Hurricane Ida: Striking pictures show storm sweeping Gulf Coast

ESA/NASAEuropean Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet took this photo of Hurricane Ida on Sunday from the International Space Station

AFP via Getty ImagesTwo families gather their belongings after being rescued in Laplace, Louisiana on Monday

AFP via Getty ImagesPeople walk through flood waters in Norco, Louisiana, on Monday

Getty ImagesA sailboat sits on the beach after Hurricane Ida passed on Monday in Bay St Louis, Mississippi

ReutersWaves on Lake Pontchartrain, in south-eastern Louisiana

Getty ImagesPeople walk through the French Quarter in New Orleans on Sunday

USA Today/ReutersA news crew films as the storm surge pushes water from Lake Pontchartrain

AFPA building's roof is blown off in the French Quarter of New Orleans

ReutersResidents make preparations for the storm in New Orleans on Saturday

Getty ImagesA woman comforts her grandson as the storm nears New Orleans
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