Ida intensified rapidly on Friday from a tropical storm to a hurricane with winds reaching up to 80 mph as it hit western Cuba.
approved a federal emergency declaration for Louisiana, with FEMA expected to send nearly 150 medical personnel and almost 50 ambulances to the Gulf Coast to assist strained hospitals.
Hurricane Ida is projected to hit the U.S. Gulf Coast and New Orleans on Sunday, exactly 16 years after Hurricane Katrina rocked the area. Here, a neighborhood is seen completely flooded in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina on September 11, 2005 in New Orleans, Louisiana.Katrina's devastating effects still haunted the memories of many residents who rushed to prepare for Ida on Friday, lining up for groceries, gas and ice, ahead of the storm.
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