A trailer home in Houma, Louisiana, seen on Sept. 19, 2021, was decimated by Hurricane Ida’s winds. (Christy Lorio/VICE News)
Shirell Parfait-Dardar, 41, chief of the Grand Caillou/Dulac Band of Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw, assesses the damage caused by Hurricane Ida on her home in Chauvin, Louisiana, on Sept. 19, 2021. (Christy Lorio/VICE News)
A ‘black hole’
Inside the home of Shirell Parfait-Dardar, 41, chief of the Grand Caillou/Dulac Band of Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw, as seen on Sept. 19, 2021. (Christy Lorio/VICE News)
Shirell Parfait-Dardar, 41, chief of the Grand Caillou/Dulac Band of Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw, sits on the steps of her home in Chauvin, Louisiana, on Sept. 19, 2021. It was destroyed when Hurricane Ida made landfall in the state on Aug. 29, 2021. (Christy Lorio/VICE News)
Hurricane Ida ripped apart Monica Redman’s deck and trailer, seen on Sept. 19, 2021, when the Category 4 storm made landfall on Aug. 29, 2021. (Christy Lorio/VICE News)
Disappearing land
Lanor Curole, 48, the tribal director and administrator of the United Houma Nation, surveys the damaged kitchen ceiling in the tribe’s administration building on Sept. 19, 2021. Curole said the building, which was donated to the tribe after serving as a nursing home, is being gutted one wing at a time after Hurricane Ida. (Christy Lorio/VICE News)
Theresa Dardar, 67, a member of the Pointe-au-Chien Indian Tribe, sits in front of the tribal office in Pointe-aux-Chênes, Louisiana, on Sept. 19, 2021. The tribal office is being used as a makeshift store, where community members can pick up essential items for free. (Christy Lorio/VICE News)
Twin sisters Rosalie and Bridget Serigny, 66—both members of the United Houma Nation—stand in their front yard in Golden Meadow, Louisiana, Sept. 19, 2021. The roof of their home was ripped off during Hurricane Ida, making the house uninhabitable and ruining many of their belongings. (Christy Lorio/VICE News)
Twin sisters Rosalie and Bridget Serigny, 66—both members of the United Houma Nation—sit on their front porch in Golden Meadow, Louisiana, on Sept. 19, 2021. Their house, built by their father in 1977, had its roof torn off in Hurricane Ida. The twins are staying with family while they await a new roof. (Christy Lorio/VICE News)
Twin sisters Rosalie and Bridget Serigny, 66—both members of the United Houma Nation— use their backyard to dry out their rain-soaked belongings on Sept. 19, 2021, after Hurricane Ida ripped the roof off their home. (Christy Lorio/VICE News)
A truck from the Cajun Navy, a grassroots organization, makes its rounds in Pointe-aux-Chênes, Louisiana, on Sept. 19, 2021. The organization dropped off generators and cleaning supplies to families in need of aid. (Christy Lorio/VICE News)
Words of encouragement decorate a shuttered Tiger Roux Cajun Kitchen in Houma, Louisiana, seen on Sept. 19, 2021. (Christy Lorio/VICE News)
