Hurricane Ida strengthens, Louisiana braces for severe blow
Michael Richard, of Creole Cuisine Restaurant Concepts, boards up Crescent City Pizza on Bourbon Street in New Orleans' French Quarter before landfall of Hurricane Ida on Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021. Richard said the company planned to board up 34 of its restaurants ahead of the storm. (Matthew Hinton/Associated Press)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Forecasters warned residents along the northern Gulf of Mexico coast to rush preparations Saturday ahead of an intensifying Hurricane Ida, which is expected to bring winds as high as 130 mph, life-threatening storm surge and flooding rain when it slams ashore in Louisiana on Sunday.
Coastal highways saw heavy traffic as people moved to get out of the path of Ida, which the National Hurricane Center warned could grow to an extremely dangerous Category 4 storm...
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