New Orleans probes conditions at senior homes where 5 bodies found

• The health department is investigating the facilities, while the coroner's office is looking into whether the deaths should be attributed to Hurricane Ida, which made landfall in Louisiana as a Category 4 storm on Aug. 29.
• The storm prompted the evacuation of hundreds of people from the privately run complexes.
• Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry's office is reviewing evacuation policies after 843 residents from seven nursing homes were sent to a Tangipahoa Parish warehouse — which he described as "apparently unsafe and potentially inappropriate," per WDSU.

What they're saying: "What we found was unacceptable and accountability will be across the board," Cantrell said at a news conference Monday.

• "But right now we will remain focused on improving the conditions in the facilities that we closed. We will not see this happen again."
• New Orleans City Council member Kristin Palmer said of the facilities during the news conference: "It's not independent living if there’s no power and you’re in a wheelchair on the fourth floor."

Of note: 13 deaths have been directly linked to Hurricane Ida in Louisiana.