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Destructive winds and water already had a catastrophic impact along the southeast coast of Louisiana, and life-threatening river flooding continued well inland, the National Hurricane Center said. In Pic: A news crew films as storm surge pushes water from Lake Pontchartrain over Lakeshore Drive as the effects of Hurricane Ida begin to be felt in New Orleans. (Reuters)
Ida made landfall on the same day 16 years earlier that Hurricane Katrina ravaged Louisiana and Mississippi, and its 150 mph (230 kph) winds tied it for the fifth-strongest hurricane to ever hit the mainland. In Pic: A young girl blocks her face from the wind and rain produced by Hurricane Ida, Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021, in New Orleans, La. (AP)
A satellite image shows Hurricane Ida in the Gulf of Mexico August 29, 2021. (European Union, Copernicus Sentinel-3 Imagery, Processed by DG DEFIS/Reuters)
A man takes pictures of high waves along the shore of Lake Pontchartrain as Hurricane Ida nears, Sunday, August 29, 2021, in New Orleans. (AP)
A young girl sprays hair paint on her brother, after the family boarded up their property in preparation for Hurricane Ida in Morgan City, Louisiana, US, August 28, 2021. (Reuters)
A parking sign lies in the street as Hurricane Ida makes landfall in Louisiana, in New Orleans, Louisiana, US, August 29, 2021. (Reuters)
