ABC News reports:
Hurricane Ida has made landfall in Louisiana as one of the most powerful hurricanes to ever strike the U.S. with 150 mph winds. Ida, which became a Category 1 hurricane Friday afternoon, has strengthened into a Category 4 hurricane with 150 mph winds.
Storm surge could reach 15 feet along parts of the Louisiana/Mississippi coastline and 6 feet on Lake Pontchartrain in New Orleans.
The dangerous storm surge will be exacerbated by extreme rainfall. Much of Louisiana and Mississippi could get 6 inches of rain, while parts of southeast Louisiana and the Mississippi could get 10 to 20 inches. Flash flooding is also possible through early next week.
1155 AM CDT: #Ida made landfall as an extremely dangerous category 4 hurricane near Port Fourchon, Louisiana, with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph and a minimum central pressure of 930 mb (27.46 inches) https://t.co/tW4KeFW0gB pic.twitter.com/iHdKMGk0tq
— National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic) August 29, 2021
Near the point of Ida’s landfall late this morning at Grand Isle LA… video from Christie Angelette pic.twitter.com/QpLit2wSSR
— James Spann (@spann) August 29, 2021
Hello friends of @WCKitchen! I’m on the ground in New Orleans with @natemook & WCK’s Relief team…Winds are getting bad as Hurricane #Ida makes landfall…We have 3 kitchens ready with supplies already for 100,000+ meals! Now we will shelter until Ida passes… #ChefsForLouisiana pic.twitter.com/QQ7YR89zyn
— José Andrés (@chefjoseandres) August 29, 2021
Hurricane #Ida has made landfall in Louisiana. Tune into The Weather Channel for the latest details. More info on landfall here: https://t.co/JQ0f5A2uLI pic.twitter.com/1x8LwiJNhy
— The Weather Channel (@weatherchannel) August 29, 2021
Breaking: Hurricane Ida makes landfall over Port Fourchon, Louisiana, as a category 4 hurricane with sustained winds of 150 miles per hour. A video shows storm surge affecting the area: pic.twitter.com/0wQqUjOAmF
— PM Breaking News (@PMBreakingNews) August 29, 2021
? Storm surge is starting to impact the Louisiana coast as Ida made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane.pic.twitter.com/HeehLkr25C
— Johnattan F. Bilancieri (@BilancieriNews) August 29, 2021
Stunning video taken from inside the eye of #Ida this morning by the NESDIS Ocean Winds Research team during a flight on the @NOAA_HurrHunter P3 aircraft @NOAASatellites pic.twitter.com/sjt970Yeiq
— National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic) August 29, 2021
EYE OF A MONSTER: @NOAA‘s #GOESEast ?️ gives an up-close look at the lightning swirling around the eye of #HurricaneIda, a dangerous Cat. 4 #hurricane, nearing the coast of southeastern #Louisiana.
Please stay safe!More: https://t.co/arzjJiHnjF#LAwx #MSwx #idahurricane #ida pic.twitter.com/QosgjNT87l
— NOAA Satellites (@NOAASatellites) August 29, 2021