NEW ORLEANS—Weather forecasters warned residents along the northern Gulf of Mexico coast to rush preparations Saturday in anticipation of an intensifying Hurricane Ida, which is expected to bring winds as high as 130 mph, life-threatening storm surge, and flooding rain when it slams ashore in Louisiana on Sunday. Highways on the northern Gulf Coast saw…
US Gulf Coast Braces for Category 4 Landfall of Hurricane Ida After Cuba Takes Hit
Hurricane Ida battered Cuba with roof-ripping force on Friday as it churned toward a weekend U.S. landfall along the Louisiana coast, prompting evacuations of flood-prone New Orleans neighborhoods and oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico. By late on Friday, Ida was packing sustained winds of up to 80 miles per hour (129 kph), according…
Biden Declares Emergency as ‘Potentially Catastrophic’ Hurricane Ida Barrels Toward Louisiana
Mandatory evacuations are now being carried out in Louisiana on Friday as Hurricane Ida is projected to make landfall on Sunday evening along the U.S. Gulf Coast. President Joe Biden on Friday declared a state of emergency in Louisiana and directed the Department of Homeland Security and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to coordinate disaster relief…
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