Al Roker shares behind-the-scenes clip of 'wild morning' ahead of HurricaneIda landfall
, Al explained that Ida had already reached 150 mph winds."It is a beast and just getting stronger," he told Sunday TODAY's Willie Geist. The National Hurricane Center has warned of"catastrophic wind damage" and"extremely life-threatening" storm surges, when a storm pushes a body of water to rise beyond the normal tide.
Ida is expected to make landfall late Sunday morning or early afternoon. If wind speeds reach 157 miles per hour, the storm will be considered a Category 5. Only four storms have made landfall in the continental U.S. as Category 5 hurricanes in the last century, according to
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