NEW ORLEANS —
Here's the latest on Ida:
- The storm weakened to a tropical storm early Monday morning as a rescue effort began
- Officials reported the first death related to the storm
- More than 1 million customers were without power in Louisiana and Mississippi
- Scores of coastal Louisiana residents are trapped by floodwaters and pleading to be rescued
- Ida’s 150-mph winds tied it for the fifth-strongest hurricane to ever hit the mainland U.S.
- Ida hit Louisiana the exact day Hurricane Katrina devastated the state 16 years ago
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