Hurricane Ida Slams Louisiana, Knocking Out New Orleans Power Grid During Fourth COVID Surge

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By Climate NexusAug 30, 2021, 10:16 am306 pts
Hurricane Ida made landfall near Port Fourchon, Louisiana, just before noon local time on Sunday as a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph, 7 mph short of being just the fifth Category 5 storm to ever hit the U.S. The storm, which made landfall on the 16th anniversary of Hurricane…

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