Hurricane Ida’s winds reached 150 mph, tying Laura’s ferocity

Hurricane Ida

The National Hurricane Center today released its final report on Hurricane Ida, which struck Louisiana on Aug. 29 of last year, finding that the storm’s 150 mph winds tied Ida with Laura from 2020 and the Last Island Hurricane of 1856, WAFB-TV reports.


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