Ida

The strongest hurricane ever to hit Louisiana swept over one of the largest chemical, oil and gas centers in the country. And while it may take days or weeks to see the full extent of the storm's impact, early damage reports have…

Hurricane Ida, which struck the Louisiana coast on Sunday with winds of 150 miles an hour, gained power faster more than most storms. Because of climate change, such rapid strengthening is happening more often as hurricanes pick up more…

After “wobbling around,” as the National Hurricane Center put it late Thursday, Ida on Friday resumed a more stable track heading northwest, in effect guided by a ridge of high-pressure air off the Southeastern United States.The ridge was…