Hurricane Ida threatens to slam into Louisiana with devastating force over the weekend, prompting evacuations in New Orleans and across the coastal region
People were evacuating high-risk areas and lining up to buy supplies as Louisiana braced for Hurricane Ida, which was expected to strengthen to an"extremely dangerous" Category 4 hurricane when it hits the southern United States this weekend.
Ida intensified rapidly on Friday from a tropical storm to a hurricane with top winds of 128 kph as it crossed western Cuba. The National Hurricane Center predicted it would strengthen into an extremely dangerous Category 4 hurricane, with top winds of 225 kph before making landfall along the US Gulf Coast late Sunday.
“The city cannot order a mandatory evacuation because we don’t have the time.” Mayor LaToya Cantrell said. A hurricane warning was issued for most of the Louisiana coast from Intracoastal City to the mouth of the Pearl River.Officials decided against evacuating New Orleans hospitals. There’s little room for their patients elsewhere, with hospitals from Texas to Florida already reeling from a spike in coronavirus patients, said Dr. Jennifer Avengo, the city’s health director.
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