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The National Hurricane Center warned that super-warm Gulf waters could rapidly magnify Ida's destructive power, boosting it from a Category 2 storm to an extremely dangerous Category 4 hurricane in just 18 hours or less.
Hurricane expected to bring winds as fast as 209 kph, a life-threatening storm surge and flooding rain when it slams into US state of Louisiana.
Hurricane Ida, which intensified into a Category 4 storm overnight, has made a second landfall along the southwestern coast of Galliano, Louisiana at 3 p.m., according to the National Hurricane Center. Ida made its first landfall at 12:55 p.m. near Port Fourchon, La. with dangerous floods and 150 mph winds.
Hurricane Ida could overwhelm levees strengthened to protect New Orleans as it barrels down on Louisiana on the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.
Hurricane Ida quickly grew to a Category 4 storm early Sunday, according to the U.S. Hurricane Center. Ida “has continued to