1st death from Hurricane Ida; power out across New Orleans

A Louisiana sheriff’s office has reported the first death from Hurricane Ida.

The Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office said on Facebook that deputies responding to a report of someone injured by a fallen tree at a home in Prairieville confirmed the person had died. Prairieville is a suburb of Baton Rouge, Louisiana’s capital city.

The Facebook post did not include the person’s name or any other details.

The report came hours after Ida slammed ashore in south Louisiana as a major Category 4 hurricane with winds up to 150 mph. The storm has since weakened to a Category 2 hurricane, its eye passing inland along a heavily populated corridor between Baton Rouge and New Orleans.