Live Updates: Hurricane Ida continues path of destruction through Louisiana
CBSN
A weakened but still powerful Hurricane Ida was slowly making its way north into south-central Louisiana early Monday, pummeling the region with heavy winds and rain, a dangerous storm surge and flash flooding, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.
More than a million homes and businesses had power outages statewide, including the entire city of New Orleans. There were reports of people being trapped in homes. Some levees were breached. Emergency communications lines went out in some spots. Boil water advisories were issued for some communities.The Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday that the U.S. food supply is still "one of the safest in the world," in the wake of a number of foodborne disease outbreaks affecting items ranging from organic carrots to deli meats to McDonald's Quarter Pounders. E. coli, listeria and other contaminants have sickened thousands of people and forced a number of recalls in recent months.
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