Louisiana Braces for ‘Life-Altering’ Hurricane Ida
Louisiana Braces for ‘Life-Altering’ Hurricane Ida
Authorities in Louisiana and elsewhere on the US Gulf Coast issued increasingly dire sounding warnings Saturday as Hurricane Ida, a storm expected to pack powerful 130 mph winds, moved with unexpected speed toward the New Orleans area.
“Ida is expected to be an extremely dangerous major hurricane when it approaches the northern Gulf coast on Sunday,” the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said, adding that storm preparations should be “rushed to completion.”
Tropical storm-force winds are expected to hit the area Saturday afternoon, with Ida expected to slam into the Louisiana coast as a powerful Category Four hurricane on Sunday evening.
