For AFP and Bloomberg:
Hurricane Ida barreled into Louisiana's coast with devastating force becoming a category 4 hurricane and the second most destructive in Louisiana's history.

Montegut fire chief Toby Henry walks back to his fire truck as firefighters cut through trees on the road in Bourg, Louisiana.

Darlene and Grant Dupre sit where their house used to be in Pointe-Aux-Chenes, Louisiana.

Bourg fire chief TJ Pellegrin talks to his wife on the phone as Hurricane Ida passes.

Damage done to Upper Little Caillou Elementary School in Little Caillou, LA.

Firefighters pray together as the hurricane eye wall gets close to the fire station in Bourg, Louisiana.

Storm clouds off the coast of Louisiana can be seen from Pointe-Aux-Chenes, Louisiana.

Montegut and Bourg firefighters cut through trees on the road in Bourg, Louisiana as Hurricane Ida passes.

An overhead view of the damage in Pointe-Aux-Chenes.

Rain comes down at a wall of sandbags in Montegut, Louisiana before Hurricane Ida lands.

Robbie Henry throws lumber on a roof to screw down on tarps in Little Caillou, Louisiana.

Montegut and Bourg firefighters cut through trees on the road in Bourg, Louisiana.

A couple walks down the street in Montegut after Hurricane Ida made landfall.