Whole city of New Orleans loses power due to Hurricane Ida

New Orleans, the biggest city in Louisiana, is now without power after powerful Hurricane Ida made a landfall in the US state, local officials said.

Sunday also marked the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina’s destructive landfalls in Louisiana and Mississippi, reports Xinhua news agency.

“New Orleans has no power. The only power in the city is coming from generators,” NOLA Ready, New Orleans’ emergency preparedness campaign, tweeted on Sunday night.

Across the coastal state, nearly 870,000 customers have lost power after Ida’s landfall, according to latest data from the tracking website poweroutage.us.

The loss of power was due to “catastrophic transmission damage” from the powerful Category four hurricane, said power company Entergy.