And Hurricane Ida is barreling toward the Louisiana coast while a (contrived) food crisis is taking shape. A Perfect Storm (and not in a good sense).
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Hurricane watch in effect for New Orleans as Ida heads for Gulf Coast
BY JEFF BERARDELLI
CBS News
Aug 27, 2021

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A hurricane watch is in effect for New Orleans and a long stretch of Louisiana's coast as Ida heads toward the Gulf of Mexico. The system is now a hurricane, expected to make landfall along the northern Gulf Coast on Sunday, according to forecasters.

The storm was hitting Cuba on Friday with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph. The system is likely to undergo rapid intensification as it moves across the hot Gulf of Mexico waters, and is forecast to reach Category 3 status on Sunday before it makes landfall in the United States.

The forecast cone indicates possible landfall between Port Arthur, Texas, and Biloxi, Mississippi, with an emphasis on the Louisiana coast. This could still change, but the models generally agree on this track.