DEVELOPING: Ida strengthens to Cat 1 hurricane. • Currently forecast to make landfall as Cat 3 in Louisiana on Sunday night • 11 feet of storm surge possible in some areas • Southeast Louisiana, coastal Mississippi/Alabama could see 20 inches of rain
, which is expected to reach Louisiana on Sunday evening and poses a significant threat to New Orleans, strengthened to a hurricane on Friday shortly before making landfall on the Isle of Youth in Cuba.
"The maximum sustained winds have increased to near 60 mph with higher gusts, and additional steady to rapid strengthening is expected during the next few days," the center said. The storm is expected to move away from the Cayman Islands and over the Isle of Youth and western Cuba, then toward the southeastern and central Gulf of Mexico before hitting the Gulf Coast.
And"the combination of a dangerous storm surge and the tide will cause normally dry areas near the coast to be flooded by rising waters moving inland from the shoreline," according to the center."The deepest water will occur along the immediate coast near and to the east of the landfall location, where the surge will be accompanied by large and dangerous waves," the National Weather Service said.
"The people of Louisiana have been tested time and time again, and while it is my hope and prayer that this storm will not bring destruction to our state, we should be prepared to take the brunt of the severe weather," he added. “By Saturday evening, everyone should be in the location where they intend to ride out the storm."
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