Hurricane Ida slammed Louisiana as a Category 4 and its remnants went on to trigger disastrous rainfall flooding in the Northeast.
Ida began as Tropical Depression Nine on Aug. 26 while south of the Cayman Islands. Just over six hours later, an Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter mission found its winds were strong enough to upgrade to Tropical Storm Ida.
A burst of thunderstorms near Ida's center then allowed it to rapidly intensify into a hurricane on Aug. 27 as it moved over western Cuba.
Ida then took advantage of very warm Gulf water, winds aloft spreading apart and plenty of moist air to rapidly intensify again from Cat. 1 to Cat. 4 status in the 24 hours ending the morning of Aug. 29.
Ida's center crossed the coast near Port Fourchon, Louisiana, at 11:55 a.m. CDT on Aug. 29. Maximum sustained winds were 150 mph, making Ida a high-end Category 4 hurricane.
Ida tied two other hurricanes for the strongest landfall on record in the state of Louisiana based on maximum wind speeds. Laura had 150-mph winds when it tracked into southwest Louisiana last year. The other hurricane to make landfall in Louisiana with winds that high was in 1856.
The hurricane weakened to a tropical storm and then a tropical depression as it tracked over Mississippi on Aug. 30.
From there, Tropical Depression Ida tracked through the Tennessee Valley to as far north as West Virginia by Sept. 1, where it was declared to be a post-tropical remnant. Ida's remnants then teamed up with a stationary...
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