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Hurricane Ida came ashore as a Category 4 hurricane. HOUSTON — Hurricane Ida came ashore Sunday as a Category 4 storm. Parts of the Gulf Coast were ravaged by the storm surge and high winds. Many Louisiana residents fled to get out of harm’s way. Others stayed. And many will be left to pick up the pieces. One thing we know — people across the Houston area step up when others are hurting. And in…

HOUSTON — More than 200 CenterPoint Energy employees and contractors will head out early Monday to help restore power to our neighbors in Louisiana. All of New Orleans was in the dark overnight with nearly a million customers reportedly without power across the region hit hardest by Hurricane Ida, which has now been downgraded a tropical storm. The only buildings with lights have a backup power generator. Power crews are ready to work, but the…

Hurricane Ida came ashore as a Category 4 hurricane. HOUSTON — Hurricane Ida came ashore Sunday as a Category 4 storm. Parts of the Gulf Coast were ravaged by the storm surge and high winds. Many Louisiana residents fled to get out of harm’s way. Others stayed. And many will be left to pick up the pieces. One thing we know — people across the Houston area step up when others are hurting. And in…

Meaghan Clanahan said she packed a suitcase expecting to return to her Louisiana home a few days after the storm passed. That didn’t happen. KATY, Texas — Sixteen years ago, Hurricane Katrina ravaged parts of the Gulf Coast. The destruction was so severe, some people left Louisiana and moved to Houston. Meaghan Clanahan is among those who permanently relocated to the Bayou City after the Category 5 hurricane hit on Aug. 29, 2005. “We lived…

Hurricane Ida came ashore as a Category 4 hurricane. HOUSTON — Hurricane Ida came ashore Sunday as a Category 4 storm. Parts of the coast were ravaged by the storm surge. Many Louisiana residents fled to get out of harm’s way, others stayed and many will be left to pick up the pieces. One thing we know — people across the Houston area step up when others are hurting. And in the hours after Hurricane…

Hurricane Ida came ashore as a Category 4 hurricane. HOUSTON — Hurricane Ida came ashore Sunday as a Category 4 storm. Parts of the coast were ravaged by storm surge.  Many Louisiana residents fled to get out of harm’s way. Others stayed. And so many will be left to pick up the pieces. One thing we know — people all across the Houston area step up when others are hurting. And in the hours after…

– Live video can be streamed via WFAA. Incredible and terrifying footage of the eye of Hurricane Ida shows the catastrophic storm swirling toward Louisiana on Sunday. “Stunning video taken from inside the eye of #Ida this morning by the NESDIS Ocean Winds Research team,” the National Hurricane Center posted on Twitter. Stunning video taken from inside the eye of #Ida this morning by the NESDIS Ocean Winds Research team during a flight on the…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Hurricane Ida blasted ashore Sunday as one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the U.S., knocking out power to all of New Orleans, blowing roofs off buildings and reversing the flow of the Mississippi River as it rushed from the Louisiana coast into one of the nation’s most important industrial corridors. The Category 4 storm hit on the same date Hurricane Katrina ravaged Louisiana and Mississippi 16 years earlier,…

CrowdSource Rescue matches people in need with those who can help them. HOUSTON — A Houston-based rescue group founded during Hurricane Harvey is among those responding to Hurricane Ida. Many people left Louisiana to seek safety here in the Houston area while volunteers from here headed east. “I have my backup canoe and we’ve for some boating responders coming in,” said Paul Middendorf of Houston. RELATED: Live updates: Cat. 4 Hurricane Ida makes second landfall…

“I’ve got a couple of friends back at home that are staying, and I am a little worried for them,” said Vincent Hartman as he fueled up at Buc-ee’s in Baytown. BAYTOWN, Texas — The Buc-ee’s gas station along I-10 in Baytown is one of the first stops in Texas for families evacuating Louisiana ahead of Hurricane Ida. The store is popular among travelers for a couple of reasons. Buc-ee’s serves hot food, and its…

The National Hurricane Center warned that super-warm Gulf waters could rapidly magnify Ida’s destructive power, boosting it from a Category 2 storm to an extremely dangerous Category 4 hurricane in just 18 hours or less. Coastal highways saw heavy traffic Saturday as people moved to escape the storm’s path. Trucks pulling saltwater fishing boats and campers streamed away from the coast Interstate 65 in south Alabama. Traffic jams clogged Interstate 10 heading out of New…

Links how to donate to Louisiana animal shelters below. HOUSTON — More than 150 animals arrived in Houston from Louisiana early Saturday morning as the state prepares for Hurricane Ida. Houston SPCA posted to Facebook, saying 150 dogs and cats, as well as four rabbits, arrived at the shelter from numerous Louisiana animal shelters. “The storm victims will all receive veterinary exams this morning before Houston SPCA Emergency Response Team members load some of those…