"We are sending an army to you if you live in Barataria," Kerner said. Kerner said the only bridge into Barataria had been destroyed by a vessel, which would complicate rescue efforts for those on the island. He estimated that in some places floodwaters were over nine feet deep. The school in the area was also destroyed. "That was the final dagger," Jean Lafitte Mayor Tim Kerner said. The levee in the area was designed to handle 7.5 feet of floodwaters, but the surge was too high and it overtopped. (MORE: The Latest Forecast for Hurricane Ida ) People Trapped in Attics After Levee Overtops in Lower Jefferson ParishĪt least one levee overtopped in lower Jefferson Parish sending floodwaters surging into the towns of Jean Lafitte, Barataria and Lafitte and residents into their attics to escape the rising water. More than one million customers in Louisiana alone were without power, including all of New Orleans, where catastrophic damage occurred to the city's transformers.īelow, we'll be updating this page with the latest information as it comes in, so check back frequently for the latest. It's unclear exactly how many are in need of rescue, but Jefferson Parish President Cynthia Lee Sheng told WGNO that hundreds of residents there had not evacuated, despite a mandatory evacuation order ahead of the storm. People's lives are at stake now," Jean Lafitte Mayor Tim Kerner told WGNO. I have never seen so much water in my life.
Residents there had to flee into their attics to escape the rising water. Hurricane Ida's catastrophic crawl across Louisiana inundated miles of roadways and neighborhoods, ripped apart buildings and trapped hundreds of residents who can't call 911 because service has been knocked out, and cannot be rescued because conditions are still too treacherous to reach them.Īt least one levee overtopped in lower Jefferson Parish, sending more than 7.5 feet of floodwaters surging into Jean Lafitte, Barataria and Lafitte.
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