Date uploaded: 2021-08-30 18:33:30
Dartanian Stovall looks at the house that collapsed with him inside during the height of Hurricane Ida in New Orleans. Stovall was inside the house he was renovating on Lasalle Street in the Uptown neighborhood when he said the chimney collapsed while the rest of the house followed. He managed to crawl to safety and despite the loss of the home said, “At least I’m alive.”
Stovall's home is one of many that were destroyed as Ida wreaked havoc.
Ida, which roared onto the Gulf Coast near Port Fourchon, Louisiana, on Sunday with 150-mph winds, also caused flooding and knocked out power to the entire city of New Orleans. On Monday morning the storm was centered over southwestern Mississippi.
Levees failed or were overtopped along some rivers and bayous south of New Orleans, threatening hundreds of homes.
📷: Michael DeMocker, USA TODAY Network
