Hurricane Ida has left hundreds of thousands of people in Louisiana without power for days and has also crunched the supply of fuel in at least two major cities after crashing in last month, according to US media reports.

The state of Louisiana has, on the other hand, portrayed signs of recovering from the havoc caused by Ida, at least in terms of infrastructure.

While electricity may have been restored in certain pockets of the state, telecommunications have also started recovering. AT&T, which sustained significant damage after the storm, said that the wireless network has been regained.

As residents struggled to recover from Hurricane Ida, state organizations, church groups and volunteers labored for a ninth day to hand out food, water and other necessary supplies to those left without resources when their homes were destroyed or left uninhabitable, according to reports from Associated Press.

Since Ida first started showing its impact on the state of Louisiana last month, the situation of power restoration has significantly ramped up. 

A few hours after the storm hit Louisiana, a huge chunk of the state’s population was left with a constant source of power, including all of New Orleans. 

With the help of tens of thousands of workers from power companies in numerous states, the state’s biggest energy provider, Entergy, has been able to slowly bring electricity back, leaving only 19% of its customers in the region without power as of Tuesday, according to reports from Associated Press.

In areas like St. John, the power restoration is expected to be delayed till September 17 while St. Charles, Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes can expect the deadline to be pushed to September 29, Entergy said on Monday. The areas accommodate nearly 300,000 people collectively.

(With AP inputs)