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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.
Landfall comes 16 years to the day after deadly Katrina devastation
It is the toughest test yet for the hundreds of miles of new levees built around New Orleans after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, which made landfall 16 years ago to the day, inundating historically Black neighborhoods and killing more than 1,800 people.
NEW ORLEANS: Hurricane Ida made landfall in the United States on Sunday as an extremely dangerous Category 4 storm...
Ida could be worst direct hit in 170 years, storm surge to reach inland communities