Ida’s Death Toll Grows After 4 Nursing Home Residents Found Dead in Warehouse

Viana Chacol, 65, and her dog, Chanel, rest at a cooling shelter at the Treme Recreation Community Center in New Orleans, La., on Sept. 2, 2021. Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP

Four nursing home residents died in a warehouse in Louisiana this week, adding to the death toll from Hurricane Ida.

Over 800 nursing home residents, including those who died, were evacuated to a facility in Tangipahoa Parish ahead of the hurricane, the Louisiana Department of Health said.