The National Hurricane Center says Hurricane Ida will come ashore as a dangerous, category four hurricane Sunday in Terrebonne Parish.
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Landfall is forecast with 140 mile per hour maximum sustained winds, with the eye moving between Houma and Morgan City.
"Ida is expected to be an extremely dangerous major hurricane," the Hurricane Center said.
The hurricane is moving into the Gulf of Mexico after crossing part of Cuba. Its encounter with land did not disrupt it much.
"Ida made landfall in the Cuban province of Pinar Del Rio," forecasters advised. "Radar data from Cuba indicate that the inner core of Ida has remained intact after its passage over western Cuba with a
The Hurricane Center says Ida is actually getting better organized.
"Satellite images show deep convection increasing in both intensity and coverage, a sign that Ida is strengthening."
The confidence in the forecast is strong.
"The models remain in very good agreement and show Ida making landfall in Louisiana late Sunday or early Monday morning."
Key Messages:
-There is a danger of life-threatening storm surge inundation Sunday along the coasts of Louisiana and Mississippi within the Storm Surge Warning area. Extremely life-threatening inundation of 10 to 15 feet above ground level is possible within the area from Morgan City, Louisiana, to the Mouth of the Mississippi River.
-Ida is expected to be an extremely dangerous major hurricane when it reaches the coast of Louisiana. Hurricane-force winds are expected Sunday in portions of the Hurricane Warning area along the Louisiana coast, including metropolitan New Orleans, with potentially catastrophic wind damage possible where the core of Ida moves onshore. Actions to protect life and property should be rushed to completion in the warning area.
-Ida is likely to produce heavy rainfall later Sunday into Monday across the central Gulf Coast from southeast Louisiana to coastal Mississippi and Alabama, resulting in considerable flash, urban, small stream, and riverine flooding impacts. As Ida moves inland, flooding impacts are possible across portions of the Lower Mississippi and Tennessee Valleys.