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The New Orleans Times-Picayune reports:
Hurricane Ida has formed and is expected to make landfall Sunday in Louisiana near Category 4 strength, forecasters with National Hurricane Center said Friday. Hurricane watches have been issued for Louisiana, including metro New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Lafayette.
The latest track has Ida coming ashore Sunday, bringing life-threatening storm surge, hurricane-force winds and heavy rain to southeast Louisiana. Sunday also is the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.
During a press conference Friday with emergency officials to discuss the city’s hurricane preparations, Mayor LaToya Cantrell ordered mandatory evacuations for residents in low-lying areas outside of the levee system. Those needing to evacuate should do so immediately.
For people who plan to leave ahead of Hurricane Ida, “now is the time to start,” LaToya Cantrell said.
1⃣ Voluntary evacuations inside the city’s levee system
2⃣ Mandatory evacuations for low-lying areas outside of the levee system
More: https://t.co/aNqYRisTTm
— NOLA.com (@NOLAnews) August 27, 2021
Hurricane Ida poised to become a massive major hurricane, rapidly intensifying over very warm Gulf of Mexico waters. Reliable models indicating central pressure consistent with at least Category 4.
ECMWF model Maximum wind gusts over water ~170 mph. pic.twitter.com/ezvHLcKDMn— Ryan Maue (@RyanMaue) August 27, 2021
HWRF 12z doesn’t reach 987 mb — current pressure of Ida — for 24-hours, but this underestimate doesn’t really matter as it drops 50 mb / 36 hours — very rapid intensification!
And, this is the result < 940 mb. Category 4+ pic.twitter.com/miFEnD96D3
— Ryan Maue (@RyanMaue) August 27, 2021
NHC now forecasting a category 4 hurricane at landfall Sunday. Hurricane #Ida will be a major hurricane hit for Louisiana. #FirstAlertWX @ActionNewsJax @WOKVNews pic.twitter.com/csE4cuWiNB
— Garrett Bedenbaugh (@wxgarrett) August 27, 2021