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DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) — A Durham couple remembers Hurricane Katrina like it was yesterday; Sunday, Aug. 29, marks 16 years since it first hit New Orleans as Hurricane Ida washes over the city. Victoria Olsen and Dale Bellard had their home stripped away from them as Katrina hit the Gulf Coast in Mississippi back in 2005. “The house came down on top of us while we were there… I mean it was a mess,” said…

As Hurricane Ida made landfall in the U.S., Colonial Pipeline says it will be closing two of its fuel lines from Texas to North Carolina as a “precautionary and routine safety measure.” Colonial expects the pipeline to return to full service as the storm moves out of the region but will first be subject to evaluations and “successful execution of the company’s start-up plan.” Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, says shutting…

By WRAL Weather Team and KEVIN MCGILL and JAY REEVES, Associated Press NEW ORLEANS — Hurricane Ida rapidly intensified to a strong Category 4 hurricane on Sunday, making landfall over Port Fourchon, LA with maximum sustained winds of 150mph. Ida is an immensely strong hurricane; if it were just 7mph stronger, it would have been a Category 5. Parts of the state, such as Grand Isle, are reportedly under water due to storm surge. The…

By WRAL Weather Team and KEVIN MCGILL and JAY REEVES, Associated Press NEW ORLEANS — Hurricane Ida was rapidly intensifying early Sunday, becoming a dangerous Category 4 hurricane on track for a potentially devastating landfall on the Louisiana coast while emergency officials in the region grappled with opening shelters for displaced evacuees despite the risks of spreading the coronavirus. The 12 p.m. advisory from the National Hurricane Center showed Ida was 25 miles south-southwest of…

NEW ORLEANS — August 29 marks the anniversary of the day Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Waveland, Mississippi, not far from New Orleans. The powerful hurricane hit Louisiana on Aug. 29, 2005. It forced a storm surge that breached a system of levees built to protect New Orleans. The storm would go on to cause significant damage to the Gulf Coast from Texas to central Florida. It would ravage New Orleans while displacing countless residents….

NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans finds itself in the path of Hurricane Ida 16 years to the day after floodwalls collapsed and levees were overtopped by a storm surge driven by Hurricane Katrina. That flooding killed more than 1,000 people and caused billions in damage. But Ida arrives at the doorstep of a region transformed since 2005 by a giant civil works project and closer attention to flood control. The system already has been tested…

By WRAL Weather Team and KEVIN MCGILL and JAY REEVES, Associated Press NEW ORLEANS — Hurricane Ida was rapidly intensifying early Sunday, becoming a dangerous Category 4 hurricane on track for a potentially devastating landfall on the Louisiana coast while emergency officials in the region grappled with opening shelters for displaced evacuees despite the risks of spreading the coronavirus. Ida quickly gained strength as it moved into the northern Gulf, with top winds of 150…

By WRAL Weather Team and KEVIN MCGILL and JAY REEVES, Associated Press NEW ORLEANS — Hurricane Ida was rapidly intensifying early Sunday, becoming a dangerous Category 4 hurricane on track for a potentially devastating landfall on the Louisiana coast while emergency officials in the region grappled with opening shelters for displaced evacuees despite the risks of spreading the coronavirus. Ida quickly gained strength as it moved into the northern Gulf, with top winds of 150…

By KEVIN MCGILL and JAY REEVES, Associated Press and WRAL Severe Weather Center NEW ORLEANS — Hurricane Ida was rapidly intensifying early Sunday, becoming a dangerous Category 4 hurricane on track for a potentially devastating landfall on the Louisiana coast while emergency officials in the region grappled with opening shelters for displaced evacuees despite the risks of spreading the coronavirus. Ida quickly gained strength as it moved into the northern Gulf, going from top winds…

Hurricane Ida is looking eerily like a dangerous sequel to 2005’s Hurricane Katrina, the costliest storm in American history. But there’s a few still-to-come twists that could make Ida nastier in some ways, but not quite as horrific in others. Ida is forecast to make landfall on the same calendar date, August 29, as Katrina did 16 years ago, striking the same general part of Louisiana with about the same wind speed, after rapidly strengthening…

Several local Red Cross volunteers left North Carolina over the weekend to provide disaster relief to southeast Louisiana ahead of Hurricane Ida’s life-threatening landfall. Right now, volunteers are on the ground in Baton Rouge, Louisiana preparing for Hurricane Ida’s arrival and aftermath. On Saturday, North Carolina’s Red Cross joined the effort. Volunteers: Daryl Steinbraker, Gene Pavone and Mike Thompson left Wilmington Saturday morning. They are some of the 30 volunteers from our state-assisting local volunteers….

By WRAL Severe Weather Center After starting the day as a category 1 hurricane, Ida has strengthened into a category 2 hurricane as of Saturday afternoon. Hurricane Ida is expected to gain strength as it approaches the US. Forecasters predict Ida could be a dangerous and strong category 4 hurricane by the time it makes landfall near Louisiana late Sunday. That day also marks the 16th anniversary since Hurricane Katrina made landfall in the state….

By WRAL Severe Weather Center After starting the day as a category 1 hurricane, Ida has strengthened into a category 2 hurricane as of Saturday afternoon. Hurricane Ida is expected to gain strength as it approaches the US. Forecasters predict Ida could be a dangerous and strong category 4 hurricane by the time it makes landfall near Louisiana late Sunday. That day also marks the 16th anniversary since Hurricane Katrina made landfall in the state….

By WRAL Severe Weather Center Currently a category 1, Hurricane Ida is expected to gain strength as it approaches the US. Forecasters predict Ida could be a dangerous and strong category 4 hurricane by the time it makes landfall near Louisiana late Sunday. That day also marks the 16th anniversary since Hurricane Katrina made landfall in the state. Ida was rapidly gaining strength as it moved over Cuba — winds increased from 35 mph to…

By WRAL Severe Weather Center Ida was upgraded to a hurricane on Friday afternoon as it moved over warm waters near the Gulf states. The storm is expected to be at or near major hurricane strength when it makes landfall near Louisiana late Sunday. That day also marks the 16th anniversary since Hurricane Katrina made landfall in the state. Ida has been rapidly gaining strength as it moved over Cuba — winds increased from 35…