Hurricane Ida is expected to pummel Louisiana as a Category 4 storm on Sunday, urging evacuations in New Orleans and the surrounding coastal region.
On Saturday morning, Ida was moving away from Cuba and into the Gulf of Mexico, where it is expected to rapidly intensify over the next 24 to 36 hours prior to landfall across the Louisiana coast on Sunday afternoon or evening.Ida is anticipated to reach at least Category 4 strength before landfall, the National Hurricane Center said, maintaining its earlier forecast.
If you are going to evacuate, you know that's a responsibility that you take on -- do so as soon as possible," he said."You do not want to be stuck on the road, when the storms impacts arise."If Ida makes landfall in Louisiana, it would be the fourth hurricane to do so since last August and Louisiana's third major hurricane landfall in that span.
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