B2 Episode 161

B Squared Weather Podcast

Hurricane Ida came ashore as a category 4 hurricane on the Louisiana coast Sunday Morning. Packing winds of 150mph, she brought lots a damage and the wind was only part of the story. Strong storm surge flooded many areas along the Gulf Coast. At one point in the storm, the entire city of New Orleans lost power. Ida made landfall 16 years to the day in which another powerful storm changed New Orleans forever. That storm was Hurricane Katrina.