{"id":331945,"date":"2021-08-29T17:28:48","date_gmt":"2021-08-29T14:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/hurricane-ida-could-bring-complete-and-utter-devastation\/"},"modified":"2021-08-29T17:28:48","modified_gmt":"2021-08-29T14:28:48","slug":"hurricane-ida-could-bring-complete-and-utter-devastation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/hurricane-ida-could-bring-complete-and-utter-devastation\/","title":{"rendered":"#Hurricane Ida could bring &#8216;complete and utter devastation&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Hurricane Ida could bring &#8216;complete and utter devastation&#8217;<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>Hurricane Ida intensified to 150 mph winds as it barreled toward Louisiana on Sunday, becoming a Category 4 storm that could bring \u201ccomplete and utter devastation\u201d when it slams ashore, forecasters and local officials said.<\/p>\n<p>The storm\u2019s winds grew by 45 mph in five hours before it was expected to make landfall Sunday afternoon, the National Hurricane Center said. A storm is considered Category 5 \u2014 the strongest \u2014 at 157 miles per hour.<\/p>\n<p>In an eerie coincidence, Sunday is exactly 16 years to the day that Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Louisiana, eventually killing 1,833 people and leaving millions homeless. <\/p>\n<p>The coastal communities of Jean Lafitte, Barataria and Lafitte were bracing for disaster from Ida, as forecasts suggested flooding could overwhelm its 7 1\/2-foot levee, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nola.com\/news\/environment\/article_442c80dc-080a-11ec-a4ed-0731d9ec88d7.html\">Nola.com reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnything over 7 1\/2, 8 foot would be complete and utter devastation,\u201d\u00a0Jean Lafitte Mayor Tim Kerner Jr. told the outlet.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19283796\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19283796\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/hurricane-ida-004.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/hurricane-ida-004.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/hurricane-ida-004.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/hurricane-ida-004.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span>Hurricane Ida\u2019s winds grew by 45 mph in five hours before it was expected to make landfall Sunday afternoon.<\/span><span class=\"credit\">NOAA\/Handout via REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/hurricane-ida-009.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Heavy traffic clogs Interstate 10.\" class=\"wp-image-19283797\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/hurricane-ida-009.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/hurricane-ida-009.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/hurricane-ida-009.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The storm has grown in strength so quickly that New Orleans officials said that there was no time to order an evacuation.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Steve Helber\/AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/hurricane-ida-008.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Sandbags seen at the entrance of a store in preparation for Hurricane Ida in New Orleans.\" class=\"wp-image-19283822\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/hurricane-ida-008.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/hurricane-ida-008.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/hurricane-ida-008.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Sandbags seen at the entrance of a store in preparation for Hurricane Ida in New Orleans.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS\/Marco Bello<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019d be a historic storm in the worst possible way for the Town of Jean Lafitte, Crown Point, Lower Lafitte and Barataria, all of south Jefferson outside the levee protection.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The storm had grown in strength so quickly that New Orleans officials said that there was no time to order an evacuation of its 390,000 residents.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor LaToya Cantrell urged residents to leave voluntarily, warning that the \u201cstorm, in no way, will be weakening.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you are voluntarily evacuating, now is the time to leave,\u201d Cantrell said shortly before midnight on Saturday. \u201cIf you are riding this out, you need to be prepared to hunker down.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/hurricane-ida-015.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Downed tree branch.\" class=\"wp-image-19283798\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/hurricane-ida-015.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/hurricane-ida-015.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/hurricane-ida-015.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Tree limbs are already starting to fall in New Orleans before the arrival of Hurricane Ida.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Chris Granger\/The Advocate via AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/hurricane-ida-007.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"This image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows Hurricane Nora, lower left, and Hurricane Ida, right, over North America.\" class=\"wp-image-19283816\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/hurricane-ida-007.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/hurricane-ida-007.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/hurricane-ida-007.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>This image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows Hurricane Nora, lower left, and Hurricane Ida, right, over North America.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">NOAA via AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Forecasters warned that the storm posed a threat nearly 200 miles of the state\u2019s coastline, from Intracoastal City south of Lafayette to the Mississippi state line.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs meteorologists at the National Weather Service Slidell office, we can\u2019t bear to see this on satellite,\u201d the National Weather Service in New Orleans <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NWSNewOrleans\/status\/1431967003854753803\">tweeted along with satellite footage <\/a>of the monster storm barreling toward the Gulf Coast. <\/p>\n<p>Gov. John Bel Edwards said that officials were working to find hotel rooms in order to provide safe shelter for evacuees during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>He said that during last year\u2019s hurricane season, the state secured rooms for 20,000 people.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/hurricane-ida-003.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Business owner boards up store.\" class=\"wp-image-19283800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/hurricane-ida-003.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/hurricane-ida-003.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/hurricane-ida-003.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Mayor LaToya Cantrell urged residents to voluntarily evacuate or prepare to hunker down.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AJ Sisco\/UPI<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cSo, we know how to do this,\u201d Edwards said. \u201cI hope and pray we don\u2019t have to do it anywhere near that extent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>With Post wires<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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