BREAKING: Forecasters say a hurricane watch has been issued for parts of the northern U.S. Gulf Coast for Tropical Storm Ida.
MIAMI — Tropical Storm Ida formed in the Caribbean on Thursday and forecasters said its track was aimed at the U.S. Gulf Coast, prompting Louisiana’s governor to declare a state of emergency and forecasters to announce a hurricane watch for New Orleans.
“By Saturday evening, everyone should be in the location where they intend to ride out the storm.,” the governor added. “Ida certainly has the potential to be very bad,” said Brian McNoldy, a hurricane researcher at the University of Miami. Late Thursday night, Ida had sustained maximum winds of 40 mph and was traveling northwest at about 12 mph . It was centered about 65 miles southeast of Grand Cayman and 365 miles southeast of the western tip of Cuba.The storm was forecast to deliver anywhere from 6 to 12 inches of rain over parts of Jamaica, Cuba and the Cayman islands, with the potential for more in some isolated areas.
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