In pictures: Gulf Coast prepares for Hurricane Ida
Hurricane Ida makes its way toward the Gulf Coast on Saturday, August 28.
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Updated 4:09 AM ET, Sun August 29, 2021
Hurricane Ida makes its way toward the Gulf Coast on Saturday, August 28.
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Hurricane Ida is expected to rapidly strengthen before pummeling Louisiana on Sunday, the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards said Ida “will be one of the strongest hurricanes that hit anywhere in Louisiana since at least the 1850s.”
Officials throughout the state implored people to evacuate, with some issuing mandatory orders to do so.
If the storm makes landfall in Louisiana, it would be the fourth hurricane to do so since last August — and would be Louisiana’s third major hurricane landfall in that span.
Keith Clark brings a rope to a friend to help tie down a houseboat before he evacuates Jean Lafitte, Louisiana, on Saturday.
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Larry Ackman, bottom, helps neighbor Mike Jackson, left, and his son Cody board up windows Saturday in Morgan City, Louisiana.
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People stand in line at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport on Saturday. Many residents were evacuating the area ahead of Hurricane Ida.
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A man drives a tractor through a flooded street Saturday in Guanimar, Cuba. Before entering the Gulf, Ida made landfall twice over Cuba as a Category 1 hurricane.
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Nikeia Washington from Vacherie, Louisiana, holds her granddaughter, Halia Zenon, at a hotel in downtown Shreveport, Louisiana, where they evacuated to ahead of the storm.
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President Joe Biden speaks during a FEMA briefing on Hurricane Ida on Saturday. “This weekend is the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina,” Biden said, “and it’s a stark reminder that we have to do everything we can to prepare the people in the region to make sure we’re ready to respond.”
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Dawn breaks over a Hurricane Katrina memorial at Shell Beach in St. Bernard, Louisiana, on Saturday. Katrina made landfall on August 29, 2005.
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Clare and Joe Cermak work on putting storm shutters up on their home in Louisiana’s St. Charles Parish on Saturday.
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Highway traffic moves slowly overnight Saturday near Kenner, Louisiana, as many residents evacuate ahead of Hurricane Ida.
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Gregory Moore, left, helps fill sand bags as residents in Gulfport, Mississippi, prepare for the storm on Saturday.
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A resident hammers the shutters of a 100-year-old house in New Orleans on Friday, August 27.
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John Guenther unloads about 400 crab traps that he had to pull out of the water and move via flatbed trailer to dry near his home in the eastern St. Bernard Parish on Friday.
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Jennifer Tate fuels up a gas can in Pass Christian, Mississippi, on Friday.
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Workers stack bags of ice into a gas station freezer on Friday in Jefferson, Louisiana.
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A crew removes wall barriers in New Orleans on Friday, which will allow the flood gates to be closed in anticipation of Hurricane Ida.
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