Ida is now a hurricane and is expected to get even stronger prior to landfall. Local Weather Expert Payton Malone has the latest information.
Hurricane Ida is growing stronger at a rapid pace. The storm officially became a hurricane shortly after noon. Maximum winds are now at 75 miles per hour.
The National Hurricane Center says Ida is showing hallmarks of a rare, rapidly intensifying storm that could speed across warm Gulf waters and slam into Louisiana as a major hurricane on Sunday.
Hurricane Ida:
Watches and Warnings:
A hurricane watch is in effect from Camera, La. to the Mississippi-Alabama border, including metropolitan New Orleans.
A tropical storm watch is in effect from the Mississippi-Alabama border to the Alabama-Florida border.
A storm surge watch is in effect from Sabine Pass to the Alabama-Florida border.
A hurricane watch is typically issued 48 hours before the anticipated first occurrence of tropical-storm-force winds, conditions that make outside preparations difficult or dangerous.
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