Hurricane Ida intensified over warm Gulf of Mexico waters and took aim at the U.S. Gulf Coast on Saturday, prompting tens of thousands in Louisiana and offshore energy workers to flee to safety.
Forecasters said it could make a U.S. landfall as an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 storm on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale, generating winds of 140 miles per hour , heavy downpours and a tidal surge that could plunge much of the Louisiana shoreline under several feet of water.
Utilities were bringing in extra crews and equipment to prepare to restore electricity after the storm passes. Forecasters expect coming winds will cut power to hundreds of thousands of homes in the area. Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards, whose state is reeling from a public health crisis stemming from a fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, urged residents to ready themselves for the hurricane immediately.A satellite image shows Tropical Storm Ida after forming in the Caribbean, about 75 miles north-northwest of Grand Cayman, August 27, 2021. NOAA/via REUTERS"Now is the time to finish your preparations," he told a Friday news conference.
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