NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Authorities feared a 70-year-old man drowned when he tried to help two fishermen stranded in the Mississippi River as Tropical Storm Ida churned ashore Monday, flooding low-lying areas outside levee systems and closing schools and offices in southeast Louisiana.
Man lost in Mississippi River as Ida grazes SE Louisiana
November 9, 2009
National Hurricane Center deputy director Ed Rappaport, shows the position of tropical storm Ida at the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009.
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