Life-threatening storm surges, heavy rainfall, and hurricane-force winds are expected to hit Louisiana’s coastline Sunday or early Monday, the National Hurricane Center warned.
Tropical Storm Ida was barreling toward the Gulf Coast, and was forecast on Thursday to hit Louisiana as a Category 2 hurricane this weekend. The National Hurricane Center also issued a Tropical Storm Watch for the Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida border.
State officials in Louisiana are warning residents to prepare for Ida to make landfall as a hurricane.
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