![]() The storm had grown in strength so quickly before making landfall that New Orleans officials said that there was no time to order a mandatory evacuation of its 390,000 residents. Hurricane Ida had nearly doubled in strength in just 24 hours over the weekend, jumping from a 85 mph storm to a 150 mph storm, which meteorologists called “explosive intensification.” Forecasters predicted that it would wind down to a Category 1 or 2 storm as it moved inland to Baton Rouge. Ida was set to travel across the southeast Louisiana wetlands and then pummel New Orleans and Baton Rouge starting late Sunday. Hurricane Ida came crashing into Louisiana on Augcausing immense flooding and high winds. The National Weather Service said Sunday that a “life-threatening storm surge” had already impacted most of the state’s coastline, with the seawater predicted to rise as high as 15 feet in Port Fourchon. Katrina left at least 1,833 dead and millions homeless along the Gulf Coast of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama - and experts warned Ida was an even more fierce weather phenomenon. The storm tied for the fifth strongest hurricane to come ashore in the country based on wind speed. A person walks through the French Quarter ahead of Hurricane Ida on Augin New Orleans, Louisiana prior to Hurricane Ida making landfall. ![]() Its winds were so ferocious that officials detected a “negative flow’’ to the Mississippi River in one part of the state, according to a US Army Corps of Engineers official.Ī supervisor with the US Geological Survey told CNN that the “extremely uncommon’’ flow reversal was seen in Belle Chasse, a community about 20 miles south of New Orleans. A storm is considered Category 5, the most powerful, at 157 mph. We can see the roofs have been blown off of the port buildings in many places,” he said.Īt the time of Sunday’s landfall, Ida had maximum sustained winds of about 150 mph. John Bel Edwards told The Associated Press on Sunday. “Quite frankly, if you had to draw up the worst possible path for a hurricane in Louisiana, it would be something very, very close to what we’re seeing,” Gov. A man takes pictures of high waves along the shore of Lake Pontchartrain as Hurricane Ida nears, Sunday, Aug. 29, 2005, the National Hurricane Center said. local time, about 40 miles west of where Category 3 Katrina hit Aug. Ida stormed ashore around the barrier island of Grand Isle, making official landfall in the offshore-oil town of Port Fourchon around 11:55 a.m. The colossal hurricane turned into one of the most powerful storms in US history within 24 hours over the weekend - and struck exactly 16 years to the day of deadly Hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Ida slammed into Louisiana on Sunday with monster Category 4 winds so powerful they reversed the course of the Mississippi River just outside of New Orleans. ![]() Rangers’ disappointing loss far from reason for concern Tropical storm approaches US territory in Pacific ahead of Atlantic hurricane seasonĮxperts predict slightly below-average hurricane season in Atlantic due to expected El Niño influences Islanders fall in overtime as another disappointing playoff ends ![]()
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