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This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Jeff Masters and Bob Henson

Hurricane Ida tore through southern Louisiana on Sunday, whipping up sustained winds of more than 150mph while tearing the roof off buildings while forcing the Mississippi River to flow in reverse.

In the past two years, hurricanes have been brewing, strengthening and hitting the United States at a record pace, and Ida will likely go down as one of the nastiest of a dangerous bunch. While not quite record-setting, Ida is among some of strongest and fastest intensifying storms in more than 150 years of hurricane records.

Hurricane Ida tied for fifth strongest storm to hit the United States based on wind speed, but the whopper of a hurricane is far more than that

Winter Storm Xylia Becomes Eighth Storm Since September to Smash Significant Snow Records The Weather Channel 3/15/2021 Jonathan Erdman Winter Storm Xylia has become the eighth storm since September to shatter major snowfall records in what has otherwise been a mild winter season overall in most of the United States. Xylia buried Cheyenne, Wyoming, with 30.8 inches of snow March 13-14. Of that total, 22.7 inches fell on March 14, alone, which set a new record for the heaviest ...