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Sep 7, 2021

Northeast, Gulf regions healing from Hurricane Ida’s damage

Also today: Supply chain issues are still plaguing the construction industry, which is also losing jobs. We also get an economic postcard from Africa, where the tourist destination of Victoria Falls is seeing a decrease in visitors.

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A motorist drives down a road in the wake of Hurricane Ida on September 4, 2021 in Grand Isle, Louisiana. Ida made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane six days before in Louisiana and brought flooding, wind damage and power outages along the Gulf Coast.
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Segments From This Episode

Post-Ida recovery underway for Louisiana and northeast
Nancy Marshall-Genzer shares more details about Hurricane Ida’s damage.
Businesses in Zimbabwe’s Victoria Falls anxious for tourists’ return
by ish Mafundikwa
Zinyange Auntony/AFP via Getty Images
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa made a point of getting vaccinated there to stress the importance of the tourism industry.
Construction industry still hammered by supply chain issues
by Amanda Peacher
Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images
At the root of many of construction sector woes is the spread of the delta variant.