Ida will gradually wind towards the US, bringing more life-threatening conditions to coastal states such as Louisiana and Mississippi this weekend.
Once it reaches the Gulf coast, by Sunday, according to NOAA, it will have become a “dangerous major hurricane”.
Risks from hurricane-force winds will only increase, especially along the Louisiana coastline around New Orleans.
The storm will produce heavy rainfall across the central Gulf Coast, from Louisiana to Mississippi and Alabama and the Lower Mississippi Valley, with “considerable” flooding.
source: express.co.uk