A hurricane can explode in size after shedding its own eye
WEB1 day ago · Hurricane Ida began shedding its eye just before striking Louisiana back in August 2021. The radar site out of New Orleans had a clear view of the hurricane’s eye and secondary eyewall...
How Ida's small eye compares to other major hurricanes
WEBAug 30, 2021 · According to Brown, an average hurricane's eye is about 30 miles wide, so Ida's was certainly on the smaller side. However, it was nowhere near as small as the eyes of some other major hurricanes that have struck the United States in …
Hurricane Ida - Wikipedia
WEBHurricane Ida was a deadly and extremely destructive Category 4 Atlantic hurricane in 2021 that became the second-most damaging and intense hurricane to make landfall in the U.S. state of Louisiana on record, behind Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Hurricane Ida 2021 - National Weather Service
WEBReconnaissance aircraft found that Ida reached a minimum central pressure of 929 millibars (27.43 inches) around 7 AM CDT when the center of the eye was located about 50 miles southwest of the Mouth of the Mississippi River.
Video from inside the eye of Hurricane Ida: Beautiful, terrifying
WEBAug 29, 2021 · Caught on camera: Inside the eye of Hurricane Ida as it approaches Louisiana. NOAA pilots capture stunning images from inside the eye of Hurricane Ida over the Gulf of Mexico.
Hurricane Updates New Orleans Without Power as Hurricane Ida …
WEBAug 29, 2021 · Ida’s eye came ashore late Sunday morning near Port Fourchon, La., with maximum sustained winds of 150 miles an hour, just shy of the 157 m.p.h. winds of a Category 5 storm.
Hurricane IDA
WEBNOAA Doppler radar imagery indicates that the eye of Ida made landfall along the southeastern coast of Louisiana near Port Fourchon around 1155 AM CDT (1655 UTC). Data from an Air Force Reserve reconnaissance aircraft and Doppler radar data indicate that Ida's maximum sustained winds at landfall were estimated to be 150 mph (240 km/h).
Dramatic NASA Satellite Video Examines Hurricane Ida's Eye in …
WEBAug 31, 2021 · After Ida passed over Cuba as a Category 1 storm, it intensified rapidly to reach Category 4 strength near its Louisiana landfall. According to the National Hurricane Center (NHC), Ida’s central pressure reached a minimum of 929 hPa with a 15 nautical mile (17 statute mile) wide eye.
Map: Where Ida Has Left Louisiana and Mississippi Without Power
WEBSep 3, 2021 · More than 850,000 homes and businesses in Louisiana and Mississippi were still without power on Friday morning, according to data from PowerOutage.us, after Hurricane Ida made landfall near Port...
Hurricane Ida updates - The New York Times
WEBAug 30, 2021 · When Hurricane Ida made landfall on Louisiana’s southeastern coast just before noon on Sunday, its maximum sustained winds were roaring at 150 miles an hour.