Tropical Storm Ida is likely to strengthen into a hurricane by Saturday as it makes its way through the Gulf of Mexico, according to the National Hurricane Center. Damaging, hurricane-force winds and heavy rainfall are expected on Sunday and Monday along the Louisiana coast.
For the latest updates, follow our coverage of the storm.
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Ida, the ninth named storm of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season, formed on Thursday in the Caribbean Sea and was heading toward western Cuba, the National Hurricane Center said.
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