1st death attributed to Hurricane Ida reported in Louisiana

Downed trees in New Orleans.
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Hurricane Ida is now a Category 2 storm with 105 mph winds, and while it has been "inland over southeastern Louisiana for several hours, it is still a very well organized hurricane," the National Hurricane Center wrote late Sunday night.

As of 11 p.m. ET, Ida was 30 miles east-southeast of Baton Rouge, moving north at 9 mph. The storm hit early Sunday afternoon as a Category 4, and battered New Orleans, causing "catastrophic" damage to a transmission line, which plunged the city into darkness. Almost 1 million people in Louisiana are without power, and officials in New Orleans said the electricity will be out all night.

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Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.