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Hurricane Ida's Devastation Revealed in Before and After Aerial Images

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NOAA has started aerial surveys in southeast Louisiana.
The imagery collected shows some of the the damage from high winds and storm surge.

New aerial imagery from NOAA's National Geodetic Survey is giving us a before and after look at the damage caused by Hurricane Ida's intense winds and storm surge in southeastern Louisiana.

Here is a series of images showing the damage in areas where NOAA's aircraft had surveyed through Monday. Additional imagery will be gathered by NOAA for other impacted areas in the days ahead.

In the first two image comparisons, you can see the storm-surge flooding that overwhelmed Jean Lafitte, which is just over a 20-mile drive south of New Orleans.

Severe wind damage to structures is seen in this aerial view of Galliano, which is just inland from where the center of Ida came ashore.

Boats blocking Bayou Lafourche and wind damage are shown here in Golden Meadow. This is located just inland from where Ida made landfall.

Damage to structures near the coast just north of Cocodrie, or south of Houma, can be seen in the next two before and after images.

Finally, severe wind damage to a school roof is seen near Sarah Plantation, or just southeast of Houma.

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