They had not yet done a door-to-door search or entered any flooded homes. Sheng said she didn't know if all of the people who had specifically called for help had been reached, but rescuers continued to pull out those who wanted to leave. Some people are choosing to stay behind in the flooded southeastern Louisiana community of Lafitte, despite rescue boats that arrived there Monday, Jefferson Parish President Cynthia Lee Sheng told the Weather Channel Monday afternoon. Not Everyone in Lafitte Wants to Be Rescued Johns Parish said schools there would be closed until at least Thursday. Jefferson Parish announced schools would be closed until at least Wednesday, while St. Charles parishes, according to a list compiled by WDSU. Public schools in New Orleans are closed until further notice, as are those in Plaquemines, St. Check back frequently for the most recent updates. (MORE: The Latest Forecast for Tropical Storm Ida )Д«elow, we're updating this page with the latest information as it comes in. That left millions of people in the dark. More than 1 million homes and businesses in Louisiana alone were without power after the storm, including all of New Orleans, where catastrophic damage occurred to the city's transformers. Rescuers were still trying to reach people trapped in their homes in some areas, and residents are being told not to return to New Orleans and other areas across southeast Louisiana until further notice. Officials in Ascension Parish said one person there was killed by a falling tree.

One person died in a car during flooding in New Orleans, Mayor LaToya Cantrell said in a news briefing Monday. Ida's catastrophic crawl across Louisiana has left at least two people dead, thousands of miles of power lines out of service and 911 dispatch centers inoperable.

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