Hurricane Ida is making landfall new Port Fourchon as an extremely dangerous Category 4 storm. She is moving northwest at 13 miles per hour with maximum sustained winds at 150 miles per hour.
New Orleans Mayor Latoya Cantrell implored residents to shelter in place.
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Cantrell also urged residents to conserve water due to a power outage at Sewer Pump stations on the east and West Bank of the city, Entergy is working to restore power with emergency generators.
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The outage only increases the potential for sewer backups in homes.
Governor John Bel Edwards says Hurricane Ida could bring 110 mile per hour winds or higher from Lafayette to Mississippi and as far north as the Louisiana-Mississippi state line…
Ida arrives in Louisiana on the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.
Entergy spokesperson David Freese says it could take weeks instead of days to restore power after Ida. Freese says first roads will have to be cleared of trees and debris before they can enter areas with heavy damage, and they will have to use specialized vehicles to access those hard-to-reach areas.