A week after Hurricane Ida made landfall, parts of Louisiana and the Northeast are still grappling with the deadly storm’s aftermath, and life in some areas isn’t expected to return to normal for weeks.

In New York, Gov. Kathy Hochul said Sunday she was requesting that the Biden administration issue a major-disaster declaration for the state. The storm wrought widespread destruction in communities and neighborhoods across New York, from Yonkers to Queens to Staten Island, Ms. Hochul said.

This post first appeared on wsj.com

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