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Hurricane (Typhoon) — Lower St. Bernard, LA

Aug 29, 2021

The ninth named storm, fourth hurricane, and second major hurricane of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season, Ida originated from a tropical wave in the Caribbean Sea on August 23rd. On August 26th, the wave developed into a tropical depression, which organized further and became Tropical Storm Ida later that day, near Grand Cayman. On a northwestward track, Ida intensified into a hurricane on August 27, just before moving over western Cuba. A day later, the hurricane underwent rapid intensificatio

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 978996). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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