New Orleans is slowly turning back on the lights — literally — after Hurricane Ida wreaked havoc across the city.
About 90% of New Orleans had power again by Wednesday night as city officials lifted the curfew that had been in place since Aug. 31, two days after Ida made landfall.
As of Thursday morning, more than 250,000 customers in Louisiana were still without power, according to PowerOutage.us.
Louisiana residents are still picking up the pieces of their lives after Hurricane Ida.
Louisiana residents are still picking up the pieces of their lives after Hurricane Ida. (PHOTO BY DAVID GRUNFELD, DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY/) Entergy New Orleans urged people to remain patient, especially as crews attempt to restore power to more difficult areas.
At least 82 people have died as a result of Ida, with the Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office adding 11 more fatalities Wednesday; two died of carbon monoxide poisoning and nine died of “excessive heat during a power outage,” according to the Louisiana Department of Health.
New Orleans Firefighters assess damages as they look through debris after a building collapsed from the effects of Hurricane Ida, Monday, Aug. 30, 2021, in New Orleans, La.
A massive oak, toppled by Hurricane Ida, stretches across a New Orleans street, stretching utility lines and resting against the fronts of two houses on Monday, Aug. 30, 2021.
Traffic diverts around downed power lines Monday, Aug. 30, 2021, in Metairie, La. A fearsome Hurricane Ida has left scores of coastal Louisiana residents trapped by floodwaters and pleading to be rescued while making a shambles of the electrical grid across a wide swath of the state in the sweltering, late-summer heat. One of the most powerful hurricanes ever to hit the U.S. mainland has now weakened into a tropical storm as it pushes inland over Mississippi with torrential rain and shrieking winds.
New Orleans Firefighters assess damage as they look through debris after a building collapsed from the effects of Hurricane Ida, Monday, Aug. 30, 2021, in New Orleans, La. All of New Orleans lost power right around sunset Sunday as the hurricane blew ashore on the 16th anniversary of Katrina, leading to an uneasy night of pouring rain and howling wind. The weather died down shortly before dawn.
This Monday, Aug. 30, 2021, photo shows a house in the mid-city neighborhood of New Orleans where Chris Atkins and his wife were when the sheetrock came off during Hurricane Ida Sunday. \
The East Harbor of Pass Christian, Miss. is empty after Hurricane Ida with no vessels Monday morning, Aug. 30, 2021.
A collapsed historical building is seen on S. Rampart St. in New Orleans, La., early Monday, Aug. 30, 2021.
New Orleans Police detective Alexander Reiter looks over the debris from a building that collapsed during Hurricane Ida in New Orleans, Monday, Aug. 30, 2021. Hurricane Ida knocked out power to all of New Orleans and inundated coastal Louisiana communities on a deadly path through the Gulf Coast that is still unfolding and promises more destruction.
The remains of the Buddy Bolden mural on the wall of The Little Gem Saloon are seen on S. Rampart St. in New Orleans, La., early Monday, Aug. 30, 2021. Hurricane Ida became a tropical storm as its top winds slowed over Mississippi on Monday, while across southeast Louisiana residents waited for daylight to be rescued from floodwaters and see how much damage was caused by one of the most powerful hurricanes ever to strike the U.S. mainland. All of New Orleans lost power right around sunset Sunday, leading to an uneasy night of pouring rain and howling winds.
Utility workers play in the wind from Hurricane Ida as they wait for the storm to pass to begin repairs on Aug. 29, 2021, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Ida made landfall earlier today southwest of New Orleans.
A truck is seen in heavy winds and rain from Hurricane Ida in Bourg, Louisiana on Aug. 29, 2021.
Bourg fire chief TJ Pellegrin asks a couple if they are okay after Hurricane Ida passed in Bourg, La. on Aug. 29, 2021. Hurricane Ida struck the coast of Louisiana on August 29 as a powerful Category 4 storm, 16 years to the day after deadly Hurricane Katrina devastated the southern city of New Orleans.
Vehicles are damaged after the front of a building collapsed during Hurricane Ida on Aug. 29, 2021, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Ida made landfall earlier today southwest of New Orleans.
A section of a building's roof is seen after being blown off during rain and winds in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana on Aug. 29, 2021, during Hurricane Ida.
Montegut and Bourg firefighters cut through trees on the road in Bourg, Louisiana as Hurricane Ida passes on Aug. 29, 2021.
Debris is seen in an intersection downtown on Aug. 29, 2021, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Hurricane Ida made landfall earlier today and continues to cut across Louisiana. Hurricane Ida has been classified as a Category 4 storm with winds of 150 mph.
An abandoned vehicle is half-submerged in a ditch next to a nearly flooded highway as the outer bands of Hurricane Ida arrive on Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021, in Bay Saint Louis, Miss.
A group of people crosses an intersection during Hurricane Ida on Aug. 29, 2021, in New Orleans, La.
Rain batters N. Peters St. in New Orleans, La., with St. Louis Cathedral visible in the distance (back L), on Aug. 29, 2021, after Hurricane Ida made landfall. Ida made landfall as "an extremely dangerous" Category 4 storm in Louisiana on Sunday, according to the National Hurricane Center, 16 years to the day after Hurricane Katrina devastated the region. "Extremely dangerous Category 4 Hurricane Ida makes landfall near Port Fourchon, Louisiana," the NHC wrote in an advisory. Ida struck the port, which is located 100 miles directly south of New Orleans, packing maximum sustained winds estimated at 150 miles per hour.
A man passes by a section of roof that was blown off of a building in the French Quarter by Hurricane Ida winds on Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021, in New Orleans.
Jones Park in Gulfport, Miss. is flooded early Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021, from Hurricane Ida's storm surge ahead of the storm's landfall.
A man takes pictures of high waves along the shore of Lake Pontchartrain as Hurricane Ida nears on Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021, in New Orleans.
A Biloxi, Miss. police SUV blocks off traffic along U.S. 90 after a Honda Civic stalled out in the middle of the street as it tried to drive through Hurricane Ida storm surge floodwater on Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021.
This satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and captured by NOAA's GOES-16 shows Hurricane Ida making landfall near Port Fourchon, La. on Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021.
Cars drive through floodwaters along Route 90 as outer bands of Hurricane Ida arrive on Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021, in Gulfport, Miss.
Chris Derousselle loads a case of water into a car as Hurricane Ida approaches Louisiana, Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021, in Lafayette, La.
Harrison County W Wittmann Road in Pass Christian, Miss. floods in the early morning of Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021, as a result of the arrival of Hurricane Ida.
People do last-minute shopping ahead of Hurricane Ida on Aug. 29, 2021, in New Orleans, La. Residents of New Orleans continue to prepare as the outer bands of the hurricane begin to cut across the city. Ida is expected to make landfall as a Category 4 storm later today.
Montegut fire chief Toby Henry looks at the weather report on his computer as they prepare to evacuate their fire station in Montegut, Louisiana before Hurricane Ida lands on Aug. 29, 2021. Hurricane Ida was upgraded to a Category 4 storm as it stayed on course to hit New Orleans with maximum sustained winds reaching 140 miles (225 kilometers) per hour, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said Sunday. Ida was due to make landfall on Sunday, 16 years to the day Hurricane Katrina devastated the southern U.S. city, flooding 80 percent of New Orleans, and leaving behind 1,800 dead and billions of dollars in damage.
A man walks down a mostly deserted Bourbon Street in the French Quarter as the early effects of Hurricane Ida are felt on Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021, in New Orleans, La.
People walk in the French Quarter prior to the arrival of Hurricane Ida on Aug. 29, 2021, in New Orleans, Louisiana. The neighborhood is mostly quiet as residents of New Orleans continue to prepare, while the outer bands of Hurricane Ida begin to cut across the city. Ida is expected to make landfall as a category 4 storm later today.
A spectator photographs floodwaters at the Port Gulfport Marina as he watches the arrival of Hurricane Ida on Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021, in Gulfport, Miss.
Rain comes down on a wall of sandbags in Montegut, Louisiana before Hurricane Ida lands on Aug. 29, 2021.
A person walks through the French Quarter ahead of Hurricane Ida on Aug. 29, 2021, in New Orleans, Louisiana.
A man takes photos on the edge of Lake Pontchartrain ahead of approaching Hurricane Ida in New Orleans on Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021.
Bourbon Street is nearly empty ahead of Hurricane Ida in New Orleans on Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021.
Liliana Arias, left, and Cristina Burgos take photos of the rough waters of Lake Pontchartrain in advance of approaching Hurricane Ida in New Orleans on Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021.
A person watches the wind and waves at the Gulfport Municipal Marina as outer bands of Hurricane Ida arrive on Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021, in Gulfport, Miss.
A news crew reports on the edge of Lake Pontchartrain ahead of approaching Hurricane Ida in New Orleans on Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021.
A truck passes through floodwaters in Pass Christian, Miss. as Hurricane Ida hits the area early Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021.
A man pulls a cart down a mostly deserted Bourbon Street in the French Quarter as the early effects of Hurricane Ida are felt on Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021, in New Orleans, La.
This image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows severe weather systems, Hurricane Nora, lower left, and Hurricane Ida, right, over the North American continent on Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021.
People stand in line to get through the TSA security checkpoint at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport on Aug. 28, 2021, in New Orleans, La. Residents were evacuating the area as Hurricane Ida worked its way toward the Louisiana coastline with an expected landfall on Sunday afternoon.
Interstate 10, near Slidell, La., is packed with evacuees heading east on Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021, as Hurricane Ida approaches.
Jawan Williams shovels sand for a sandbag held by his son Jayden Williams before the landfall of Hurricane Ida at the Frederick Sigur Civic Center in Chalmette, La., which is part of the Greater New Orleans metropolitan area, on Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021. Hurricane Ida looks an awful lot like Hurricane Katrina, bearing down on the same part of Louisiana on the same calendar date. But hurricane experts say there are differences in the two storms 16 years apart that may prove key and may make Ida nastier in some ways but less dangerous in others.
In preparation of Hurricane Ida, workers attach protective plywood to the windows and doors of a business in the French Quarter in New Orleans on Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021.
Lowes employees help a customer load a generator onto a pickup truck in McComb, Miss. as residents prepare for Hurricane Ida on Aug. 28, 2021.
Normally a calm lake, Kane Mason, 17, enjoys the waves that are picking up along Lake Palourde in Morgan City, La. on Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021, as Hurricane Ida begins its approach toward the Louisiana coast.
This image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows severe weather systems, Hurricane Nora, upper left, and Hurricane Ida, upper right, over the North American continent on Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021.
State officials warned people to continue precaution with portable generators, which should be kept at least 20 feet away from homes to keep toxic fumes away from people.
All New Orleans schools are expected to be reopened within two weeks, School Superintendent Henderson Lewis Jr. said.
“Now more than ever, our children stand to benefit from the comfort that structured and routine daily schooling can bring,” Lewis said in a statement Wednesday. “So, let’s all come together to reopen our schools quickly and safely.”