New Orleans Officials Warn Against Would-Be Looters, Tell Evacuees Not to Return After Ida

A massive oak, toppled by Hurricane Ida, stretches across a New Orleans street, stretching utility lines and resting against the fronts of two houses on Aug. 30, 2021. Kevin McGill/AP Photo

Officials in New Orleans on Monday said that people who evacuated should not return to the city following impacts from Hurricane Ida, which was downgraded to a tropical storm, causing mass power outages, while the mayor warned would-be looters.

New Orleans’ emergency response agency, NOLA Ready, wrote that the city has no power or 911 service after Hurricane Ida ravaged the city’s electrical grid.