Hurricane Ida hits Louisiana on anniversary of Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Ida made landfall Sunday, 16 years after Katrina hit the state costing more than a thousand lives and billions of dollars in damages.

Tropical update August 29, 2021
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FOX 13 Meteorologist Tyler Eliasen says Hurricane Ida was a text-book looking storm as it made landfall as a category 4 hurricane in Louisiana on Sunday. He says it will continue to be a hurricane as it makes its way into Mississippi and will then bring rain to the northeast and mid-Atlantic states over the next 4-5 days.

Tropics Update August 28, 2021
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FOX 13 Meteorologist Tyler Eliasen is keeping an eye on hurricane Ida in the Gulf, which is expected to intensify all the way until it makes landfall in Louisiana. Eliasen expects Ida to strengthen into either a category 4 or possibly a category 5 hurricane before coming onshore Sunday evening.

Hurricane Ida expected to strengthen to Category 4 storm over warm gulf water

Tropical Storm Ida was forecast to rapidly intensify after forming into a hurricane Friday, with the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico still ahead on its track toward the Louisiana coast. 

Florida crews poised to help after Ida

Florida search-and-rescue teams and utility crews are deploying to help as Hurricane Ida barrels toward landfall in Louisiana. 

Hurricane Ida 5 p.m. Friday update
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Hurricane Ida is now expected to strengthen to a Category 4 storm before making landfall over Louisiana Sunday almost exactly 16 years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the same area of the US.

Today's tropical weather forecast
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Meteorologist Jim Weber says Tropical Storm Ida is expected to continue to strengthen.

Friday morning tropical forecast
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Meteorologist Tony Sadiku offers the latest on Tropical Storm Ida.

Tropical Storm Ida forms; likely heading for Gulf Coast landfall as hurricane

A tropical disturbance located south of Jamaica became Tropical Depression 9 Thursday before strengthening into Tropical Storm Ida just hours later. Forecasters say it could eventually make landfall along the northern Gulf Coast as a strong hurricane.

Thursday evening tropical forecast
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Chief meteorologist Paul Dellegatto has the track for newly formed Tropical Storm Ida.