Ida downgraded to a tropical depression as heavy rains soak southern states

August 30, 2021 at 5:06 pm EDT

By Bob D’Angelo, Michelle Ewing, Theresa Seiger, Jared Leone and Kelli Dugan, Cox Media Group National Content Desk

Ida was downgraded to a tropical depression late Monday afternoon more than 24 hours after making landfall as a Category 4 hurricane in Louisiana, according to the National Hurricane Center.

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Photos: Hurricane Ida pummels Louisiana Montegut fire chief Toby Henry walks back to his fire truck in the rain as firefighters cut through trees on the road in Bourg, Louisiana as Hurricane Ida passes on August 29, 2021. (MARK FELIX/AFP via Getty Images)

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Photos: Hurricane Ida makes landfall in Louisiana as a Category 4 storm A man takes pictures of high waves along the shore of Lake Pontchartrain as Hurricane Ida nears, Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (Gerald Herbert/AP)