Mississippi highway collapses in Ida’s wake, killing 2 people | Climate News
From www.aljazeera.com
2021-08-31 15:04:20
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Hurricane Ida caused widespread power outages across Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.
Two people have been killed and 10 injured in a road collapse on a Mississippi highway, likely triggered by heavy rains unleashed by Hurricane Ida, officials said.
Three people among those injured were in critical condition, the Mississippi Highway Patrol said on Tuesday.
“We’ve had a lot of rain with Ida, torrential,” Mississippi Highway Patrol officer Calvin Robertson said. “Part of the highway just washed out.”
Seven vehicles plunged into a deep ditch that resulted from the highway collapse, local media reported.
Ida, one of the most powerful hurricanes ever to hit the US Gulf Coast, had weakened to a…
