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

Hurricane Ida latest updates.

She's navigated through Hurricane Laura, Hurricane Harvey and other disasters, but Cajun Navy Relief (CNR) president Colleen Udell says that the impact of Hurricane Ida is "unprecedented."

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Hurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana Sunday with winds topping 140 mph. Get the latest updates on the storms path and impact.

Hurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana Sunday with winds topping 140 mph. Get the latest updates on the storms path and impact.

Without power at the coastal region. we heard that that number is likely to rise in the next 24 to 36 hours, and it is all because the power outages you are witnessing now are because of hurricane-force winds. as this storm slowly moves inland, we are going to continue to see that rainfall, 15 to 20 inches of rain is going to saturate the ground, and thats where we could see more trees start to topple over, impacting those power lines. if you have been hunkering in place and staying in place ind...

Away from windows and in a very safe place inside your home. heres the wide shot you can see. this is going to be a little bit farther reaching of than louisiana. were talking about mississippi coast, alabama coast getting that storm surge. that water inundation especially along the coastal regions. so we could see the water rise six, eight feet, ten feet in some locations, especially right around the center of that storm. this is what weve seen so far. the highest storm surge amounts. thats wha...

Of 115 or more. here are the gusts we have right now, were buoys out here and oil rigs out here that have reported numbers over 100 miles per hour already. those numbers are likely to go up. look at the size of the area thats going to be 110 or greater. down here obviously in the bottom of the boot, youll be 130 or greater. this 110 or greater gets very, very close to metry and well lose power for a very long time. some people wont get power back for a month. here are the shell beach, six-foot s...

Afternoon and evening. behind me, youll notice all of these businesses are closed. we even have some businesses that boarded up their windows because we do expect 70-mile-an-hour gusts later today. remember, this is a sunday afternoon in lafayette. even though we see a bit of traffic, people are moving along, this is quiet life for a weekend here. many people are heeding the warning. we talked to local businesses and they are closing at noon today at the very latest here local time. so were main...