But Ida intensified so rapidly over the last ... according to the latest update from the National Weather Service in New Orleans on Friday night. “There’s indications it could be stronger ...

Because of the slight shift east in Ida’s forecast track Saturday, the likelihood of hurricane-force winds in New Orleans has increased. The Weather Service now says gusts over 100 mph are ...

"I urge Alabamians and our visitors to stay weather aware." Hurricane Ida is aimed directly at New Orleans, about 130 miles west of Alabama, but the state will still see rain, wind, and even ...

Even with Hurricane Ida making its way out of the state ... Jefferson Parish, which contains parts of the New Orleans suburbs as well as towns like Metairie and Kenner, could be without water ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Hurricane Ida struck Cuba ... with city and federal officials and the National Weather Service. “Ida certainly has the potential to be very bad,” said Brian McNoldy ...

Ida was not finished with New Orleans. So the waiting and worrying ... like pessimism and optimism were fighting it out like colliding weather systems. In the Algiers Point neighborhood, directly ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Hurricane Ida became a tropical storm as its top ... leading to an uneasy night of pouring rain and howling winds. The weather died down shortly before dawn and people began ...

This is The Daily. Today, 16 years after Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Ida was a major test of how prepared cities like New Orleans now are for extreme weather. Kevin Roose spoke with our colleague ...

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell has called for the mandatory evacuation for all New Orleans residents outside the city's protective levee system as Hurricane Ida approaches Louisiana. Citizens ...

Bob Lessnau, the Audubon Zoo’s curator of animals, rode out Hurricane Ida with 35 staff members at the Uptown New Orleans institution ... animals away from the potential path of tropical weather.