Hurricane Ida’s death toll continued to rise while authorities in Louisiana have been working to restore power to hundreds of thousands of people.
Some of areas in Louisiana hit hardest by the hurricane could be left without power for more than three weeks.
Utility company Entergy Louisiana said that the areas – that might not have electricity until 29 September – include the parishes of Lafourche, Plaquemines with the exception of Belle Chasse, St Charles, Terrebonne and part of Jefferson.
It comes as the death toll from the disaster rose past 60, with the majority of deaths in the northeastern states.
New York had 17 confirmed deaths, with the vast majority of victims trapped in illegal basement apartments that are among the last remaining affordable options for low-income residents. In New Jersey, there were 27 confirmed storm deaths.
The US Coast Guard has said that clean-up crews are responding to a sizeable oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico following Hurricane Ida and a team of divers is set to descend underwater to locate the source of the leak.
Meanwhile, President Joe Biden and several other Democrats are trying to push for aggressive climate provisions in a sweeping $3.5 trillion budget bill.
