Hurricane Ida has made landfall near New Orleans as a Category 4 storm with 150 mph winds. Up to 20 inches of rain and dangerous storm surges are expected.
NEW ORLEANS—Ida made landfall near New Orleans at midday on Sunday as a Category 4 hurricane, bringing pounding rain, catastrophic winds and dangerous sea surges in the fiercest storm to batter the city sinceNormally busy streets were largely empty Sunday morning after many people in the hurricane’s path heeded evacuation orders, while those who stayed behind hunkered down for Ida’s arrival.
Ida intensified early Sunday to a Category 4 hurricane, with maximum sustained winds of 150 miles an hour, after crossing the warmest and deepest part of the Gulf of Mexico. The storm, now at the second-highest classification for hurricanes, was expected to make landfall in southeast Louisiana at about 1 p.m., the National Weather Service in New Orleans said.
The region could see rainfall of up to 20 inches or more, with winds up to 125 mph at landfall, and dangerous storm surges, the weather service said. A surge of 12 feet to 16 feet is expected at Port Fourchon, La., south of New Orleans, to the mouth of the Mississippi River. Tornadoes were possible from Louisiana to the Florida panhandle. The weather service also issued an extreme wind warning for areas near New Orleans on Sunday.
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