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It is the toughest test yet for the hundreds of kilometres of new levees. Hurricane Ida smashes New Orleans Louisiana with heavy wind rain and waves A devastating hurricane is lashing the United States right now -.
Hurricane Ida is the fifth-strongest hurricane.

Hurrikan ida. Hurricane Ida is expected to make landfall in the United States on Sunday as an extremely dangerous Category 4 storm that could bring a. Hurricane Ida is expected to rapidly strengthen before pummeling Louisiana on Sunday forcing evacuations in New Orleans and the surrounding. Hurricane Ida has blasted ashore as one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the US rushing from the Louisiana coast towards New Orleans.
Ida was a Category 2 hurricane late Saturday night with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph 168 kph. Ida which reached land as a Category 4 storm compared with Katrinas Category 3 is expected to produce less severe storm surge. The storm was centered about 235 miles 375 kilometers southeast of coastal Houma Louisiana and traveling northwest at 16 mph 26 kph.
Ida gathered more strength overnight and made landfall near Port Fourchon Louisiana at 1155am local time the National Hurricane Center NHC said. Hurricane Ida moved north over southeastern Louisiana on Sunday finally weakening to a still dangerous 125 mph seven hours after it make landfall. It is the toughest test yet for the hundreds of miles of new levees built around New Orleans after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina which made landfall 16 years ago to the day inundating historically Black neighborhoods and killing.
Hurricane Ida is the first major storm to strike the Gulf Coast during the 2021 season hitting a region in many ways still grappling with the physical and emotional toll of a punishing run of. Hurricane Ida struck the coast of Louisiana Sunday as a powerful Category 4 storm 16 years to the day after deadly Hurricane Katrina devastated the southern US city of New Orleans. Ida gathered more strength overnight and made landfall near Port Fourchon at 1155am the National Hurricane Centre said.
Idas hurricane-force winds stretched 80 kilometres from the storms eye or about half the size of Katrina and a New Orleans infrastructure official emphasised that the city is in a very. Forecasters said it could make a US. Hurricane Katrina was a.
Hurricane Ida on Saturday strengthened and the reach of its winds expanded over warm Gulf of Mexico waters prompting tens of thousands to cut short vacations and jam Louisiana highways. Hurricane Ida could cause big problems for New Orleans even if it doesnt make a direct hit. The storm is bearing down on the Big Easy and is expected to come ashore in.
John Bel Edwards said the storm was expected to strengthen to a Category 4 hurricane by the time it made. Landfall as an extremely dangerous Category 4 storm on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale generating winds of 140 miles per hour 225 kph heavy downpours and a. Hurricane Ida became a Category 4 storm early Sunday morning rapidly intensifying to sustained winds of 130 mph according to data from an Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter.
Idas core was also about 145 miles 235 kilometers south-southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi River. Hurricane Ida Is Rapidly Intensifying Louisiana Governor Says Gov.