Hurricane Ida 1987

Tropical force winds are expected to sweep across southern Louisiana from 0800 local time 1300 GMT. It was the first hurricane in the Caribbean Sea since Hurricane Katrina of 1981 and had the second-fastest forward speed of a 20th-century hurricane behind only the 1938 New England hurricane.

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The Category 4 storm is reported to be reaching maximum wind speeds of 150 mph and it is expected to reach more areas of Louisiana and western Mississippi through Sunday night and Monday.

Hurricane ida 1987. By The New York Times Follow live updates on Hurricane Ida here. Hurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana on Sunday as a Category 4 storm battering the coast and threatening destruction in New Orleans as the. Hurricane Emily was a powerful tropical cyclone that struck Hispaniola in September 1987.

NEW ORLEANS AP Rescuers in boats helicopters and high-water trucks brought hundreds of people trapped by Hurricane Idas floodwaters to safety Monday and utility repair crews rushed in after the furious storm swamped the Louisiana coast and ravaged the electrical grid in the stifling late-summer heat. The storm is expected to cause damage in multiple states and recovery could take months. A hurricane watch is in effect for New Orleans and a long stretch of Louisianas coast as Ida heads toward the Gulf of Mexico.

The twelfth tropical cyclone fifth named storm second hurricane and only major hurricane to develop during the below-average 1987 Atlantic hurricane. The 1987 Great Storm occurred on the night of 15 - 16th October 1987. Thousands evacuate from New Orleans as storm bears down Read more National Hurricane Centre officials said Ida had strengthened to a category 4 hurricane.

Watch live satellite images and an animated forecast cone of Hurricane Ida as it churns toward the Gulf Coast Subscribe to NBC News. Hurricane Ida rapidly intensified into a strong Category 4 early Sunday. It was the worst storm to hit England since the Great Storm of 1703.

As Hurricane Ida bore down on the Louisiana coast projected to arrive as a life-altering category 4 storm thousands evacuated from New Orleans and other communities in Idas projected. 27 2021 0153 Aug. Ida has made landfall with 150-mph winds just west of Grand Isle Louisiana.

Hurricane Ida crashed into Louisiana where more than 1 million customers have lost power. Coincidentally Sunday marks the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina which devastated New. 27 2021 1250 AM UTC.

Hurricane Idas center was near latitude 128 north and longitude 834 west or about 60 miles north-northeast of bluefields Nicaragua and about 85 miles south of Puerto Cabezas Nicaragua. An unusually strong weather system caused winds to hit much of southern England and northern France. Ida made landfall on the anniversary of Katrina the dangerous Category 3 storm that devastated Louisiana and Mississippi 16 years ago killing.

26 2021 445 PM UTC Updated Aug. Ida now a Category 4 hurricane is expected to hit Louisiana on Sunday the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Ida is hitting the New Orleans area 16 years to the day of Hurricane Katrinas landfall.

Tropical storm Ida expected to become hurricane before Louisiana landfall Aug. The system is now a hurricane. EST on November 5 Ida had maximum sustained winds near 75 mph.

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