Hurricane Ida is expected to quickly strengthen as it moves from the Caribbean to the Gulf of Mexico beginning tonight. Ida will be a powerful and destructive hurricane when it reaches the Gulf Coast. Forecast details:
The NHC is expected to level out in intensity or even intensify over western Cuba Friday night, which prompted the upgrade to hurricane warnings, there.
Ida may undergo a period of rapid intensification as a hurricane when it tracks through the Gulf of Mexico this weekend. That's becauseTherefore, Ida is currently expected to be atCurrent Information and Projected PathIda could make landfall as a major hurricane on the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's landfalls in southeast Louisiana and Mississippi on Aug. 29, 2005.
This peak surge will occur within an hour or two of Ida's landfall. However, some coastal flooding could also occur in areas of onshore flow as soon as early Sunday morning that may cut off escape routes from the coast. The NHC said "potentially devastating wind damage could occur where the core of Ida moves onshore" Sunday.
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