IDA-NORTHEAST
New York, NY (77WABC)-With the ground already saturated from recent rains, the remnants of Hurricane Ida, could bring anywhere from 2 to 5 inches of rainfall to the Tri-State area Wed. into Thursday. Forecasters say locally higher amounts of rainfall are possible.
A MODERATE risk is in effect in our Day 3 Excessive Rainfall Outlook. More details: https://t.co/FQU5sb4jjg pic.twitter.com/m2JQhq7kaT
— NWS Weather Prediction Center (@NWSWPC) August 30, 2021
Some areas in the tri-state could experience flash flooding:
[7:50 PM] A period of heavy rain is expected across the region Wednesday into Thursday as the remnants of Ida moves through. The threat for flooding is high. Our latest briefing is available at: https://t.co/JiD09By93X #pawx #njwx #dewx #mdwx pic.twitter.com/8kLghkYQli
— NWS Mount Holly (@NWS_MountHolly) August 30, 2021
Ida struck Louisiana on Sunday as a category five hurricane, with 150 mph winds. It is currently a tropical depression.
More than 1 million homes and businesses in Louisiana are without power. including all of New Orleans. There is catastrophic damage to transformers. That left millions of people in the dark for what could be weeks.
We just did a flyover to survey damage in South Louisiana. A thread with photos:
Photos from Grand Isle, Fourchon, Houma and Laplace. pic.twitter.com/9nuqaQax8r
— Rep. Garret Graves (@RepGarretGraves) August 30, 2021
Two people are reported dead in Louisiana. One person was killed when a tree fell, another reportedly drown in a car during flooding. In Mississippi two people are reported dead and 7 hurt as Ida caused the collapse of Highway 26 near Lucedale.
