Hurricane Ida is a Category One hurricane about 385 miles south-southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi River. The storm is moving northwest at 16 miles per hour with maximum sustained winds of 85 miles per hour. State Climatologist Barry Keim says the warm sea surface temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico will give Ida plenty of fuel to feast on…
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Ida is forecasted to make landfall as a Category Four Hurricane in Terrebonne Parish tomorrow afternoon and then it will turn north towards Baton Rouge. National Weather Service Meteorologist Ben Schott…
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A mandatory evacuation started at 5 o’ clock this morning for all of Lafourche Parish, especially for those residents in low-lying areas, mobile homes and R-Vs. A parish-wide evacuation started for Terrebonne Parish at 6 AM. Tangipahoa Parish has also recommended that its residents evacuate.

The state’s largest healthcare system, Ochsner Health says they don’t plan on having to evacuate any patients during the hurricane. Brooke Thorington has more.
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