NEW ORLEANS - Louisiana communities battered by Hurricane Ida faced a new danger as they began the massive task of clearing debris and repairing damage from the storm: the possibility of weeks without power in the stifling, late-summer heat.Ida ravaged the region's power grid, leaving the entire city of New Orleans and hundreds of thousands of other Louisiana residents in the dark with no clear timeline on when power would return.

Some areas outside New Orleans also suffered major flooding and structural damage."There are certainly more questions than answers.

I can’t tell you when the power is going to be restored. I can’t tell you when all the debris is going to be cleaned up and repairs made," Louisiana Gov.

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Red Deer Regional Hospital strained by 4th wave of COVID-19

Capacity issues at the Red Deer Regional Hospital have been an issue even before the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Now, a sharp rise in COVID-19 patients is causing even more stress to the system and it’s taking a toll on staff.

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Ida’s deadly damage in U.S. prompts climate crisis concerns

The cleanup continues in northeastern U.S., in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida. As Jackson Proskow reports, the extreme weather disaster is highlighting how ill-prepared the country is for the dangerous effects of climate change.

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Ida vs. Katrina: How do they compare?

FILE - A motorist drives past storm-damaged houses after Hurricane Ida on Sept. 3, 2021 in Grand Isle, Louisiana.

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Larry expected to become Category 4 hurricane

LOS ANGELES - Right on the heels of Hurricane Ida, the fifth hurricane of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season strengthened early Thursday: Larry. Forecasters predicted the storm will reach major hurricane strength as it brews over the eastern tropical Atlantic. As of Friday afternoon, Larry was was already a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 100 mph — up from 70 mph on Wednesday. The system was located 1,175 miles to the west of the southernmost Cabo Verde Islands as it moved to the west-northwest at 16 mph.

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Unvaccinated KHSC staff to provide weekly negative COVID-19 test to work

COVID-19 vaccination guidelines, Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) will be mandating vaccination for all health-care workers and staff.The provincial policy which comes into effect Sept. 7 means KHSC staff who have not provided proof of being fully vaccinated against the virus, will have to provide a negative COVID-19 test at least once every seven days.

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Hamilton’s growing COVID-19 cases still outpacing worst case modelling forecast by weeks

COVID-19 case numbers in late August continued to surpass expectations laid out in the worst-case modelling scenario by public health earlier in the month.The city’s current seven day case rate — averaging 77 per day — is beyond the predicted forecast by about two weeks according to a Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) microbiologist.“So we were about two weeks earlier than the projections in terms of the increased number of cases. What we don’t know, however, is what those curves are going to look like,” Dr.

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C.1.2 variant: New coronavirus strain has highest mutation rate yet, study says

recent study identified a new coronavirus strain that has the potential to become a variant of concern — like the alpha, beta and delta variants, which have slammed countries around the world with heavy waves of new COVID-19 infections and deaths. The newest strain, dubbed C.1.2, comes from the same lineage as the beta variant from South Africa, according to the study, and was first identified in May 2021. Researchers noted that it was "unexpected" to see a mutation so soon after the discovery of the original strain, C.1, back in January, but sampling and genome sequencing found that the C.1.2 variant "had mutated substantially." C.1.2 has an extremely high rate of mutation, according to the study.

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‘We’re going to have your back’: Biden tours Hurricane Ida damage in Louisiana

Damaged homes in floodwater after Hurricane Ida in Pointe-Aux-Chenes, Louisiana, U.S., on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021.

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Why didn’t Alberta act in August to curb surge in COVID-19? Kenney, Hinshaw respond

Premier Jason Kenney and chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw respond to a question asking why Alberta didn’t take action in August to reintroduce restrictions and public health measures to curb a COVID-19 surge that is now straining the health-care system.

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Officials identify 3 people killed in storm-related incidents in Montgomery County

Parts of Montgomery County dealt with damage from tornadoes while others were faced with flooding. NORRISTOWN, Pa. - Authorities in Montgomery County have identified three people who were killed in storm-related incidents earlier this week after remnants of Hurricane Ida swept through the region. On Friday, the county coroner’s office revealed more information regarding a woman and two men who died as a result of the storms. Maxine Weinstein, 68, died at her Fort Washington home on Wednesday from traumatic asphyxia and her manner of death was ruled accidental. Craig Messinger, a 70-year-old resident of Schwenksville, was found dead in Skippack Township on Thursday.

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‘Pandemic of the unvaccinated’ surging across Alberta, straining the health-care system: Shandro

Health Minister Tyler Shandro said Alberta made COVID-19 decisions this past summer based on data from the U.K. and elsewhere, noting the Delta variant was trending downward at that time — but in the weeks since has made a comeback and is now surging through the unvaccinated population, putting a strain on hospitals across the province.

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Ida flooding: Cleanup begins in Northeast after record-breaking rainfall

visit Louisiana Friday to survey Hurricane Ida’s aftermath, more than a thousand miles away cleanup began in the Northeast after the storm’s remnants brought record-breaking rainfall to the area. Ida came ashore in Louisiana on Sunday tied as the fifth-strongest storm to ever hit the U.S. mainland, then moved north and east dumping torrential rain all week.Forecasters had warned of potentially dangerous hazardous flooding, but the ferocity of the storm caught the nation's most densely populated metropolitan corridor by surprise.At least 48 people in five states have died, the toll highest in New Jersey where at least 25 people died in heavy rains that began late Wednesday.

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Biden touring Hurricane Ida damage in Louisiana

Damaged homes in floodwater after Hurricane Ida in Pointe-Aux-Chenes, Louisiana, U.S., on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021.

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Covid continues to put strain on stretched local hospitals

Get the latest top news stories sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletterThe region’s hospitals are keeping their heads above water despite a national surge in Covid cases putting A&E services under strain.The rise in Covid cases seen across Scotland in recent weeks has increased the pressure in hospitals across the country.One of the affected areas was in Glasgow - where patients were told not to attend A&E there last week unless their condition was “life-threatening” after being inundated with both Covid and non-Covid patients.The latest figures released on Covid have revealed a total of 26 patients are currently in hospital in Forth Valley with recently confirmed Covid-19, with 360 new cases reported across the region at the

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In Photos: Ida’s heavy rain floods roads, subways in New York and Philadelphia

Hurricane Ida brought torrential rains to parts of the Northeastern United States.Basement apartments suddenly filled with water, rivers and creeks swelled to record levels and roadways turned into car-swallowing canals. Eight people died when they became trapped in flooded basements, New York City police said.Major flooding on the Schuylkill River here in Philadelphia.

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Federal leaders face off over COVID-19 and vaccinations in first election debate

Jagmeet Singh, Conservative Erin O’Toole, Yves-François Blanchet of the Bloc Québécois and Liberal Justin Trudeau were on stage at TVA network in Montreal.It involved a series of face-to-face encounters between two people at a time, which led to longer and fiery exchanges. The event came midway through the campaign, as leaders hope to snap up votes before the election Sept.

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Ida’s remnants over U.S. Northeast serve as climate change warning

A massive rescue and recovery operation is underway in the U.S. East Coast, after remnants of Hurricane Ida hammered the region with tornadoes and record rains.

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Kenney faces criticism for comments made while speaking publicly for first time in weeks

As the fourth wave of COVID-19 continues to make its presence felt in Alberta, Premier Jason Kenney spoke to people in the province for the first time since early August on Wednesday night. He answered selected questions on where he has been and what his government’s public health plan is now that hospitalizations are surging.

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4 nursing home residents die after Ida evacuations

INDEPENDENCE, La. - Four nursing home residents in Louisiana died after being evacuated during Hurricane Ida to a warehouse where conditions were later determined to be unhealthy and unsafe, according to state health officials who said Thursday that they had launched an investigation into the facility.A total of 843 residents from seven nursing facilities — all operated by one owner — were moved to the Waterbury Companies, Inc. warehouse in the town of Independence before Ida made landfall, Louisiana Department of Health spokesperson Aly Neel said.

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Premier Jason Kenney appears in Facebook Live after weeks-long hiatus

For the first time since early August, Premier Jason Kenney has emerged in public, speaking to Albertans in a Facebook Live.

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Ida flooding: At least 43 dead as deluge slams NY, NJ, Pennsylvania

NEW YORK - A stunned U.S. East Coast faced a rising death toll, surging rivers, tornado damage and continuing calls for rescue Thursday after the remnants of Hurricane Ida walloped the region with record-breaking rain, drowning more than 40 people in their homes and cars.In a region that had been warned about potentially deadly flash flooding but hadn't braced for such a blow from the no-longer-hurricane, the storm killed at least 45 people from Maryland to Connecticut on Wednesday night and Thursday morning.At least 23 people died in New Jersey, Gov.

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4 killed in storm-related incidents in Montgomery and Bucks counties, including woman hit by tree

NORRISTOWN, Pa. - Officials say they are investigating at least four storm-related deaths Thursday after remnants of Ida brought powerful storms, flooding, and a number of tornadoes to the area Wednesday. The death toll from the storm has now risen to four Montgomery County residents. Three fatalities are currently under investigation by the Montgomery County coroner and a fourth Montgomery County resident died in Bucks County.FOX 29’s Jeff Cole reports one of the fatalities occurred in an Upper Dublin neighborhood where dozens of trees had been knocked down during the storm. Neighbors say one of those trees fell through the roof of a home, fatally striking a woman on the second floor of her home.

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Trudeau, O’Toole, Singh, Blanchet face-off in 1st debate of election 2021

federal election campaign.The French debate on TVA, one of Quebec’s most-watched networks, comes at the mid-point of the campaign and could prove crucial to the outcome on Sept. 20.Only four leaders — the Liberals’ Justin Trudeau, the Conservatives’ Erin O’Toole, the Bloc Quebecois’ Yves-Francois Blanchet and the NDP’s Jagmeet Singh — will take part.The Green party’s Annamie Paul and the Peoples’ party’s Maxime Bernier were not invited to participate.

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NYC flooding: MTA bus ‘full of water’ in dramatic video

NEW YORK - Hurricane Ida’s remnants dumped historic rain on New York City, causing floodwaters to gush down the aisle of an MTA shuttle bus in Brooklyn on Wednesday. RELATED: How much rain did NYC get from Storm Ida?In a video posted on social media, water is shown flowing down the aisle of the bus full of passengers.

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Major clean ups underway after Hurricane Ida carves destruction path

Ida, one of the most powerful hurricanes ever to hit the U.S. Gulf Coast, knocked out power to over 1 million homes in Louisiana on Monday.

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Premier Jason Kenney makes 1st public appearance in weeks via Facebook Live

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has emerged from a weeks-long public hiatus. Kenney, who had been on vacation, appeared in a Facebook Live video on Wednesday night where he answered select questions.

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3 fatalities reported in Montgomery County, death toll rises after Ida’s remnants hit region

NORRISTOWN, Pa. - The remnants of Hurricane Ida inundated large swaths of the northeastern U.S. with historic and unanticipated fury Wednesday night, killing at least 16 people in flooding in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania as basement apartments suddenly filled with water, rivers and creeks swelled to record levels and roadways turned into car-swallowing canals.Eight people died when they became trapped in flooded basements, New York City police said.

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Biden to detail US response to Hurricane Ida ahead of Louisiana visit

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden on Thursday will discuss his administration’s response to Hurricane Ida, which knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of people along the Gulf Coast and later spawned deadly flooding and tornadoes in the Northeast. The president, who is set to visit Louisiana on Friday to survey damage and meet with local and state leaders, is scheduled to speak at 11:30 a.m. ET from the White House.Ida made landfall on Sunday as the fifth most powerful storm to strike the U.S., bringing maximum winds of 150 mph.

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First day back at school for thousands of Edmonton students

Thousands of students returned to in-person learning across Edmonton on Thursday, even as the COVID-19 pandemic stretches into another school year. Kim Smith explains how educators are working to keep students and staff safe.

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Festivals could go ahead in coming weeks - Martin

The further easing of restrictions raises the possibility that some festivals could take place within the coming week, the Minister for Arts has said.

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Thousands without power in wake of destructive storms from Ida

PHILADELPHIA - Thousands are left without power after a massive and powerful storm system that once made up Hurricane Ida barrelled over the Delaware Valley on Wednesday leaving behind a wake of devastation. Energy company PECO, which serves Philadelphia and most of its neighboring counties, reported nearly 50,000 outages on Thursday morning. According to the company's outage map, customers in Montgomery County and areas north of Philadelphia were the hardest hit by the most affected. Dawn Timmeney reports on the heavy rainfall causing roadways to be impassablePPL, an energy provider that mainly serves the Lehigh Valley, reported over 6,000 outages on Thursday morning.

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DEADLY FLOODING: Bodies pulled, others rescued in NYC, NJ storm waters

NEW YORK - Devastating flooding from the remnants of Hurricane Ida lead to several deaths in New York City and New Jersey.The NYPD responded to multiple calls of flooding across the city late Wednesday into early Thursday where at least seven people were killed and many more were rescued.A 50-year-old man, a 48-year-old woman and a two-year-old child were found dead inside a house at 44-60 64th Street in Maspeth, Queens. Police responded to a 911 call about flooding at the home at about 10 p.m.

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Jeff Probst Reveals ‘Survivor’ Considered Hawaii, Georgia As Possible Locations During Pandemic

When “Survivor” returns to Global with its 41st season later this month, the 18 new castaways will be attempting to outwit, outplay and outlast their way to a million-dollar prize on the island of Fiji, the series’ home since the 33rd season.

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Ida remnants: 'Large and extremely dangerous' tornadoes reported throughout Philly region

PHILADELPHIA - Heavy downpours and high winds triggered multiple tornado warnings and flash flooding as remnants from Ida impacted the Philadelphia region Wednesday.The leftovers of Hurricane Ida began dumping heavy rainfall overnight Tuesday and will continue to do so through Wednesday night before the rain tapers off Thursday morning. Forecasters at the National Weather Service expect most of the region to receive anywhere from 2 to 6 inches of rain between Wednesday and Wednesday night, as steady rainfall moves in by mid-afternoon and persists through the evening.The NWS issued a region-wide Flash Flood Watch that won't expire until 8 a.m.

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COVID-19 ‘mu’ strain: WHO tracks latest ‘variant of interest’

a WHO report, the mu variant shows signs of evading COVID-19 vaccine protection.RELATED: COVID-19 lambda variant: What to know about the coronavirus strain"The Mu variant has a constellation of mutations that indicate potential properties of immune escape," the report said. WHO officials said the mu strain has appeared in 39 countries with sporadic outbreaks in South America and Europe. However, the strain makes up less than 0.1% of COVID-19 cases worldwide. WHO defines variants of interest as those COVID-19 strains having the potential of affecting the virus’ transmissibility, and disease severity and could be responsible for outbreaks or surges in cases in multiple countries over time.

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WMO: Weather disasters have increased five-fold over past 5 decades

LOS ANGELES - As wildfires scorch the Western United States and Hurricane Ida leaves behind catastrophic damage across Louisiana, a new report shows weather-related disasters have occurred every day, on average, and have skyrocketed over the past 50 years. According to a comprehensive new report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), global weather, climate or water hazard-related disasters have increased by a factor of five over the past five decades, contributed to an average of 115 deaths and $202 million in losses daily.From 1970 to 2019, researchers found the climate-related hazards accounted for 50% of all disasters, 45% of all reported deaths and 74% of all reported economic losses.WMO said the main driving factors

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Remnants from Ida trigger multiple tornado warnings, flooding as severe weather impacts the region

Willow Grove, Pa. - Heavy downpours and high winds triggered multiple tornado warnings and flooding as remnants from Hurricane Ida impacted the Philadelphia region Wednesday.A confirmed " large and extremely dangerous" tornado was located over Willow Grove, Washington Crossing in Pennsylvania and Woodbury, New Jersey. Pennsylvania State Tropper tweeted downed trees through southern Chester County as the storms started to move in around 4 p.m.High winds on Slate Hill Drive in Oxford, Chester County ripped off the siding of a large home.

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Several local school districts send students home early ahead of Ida storms

PHILADELPHIA - Forecasted flooding and severe weather from the remnants of Hurricane Ida prompted several school districts in southeastern Pennsylvania to send students home early on Wednesday.Berks CountyBucks CountyMontgomery CountyForecasters expect leftover storms from a system that once formed Hurricane Ida to rumble across the Delaware Valley on Wednesday afternoon and continue into Thursday morning. The National Weather Service issued a Flash Flood Watch and a Tornado Watch for the entire region ahead of the brunt of the storm. The weather service believes that intense rain showers will accumulate to 4-6 inches by Thursday morning in some parts of southeastern Pennsylvania.

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Hurricane Ida: Damage to cost insurers $18 billion, estimate says

NEW ORLEANS - Hurricane Ida, which made landfall as a Category 4 storm with some of the strongest winds ever to slam Louisiana, is estimated to have caused nearly $18 billion in damage, a modeling company firm said Wednesday. Based on high-resolution reference models from Karen Clark & Co, the company estimates that the insured loss from Hurricane Ida will be close to $18 billion, with $40 million in the Caribbean and the rest from wind and storm surge losses in the US. According to a report by KCC, the estimate includes the privately insured damage to residential, commercial and industrial properties and automobiles. It does not include boats or offshore properties.Ida made two landfalls — first, near La Columba, Cuba on Aug.

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‘Storm of misinformation’: Why some are seeking ivermectin to treat COVID-19

COVID-19.When his team broke the news to them, he said, they asked whether they could be prescribed ivermectin to help treat the virus.The medication — used to treat parasitic infections — is being touted by some as a treatment or preventative measure for COVID-19.It’s not, according to a slew of public health agencies, study reviews, and doctors like Chatenay, who works as a general and breast cancer surgeon at Edmonton’s Grey Nuns Hospital.

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Fake ‘Maderna’ vaccine card leads to woman’s arrest in Hawaii

COVID-19 screeners in Hawaii didn’t need a forensic expert to spot one visitor’s fake vaccine card — they just needed someone who could spell.Chloe Mrozak, 24, of Illinois has been charged with falsifying vaccine documents and providing false information after she allegedly presented a counterfeit “Maderna” vaccination card at the airport in Hawaii.The Hawaii attorney general’s office says Mrozak tried to avoid the mandatory 10-day quarantine for visitors by using the falsified card. Photos of the fake card show that it clearly misspells Moderna, a brand that has been in headlines daily for the last nine months.

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One in seven Covid-positive children have symptoms 15 weeks on, study finds

As many as one in seven children who get coronavirus could have symptoms almost four months later, according to the world's largest study on long Covid in children.

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Ida's aftermath: 1st lights turned back on in New Orleans as many wait for relief

NEW ORLEANS - The first lights came back on in New Orleans on Wednesday, serving as a glimmer of hope after Hurricane Ida knocked out electricity for the entire city and left behind flooding, destruction and water shortages. Power company Entergy announced its crews had turned "power on for some customers in Eastern New Orleans," the first power to have been restored since Ida slammed the electric grid on Sunday with its 150 mph winds. The storm left more than 1 million homes and businesses across Louisiana and Mississippi without electricity.Entergy didn't immediately say how many homes and businesses had electricity restored.

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Wetherspoon pubs face beer shortages due to Brexit and Covid driver crisis

beer, the company has confirmed. The pub chain say that it is currently experiencing ‘supply problems’ with Carling and Coors, which is having an impact on taps across the UK.

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India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

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