Almost 800 rescued in St. John the Baptist Parish after Hurricane Ida
At least three people have died as a result of the storm.
Ida is barreling through Louisiana after making landfall in the state as a powerful Category 4 hurricane on Sunday afternoon.
It was one of the strongest hurricanes on record -- by both wind speed and pressure -- to roar ashore in Louisiana.
Ida, now a tropical storm, is hitting on the 16-year anniversary of Katrina, a Category 3 hurricane that ravaged the Gulf Coast. Hurricane Katrina unleashed a series of events, taking the lives of more than 1,800 people and leaving more than $100 billion worth of damage in its wake.
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Recovery will take months, St. Bernard Parish president says
In St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, recovery will take months, not weeks, parish president Guy McInnis told ABC News.
Twenty-two barges in the Mississippi River broke loose from the storm. Four barges have been significantly damaged but none pose a threat to the levees, he said.
The storm surge didn't impact the levees rebuilt after Hurricane Katrina, but did damage some of the businesses in the fishing industry, he said.
-ABC News' Darren Reynolds
1st death from Ida confirmed
One death from Hurricane Ida has been confirmed in Ascension Parish, located between Baton Rouge and New Orleans. A 60-year-old man was pronounced dead Sunday night after a tree fell at a home in Prairieville, the state's Department of Health said.
The Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office is receiving "numerous" calls for trees into homes, Sheriff Bobby Webre told ABC Baton Rouge affiliate WBRZ.
-ABC News' Matt Foster
More than 1 million without power in Louisiana, Mississippi
More than 972,000 customers in Louisiana are without power due to deadly Hurricane Ida.
Power is knocked out for another 28,000 customers in Mississippi.
-ABC News' Darren Reynolds
Power won't be restored to New Orleans Sunday night
Hurricane Ida has knocked out all eight transmission lines in the New Orleans area, Entergy said. Power will not be restored Sunday night, the energy company said.
Ida, one of the strongest hurricanes to ever make landfall in Louisiana by both wind and pressure, weakened to a Category 2 hurricane at about 10 p.m. ET.
One of the highest wind gusts recorded was 138 mph in Dulac, Louisiana, located in Terrebonne Parish.
The storm surge has climbed over 6 feet in some areas and flash flood emergencies remain in effect.
-ABC News' Melissa Griffin
3rd storm-related death confirmed
Deano Bonano, a councilman for District 2 in Jefferson Parish, told ABC News that there has been one confirmed fatality in his parish from Hurricane Ida.
Details about the death and the identity of the victim weren't immediately available.
-ABC News' Darren Reynolds