"Hurricane Ida was on course to smash ashore in southeastern Louisiana at midday Sunday as a monster with top winds of 155 mph, and pushing a life-threatening storm surge of 16 feet topped by devastating waves.
Two feet of expected rainfall began to dump early Sunday along the coast, with the first sprays reaching nearly empty New Orleans streets before dawn.
By 1 p.m., the storm was due to be just northwest of Port Fourchon, its core set on a path over Houma toward an expected 1 a.m. arrival Monday in Baton Rouge - where it would remain at hurricane strength with top winds of 80 mph and possible triple-digit gusts.
Catastrophic Ida arrived 16 years to the day after Hurricane Katrina landed on the New Orleans region, still the most expensive hurricane in U.S. history."
John Simerman and Mark Schleifstein report for the New Orleans Advocate August 30, 2021.
SEE ALSO:
"No Cash Or Gas To Run From Ida: ‘We Can’t Afford To Leave’" (AP)
"How Climate Change Helped Make Hurricane Ida One Of Louisiana’s Worst" (Washington Post)
"Climate Change Lurks Behind Hurricane Ida's Unnerving Intensification Rate" (Axios)
"Live Hurricane Ada Updates" (CNN)
"Hurricane Ida: New Orleans Loses Power As Storm Strikes" (BBC News)
"Louisiana Braces For Daylight To Reveal Extent Of Destruction" (New York Times)
"Ida Pounds Louisiana, Topples Power Lines And Plunges New Orleans Into Darkness" (Reuters)
"Ida Path Through ‘Cancer Alley’ Raises Risks at Chemical Plants" (Bloomberg Green)
"New Orleans Goes Dark as Hurricane Ida Slams into Louisiana" (Bloomberg Green)
"In Ida’s Grip, Louisiana Struggles to Assess the Damage" (New York Times)
"What We Know About Climate Change and Hurricanes" (New York Times)
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