Mississippi River reverses flow

Firefighters cut through downed trees on a road in Bourg, Louisiana, on Sunday, August 29.

The Royal Dutch Shell refinery in Norco, Louisiana, is seen as Hurricane Ida makes landfall Sunday. More than 95% of the Gulf of Mexico’s oil production facilities have been shut down, regulators said, indicating the storm’s significant impact on energy supply.

European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet took this photo of Hurricane Ida on Sunday from the International Space Station.

A man passes by a section of roof that was blown off a building in the French Quarter of New Orleans on Sunday.

People work inside the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s headquarters in Washington, DC, on Sunday.

People walk through the French Quarter in New Orleans on Sunday.

Firefighters look out the window of a shelter in Bourg, Louisiana, on Sunday as the storm passes.

Storm clouds pass over a cemetery in New Orleans on Sunday.

LaKeisha Verdin holds her 3-month-old son, Kevin, as she walks onto the front porch where her family was watching weather updates on the local news Sunday in Houma, Louisiana.

A news crew reports from the edge of Lake Pontchartrain in New Orleans on Sunday.

Wind blows Monroe Best’s hair and face mask Sunday in New Orleans.

Bourbon Street in New Orleans is nearly empty on Sunday.

A vehicle is abandoned in a flooded ditch next to the highway Sunday in Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi.

A man carrying his belongings walks past a sign outside the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans on Sunday.

A wall of rain moves over downtown New Orleans on Sunday.

The Boudreaux family sits on their front porch Sunday as they await the arrival of Hurricane Ida.

A man walks along the Mississippi River near the French Quarter in New Orleans early Sunday.

People stand in line at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport on Saturday, August 28. Many residents were evacuating the area ahead of Hurricane Ida.

Crews reopen a flood gate to help trapped motorists who missed a closure deadline on Saturday.

Keith Clark brings a rope to a friend to help tie down a houseboat before he evacuates Jean Lafitte, Louisiana, on Saturday.

Nikeia Washington from Vacherie, Louisiana, holds her granddaughter, Halia Zenon, at a hotel in downtown Shreveport, Louisiana, where they evacuated to ahead of the storm.

People walk down Bourbon Street in New Orleans on Saturday. Evacuation was voluntary for parts of the city inside its flood protection system. Other areas were under a mandatory evacuation order.

Larry Ackman, bottom, helps neighbor Mike Jackson, left, and his son Cody board up windows Saturday in Morgan City, Louisiana.

Traffic moves slowly along I-10 West on Saturday in Vinton, Louisiana, as residents evacuate toward Texas.

A man drives a tractor through a flooded street Saturday in Guanimar, Cuba. Before entering the Gulf, Ida made landfall twice over Cuba as a Category 1 hurricane.

President Joe Biden speaks during a FEMA briefing on Hurricane Ida on Saturday. “This weekend is the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina,” Biden said, “and it’s a stark reminder that we have to do everything we can to prepare the people in the region to make sure we’re ready to respond.”

Dawn breaks over a Hurricane Katrina memorial at Shell Beach in St. Bernard, Louisiana, on Saturday. Katrina made landfall on August 29, 2005.

Clare and Joe Cermak work on putting storm shutters up on their home in Louisiana’s St. Charles Parish on Saturday.

Highway traffic moves slowly overnight Saturday near Kenner, Louisiana, as many residents evacuate ahead of Hurricane Ida.

Gregory Moore, left, helps fill sand bags as residents in Gulfport, Mississippi, prepare for the storm on Saturday.

John Guenther unloads about 400 crab traps that he had to pull out of the water and move via flatbed trailer to dry near his home in the eastern St. Bernard Parish on Friday, August 27.

Jennifer Tate fuels up a gas can Friday in Pass Christian, Mississippi.

Workers stack bags of ice into a gas station freezer on Friday in Jefferson, Louisiana.

A resident hammers the shutters of a 100-year-old house in New Orleans on Friday.