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Weakened remnants of what was once Hurricane Ida made landfall on the US Gulf coast Tuesday, dumping heavy rain and triggering some flooding but without the deadly winds Ida packed over the weekend. Ida was a category two hurricane on the five-level Saffir-Simpson scale on Sunday, but lost strength as it moved north from the Caribbean -- and by 1500 GMT Tuesday the Miami-based National Hurricane Center said it had become a tropical depression and canceled all storm warnings. The storm however remains dangerous: it is forecast to dump up to eight inches (20 centimeters) of rain across the southeastern United States, and area ... Read Full Story

Weakened remnants of what was once Hurricane Ida made landfall on the US Gulf coast Tuesday, dumping heavy rain and triggering some flooding but without the deadly winds Ida packed over the weekend. Ida was a category two hurricane on the five-level Saffir-Simpson scale on Sunday, but lost strength as it moved north from the Caribbean -- and by 1500 GMT Tuesday the Miami-based National Hurricane Center said it had become a tropical depression and canceled all storm warnings. The storm however remains dangerous: it is forecast to dump up to eight inches (20 centimeters) of rain across the southeastern United States, and area ... Read Full Story

Tropical storm Ida drenched the US Gulf coast Tuesday, but made landfall with weakened force after cutting a swath of destruction that left 136 dead in Central America. Ida was a category two hurricane on the five-level Saffir-Simpson scale on Sunday, but lost strength as it moved north and is forecast to further weaken Tuesday. The storm however remains dangerous: it is forecast to dump up to eight inches (20 centimeters) of rain across the southeastern United States, and area officials were preparing for floods and damage caused by the ocean surge. Ida made landfall at 1140 GMT on Dauphin Island, Alabama, packing wind ... Read Full Story

Tropical Storm Ida bore down on the US Gulf coast on Tuesday, still packing strong winds after cutting a swath of destruction that left 136 dead in Central America. Ida was 95 miles (153 kilometers) southwest of Mobile, Alabama at 0600 Tuesday, moving north at a speed of 10 miles per hour with sustained winds of 60 miles per hour, the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida said. "We urge people to take precautions and watch their children," Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal said at a press conference. Storm tides could be six feet higher than normal, resulting in "nuisance flooding" on low-lying roads across ... Read Full Story

New Orleans braced itself Monday for the arrival of tropical storm Ida, packing strong winds despite weakening after cutting a swath of destruction along the coast of Central America. Ida was set to make landfall in Mississippi early Tuesday, but tropical force winds were expected to reach from Louisiana to Florida as early as Monday afternoon. "We urge people to take precautions and watch their children," Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal said at a press conference. Storm tides could be six feet higher than normal, resulting in "nuisance flooding" on low-lying roads across the Louisiana coastline, Jindal said. And strong winds could snap tree limbs ... Read Full Story