Category: Hurricane

Near-Category 5 Hurricane Ida ‘Moving Onshore’ Along Louisiana Coast

Hurricane Ida, a Category 4 storm with 150 mph winds and just shy of Category 5, is now starting to hammer portions of southeastern Louisiana with hurricane-force winds, according to the National Hurricane Center’s latest update. At 11 a.m., the NHC said the northern eyewall of Ida is moving to the coast of southeastern Louisiana…


Near-Category 5 Hurricane Ida Makes Landfall Along Louisiana Coast

Hurricane Ida, a Category 4 storm with 150 mph winds—just shy of Category 5—is hammering portions of southeastern Louisiana, according to the National Hurricane Center’s latest update. The hurricane made landfall just west of Grand Isle, Louisiana, located to the southwest of New Orleans, at around 12:30 p.m. ET, updated satellite footage shows. At 11…


Near-Category 5 Hurricane Ida Makes Landfall in Louisiana With Winds Stronger Than Katrina

Hurricane Ida, a Category 4 storm with 150 mph winds—just shy of Category 5—is hammering portions of southeastern Louisiana, according to the National Hurricane Center’s latest update. The hurricane’s northern eyewall made landfall near Port Fourchon, Louisiana, at around 12:50 p.m. ET, according to the NHC. The storm has maximum sustained winds of 150 mph and a…


Near-Category 5 Hurricane Ida Makes Second Landfall in Louisiana With Winds Stronger Than Katrina

Hurricane Ida, a Category 4 storm with 150 mph winds—just shy of Category 5—is hammering portions of southeastern Louisiana, according to the National Hurricane Center’s latest update. The hurricane’s northern eyewall made landfall near Port Fourchon, Louisiana, at around 12:50 p.m. ET, according to the NHC. The storm has maximum sustained winds of 150 mph and a…


Hurricane Ida Ravaging Louisiana With ‘Catastrophic’ Winds as 450,000 Lose Power

Hurricane Ida is ravaging portions of southeastern Louisiana, according to the National Hurricane Center’s latest update on Sunday evening as more than 440,000 customers across the region lost power. The hurricane’s northern eyewall made landfall near Port Fourchon, Louisiana, at around 12:50 p.m. ET, according to the NHC. The storm had maximum sustained winds of 150 mph…


‘Time Is Not on Our Side’: Hurricane Ida Explodes to Strong Category 4 Right Before Landfall

Hurricane Ida, a strong Category 4 storm with 150 mph winds, is now starting to hammer portions of southeastern Lousiana with hurricane-force winds, according to the National Hurricane Center’s latest update. “An elevated NOAA C-MAN station at Southwest Pass, Louisiana, recently reported a sustained wind of 105 mph (169 km/h) and a wind gust of…


Hurricane Ida Explodes to Near-Category 5 Strength Right Before Landfall

Hurricane Ida, a Category 4 storm with 150 mph winds and just shy of Category 5, is now starting to hammer portions of southeastern Lousiana with hurricane-force winds, according to the National Hurricane Center’s latest update. “An elevated NOAA C-MAN station at Southwest Pass, Louisiana, recently reported a sustained wind of 105 mph (169 km/h)…


Intensifying Category 4 Hurricane Ida to Hit Louisiana on Sunday

NEW ORLEANS—Hurricane Ida rapidly grew in strength early Sunday, becoming a dangerous Category 4 hurricane just hours before hitting the Louisiana coast while emergency officials in the region grappled with opening shelters for displaced evacuees despite the risks of spreading the coronavirus. As Ida moved through some of the warmest ocean water in the world…


Hurricane Nora Forms; on Track to Skirt Along Mexico’s Coast

MEXICO CITY—Hurricane Nora formed early Saturday in the eastern Pacific on a forecast track that would bring it near the Puerto Vallarta area and then head toward a close encounter with resorts at the tip of Baja California Peninsula. Nora had maximum sustained winds of 75 mph Saturday morning, with tropical storm force winds extending…


Ida Could Be Devastating Cat 3 Hurricane Near New Orleans

BATON ROUGE, La.—Tropical Storm Ida swirled toward a strike on Cuba on Friday showing hallmarks of a rare, rapidly intensifying storm that could speed across warm Gulf waters and slam into Louisiana as a Category 3 hurricane on Sunday, the National Hurricane Center warned. “The forecast track has it headed straight towards New Orleans. Not…