BREAKING: Ida strengthens to a Category 1 hurricane, and is forecast to strengthen into a Category 3 by the time it makes landfall in Louisiana late Sunday or early Monday.
Louisiana has declared a state of emergency as Tropical Storm Ida gains strength in the Caribbean.Ida, which became a Category 1 hurricane Friday afternoon, is forecast to strengthen into a Category 3 hurricane by the time it makes landfall in Louisiana late Sunday or early Monday.New Orleans city officials on Friday issued mandatory evacuations for areas outside the levees and a voluntary evacuation for the rest of the parish.
The latest forecast shows Ida making landfall in Louisiana Sunday night into Monday morning, with sustained winds of 120 mph.Storm surge could reach 11 feet along the Gulf Coast south of New Orleans and 5 feet on Lake Pontchartrain in New Orleans.The National Weather Service has issued a hurricane watch for parts of Louisiana and all of the Mississippi coast, including the cities of New Orleans and Biloxi.
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has declared a state of emergency and requested a pre-landfall Federal Declaration of Emergency in a letter to President Joe Biden. "Now is the time for people to finalize their emergency game plan, which should take into account the ongoing
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