Hurricane Ida slams Louisiana as an "extremely dangerous" storm; New Orleans reports "no power"
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Hurricane Ida was moving north over southeastern Louisiana late Sunday, finally weakening to a Category 2 storm nearly 10 hours after it made landfall. It had maximum sustained winds of 105 mph. By 1 a.m. local time on Monday, Isa was barely a hurricane, with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph. The storm made landfall at 11:55 a.m. CDT as an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 storm with 145 mph winds at Port Fourchon, Louisiana. The National Hurricane Center warned throughout the day about catastrophic storm surge, extreme winds and flash flooding in southeastern Louisiana.More Related News
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