Ida battered Louisiana as a Category 4 with top winds of 150 mph, a tie for 5th strongest hurricane to ever hit the mainland U.S. Monday, August 30, 2021 LAPLACE, Louisiana -- Some families near New ...
LAPLACE, La. — Along the Gulf Coast, time is so often measured by Hurricane Katrina. But Ida, a category 4 storm that made landfall Sunday, was determined to leave her mark on Louisiana as well.
NEW ORLEANS — The levees, floodwalls and floodgates that protect New Orleans held up against Hurricane Ida's fury, passing their toughest test since the federal government spent billions of dollars to ...