisiana, on August 30, 2021, after Hurricane Ida made landfall. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)
A person cleans up debris in Laplace, Louisiana, on August 30, 2021, after Hurricane Ida made landfall. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)
A person cleans up debris in Laplace, Louisiana, on August 30, 2021, after Hurricane Ida made landfall. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)
President Joe Biden speaks about Hurricane Ida alongside FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell (L) during a visit to FEMA Headquarters in Washington, DC, on August 29, 2021. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)
President Joe Biden speaks about Hurricane Ida alongside FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell (L) during a visit to FEMA Headquarters in Washington, DC, on August 29, 2021. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)
Dina Lewis rescues items from her home after it was destroyed by Hurricane Ida on August 30, 2021, in Laplace, Louisiana. Ida made landfall August 29 as a category 4 storm southwest of New Orleans.  (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Dina Lewis rescues items from her home after it was destroyed by Hurricane Ida on August 30, 2021, in Laplace, Louisiana. Ida made landfall August 29 as a category 4 storm southwest of New Orleans. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Jacqueline Smith waits with her mother, Lucille Matthew, for transportation after being rescued from their flooded neighborhood in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida on August 30, 2021, in Laplace, Louisiana. Ida made landfall August 29, as a category 4 storm southwest of New Orleans. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Jacqueline Smith waits with her mother, Lucille Matthew, for transportation after being rescued from their flooded neighborhood in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida on August 30, 2021, in Laplace, Louisiana. Ida made landfall August 29, as a category 4 storm southwest of New Orleans. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Two families talk to a member of the National Guard after being rescued from their hotel in Laplace, Louisiana, on August 30, 2021. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)
Two families talk to a member of the National Guard after being rescued from their hotel in Laplace, Louisiana, on August 30, 2021. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)
High winds blow palm trees as Entergy Corp. bucket trucks are staged on Canal Street in New Orleans, Louisiana, on August 29, 2021. Hurricane Ida made landfall as in Louisiana on Sunday, according to the National Hurricane Center, 16 years to the day after Hurricane Katrina devastated the region. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)
High winds blow palm trees as Entergy Corp. bucket trucks are staged on Canal Street in New Orleans, Louisiana, on August 29, 2021. Hurricane Ida made landfall as in Louisiana on Sunday, according to the National Hurricane Center, 16 years to the day after Hurricane Katrina devastated the region. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)
Two people help a stranded motorist on August 30, 2021, in Biloxi, Mississippi. Tropical Storm Ida made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane in Louisiana and brought flooding and wind damage along the Gulf Coast. (Sean Rayford/Getty Images)
Two people help a stranded motorist on August 30, 2021, in Biloxi, Mississippi. Tropical Storm Ida made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane in Louisiana and brought flooding and wind damage along the Gulf Coast. (Sean Rayford/Getty Images)
Angelina Coxum walks down a street flooded by Hurricane Ida to check on a relative's home August 30, 2021, in Kenner, Louisiana. Ida made landfall yesterday as a category 4 storm southwest of New Orleans. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Angelina Coxum walks down a street flooded by Hurricane Ida to check on a relative’s home August 30, 2021, in Kenner, Louisiana. Ida made landfall yesterday as a category 4 storm southwest of New Orleans. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
A truck is seen in heavy winds and rain from hurricane Ida in Bourg, Louisiana, on August 29, 2021. (Mark Felix/AFP via Getty Images)
A truck is seen in heavy winds and rain from hurricane Ida in Bourg, Louisiana, on August 29, 2021. (Mark Felix/AFP via Getty Images)
Firefighters make a plan to clear the roads in Bourg, Louisiana, on August 30, 2021. (Mark Felix/AFP via Getty Images)
Firefighters make a plan to clear the roads in Bourg, Louisiana, on August 30, 2021. (Mark Felix/AFP via Getty Images)
A sailboat sits on the beach after Hurricane Ida passed August 30, 2021, in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. (Sean Rayford/Getty Images)
A sailboat sits on the beach after Hurricane Ida passed August 30, 2021, in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. (Sean Rayford/Getty Images)
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People work to clear a telephone pole off the road in Bourg, Louisiana, on August 30, 2021. (Mark Felix/AFP via Getty Images)
People work to clear a telephone pole off the road in Bourg, Louisiana, on August 30, 2021. (Mark Felix/AFP via Getty Images)
A flag flies at half-mast near a destroyed house in Little Caillou, near Montegut, Louisiana, on August 30, 2021. The death toll from Hurricane Ida was expected to climb “considerably,” Louisiana’s governor said Monday. (Mark Felix/AFP via Getty Images)
Montegut fire chief Toby Henry walks in the rain as firefighters cut through trees on the road in Bourg, Louisiana, on August 29, 2021. (Mark Felix/AFP via Getty Images)
Montegut fire chief Toby Henry walks in the rain as firefighters cut through trees on the road in Bourg, Louisiana, on August 29, 2021. (Mark Felix/AFP via Getty Images)
A Louisiana State Police car is seen next to a destroyed house in Little Caillou, near Montegut, Louisiana, on August 30, 2021. (Mark Felix/AFP via Getty Images)
A Louisiana State Police car is seen next to a destroyed house in Little Caillou, near Montegut, Louisiana, on August 30, 2021. (Mark Felix/AFP via Getty Images)
People do last-minute shopping ahead of Hurricane Ida on August 29, 2021, in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
People do last-minute shopping ahead of Hurricane Ida on August 29, 2021, in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
Fire chief TJ Pellegrin checks on residents after Hurricane Ida in Bourg, Louisiana, on August 29, 2021. (Mark Felix/AFP via Getty Images)
Fire chief TJ Pellegrin checks on residents after Hurricane Ida in Bourg, Louisiana, on August 29, 2021. (Mark Felix/AFP via Getty Images)
Rain falls on a wall of sandbags in Montegut, Louisiana, before Hurricane Ida lands on August 29, 2021. (Mark Felix/AFP via Getty Images)
Rain falls on a wall of sandbags in Montegut, Louisiana, before Hurricane Ida lands on August 29, 2021. (Mark Felix/AFP via Getty Images)
Big Chief Darryl Montana comforts Dianne Honroe after Hurricane Ida passed through and destroyed a neighborhood building on August 30, 2021 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
Big Chief Darryl Montana comforts Dianne Honroe after Hurricane Ida passed through and destroyed a neighborhood building on August 30, 2021 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
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A group of people cross an intersection during the storm on August 29, 2021, in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
A group of people cross an intersection during the storm on August 29, 2021, in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
A building was destroyed after Hurricane Ida passed through on August 30, 2021, in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
A building was destroyed after Hurricane Ida passed through on August 30, 2021, in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)