Hurricane Ida ravaged the state of Louisiana and has moved northward to impact people as far north as New York and beyond. This photo gallery captures the impacts of the storm closer to home, in our neighboring state of Louisiana, a place where so many Houstonians have family and friends. Let’s continue to pray and support those impacted by Hurricane Ida.
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A man takes pictures of high waves along the shore of Lake Pontchartrain as Hurricane Ida nears, Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) 
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – AUGUST 29: A group of people cross an intersection during Hurricane Ida on August 29, 2021 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Hurricane Ida made landfall earlier today and continues to cut across Louisiana. Hurricane Ida has been classified as a Category 4 storm with winds of 150 mph. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images) 
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – AUGUST 28: People stand in line to get through the TSA security checkpoint at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport on August 28, 2021 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Residents were evacuating the area as Hurricane Ida worked its way toward the Louisiana coastline with an expected landfall on Sunday afternoon . (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) 
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – AUGUST 29: Michael Brown, who is homeless, rides out Hurricane Ida from his bed under a highway overpass on August 29, 2021 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Ida made landfall earlier today southwest of New Orleans. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) 
New Orleans Police detectives Adam Buckner, left, and Alexander Reiter, look over debris from a building that collapsed during Hurricane Ida in New Orleans, Monday, Aug. 30, 2021. Hurricane Ida knocked out power to all of New Orleans and inundated coastal Louisiana communities on a deadly path through the Gulf Coast that is still unfolding and promises more destruction. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) 
A flooded city is seen in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida on Aug. 30 in Lafitte, Louisiana. Photo by David J. Phillip AP 
PONCHATOULA, LA – AUGUST 31: Calvin Henderson stands in the upstairs bathroom at his home, which lost its roof during Hurricane Ida, on August 31, 2021 in Ponchatoula, Louisiana. Tropical Storm Ida made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane Sunday in Louisiana and brought flooding and wind damage along the Gulf Coast. (Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images) 
KENNER, LOUISIANA – AUGUST 30: Michelle Washington and her sons Kendrick (R) and Kayden check out damage to their home in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida on August 30, 2021 in Kenner, Louisiana. Ida made landfall yesterday as a category 4 storm southwest of New Orleans. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) 
BARATARIA, LOUISIANA – AUGUST 31: A man pulls a boat through a flooded neighborhood on August 31, 2021 in Barataria, Louisiana. Many stores remain closed and services suspended as power throughout New Orleans and its surrounding region is down. Ida made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane on August 29 in Louisiana and brought flooding and wind damage along the Gulf Coast. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images) 
ESTELLE, LOUISIANA – AUGUST 31: Duan Small, 50, talks on the phone in her neighborhood on August 31, 2021 in Estelle, Louisiana. Many shops and stores are closed as power throughout New Orleans and its surrounding region is down. Ida made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane on August 29 in Louisiana and brought flooding and wind damage along the Gulf Coast. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images) 
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – AUGUST 30: Big Chief Darryl Montana comforts Dianne Honroe after Hurricane Ida passed through and destroyed a neighborhood building on August 30, 2021 in New Orleans, Louisiana. “As a kid, my daddy use to come to this building to get his haircut. Last night when I heard that it collapsed, it hit me and that’s why I’m here holding this brick. I want to cherish it as a memory because I know that passing through here will never be the same.” Ida made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane on August 29 in Louisiana and brought flooding and wind damage along the Gulf Coast. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images) 
LAPLACE, LOUISIANA – AUGUST 30: Jacqueline Smith waits with her mother Lucille Matthew for transportation after they were rescued from their flooded neighborhood in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida on August 30, 2021 in Laplace, Louisiana. Ida made landfall August 29, as a category 4 storm southwest of New Orleans. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) 
LAPLACE, LOUISIANA – AUGUST 30: Residents survey damage to their homes following Hurricane Ida on August 30, 2021 in Laplace, Louisiana. Ida made landfall yesterday as a category 4 storm southwest of New Orleans. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)