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MOBILE, Ala. -- Hurricane Ida chugged toward the Gulf Coast, with warnings extending more than 200 miles across several states, but the hurricane weakened early today to a Category 1 storm, with winds having decreased to near 80 mph.
Schools closed, people in low-lying areas sought shelter and the governors of Florida and Alabama declared states of emergency Monday as a rare late-season tropical storm churned toward the Gulf Coast.
While most Mississippians have taken down Halloween decorations and have started preparing for Thanksgiving, a storm brewing in the Gulf of Mexico has some preparing for something else: a November hurricane.
Some Gulf Coast residents hunkered down at home and in shelters Monday ahead of Ida.
Squalls ahead of a rare late-season tropical storm blew in heavy rain late Monday to parts of the ...
Okaloosa County officials are poised to declare a state of emergency and have announced their plans to close schools on Tuesday as Hurricane Ida approaches the Gulf Coast. Dino Villani, Okaloosa County’s public safety director, spoke to a...
Published: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 10:12 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 10:12 a.m. DAUPHIN ISLAND, Ala. — Ida sloshed ashore with rain and gusty winds before losing its tropical storm strength Tuesday, leaving weather-hardened Gulf Coast residents largely unscathed.
Posted: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 8:25 am | Updated: 8:27 am, Tue Nov 10, 2009. DAUPHIN ISLAND, Ala. (AP) - Ida sloshed ashore with rain and gusty winds before losing its tropical storm strength Tuesday, leaving weather-hardened Gulf Coast residents largely unscathed.
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Ida loses a lot of power before landfall on the U.S. Gulf Coast, but rain and wind could still plague the coast.
Hurricane warnings from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle were replaced with tropical storm warnings, as Ida was still on track to make landfall late Monday or early Tuesday with enough punch to cause havoc in coastal communities.
A late-season hurricane took aim at the United States and oil fields in the Gulf of Mexico on Monday after helping cause flooding and landslides that killed 124 people in El Salvador.
A late-season hurricane bore down on the oil fields of the Gulf of Mexico Monday after ravaging parts of Central America and killing at least 124 people in El Salvador.
A hurricane warning has been issued for the gulf coast from Pascagoula Mississippi eastward to Indian Pass Florida. A tropical storm warning and hurricane watch are in effect from Grand Isle, Louisiana to west of Pascagoula, Mississippi. Governor Bobby Jindal has declared a state of emergency in Louisiana ahead of Hurricane Ida.
PASCAGOULA — Emergency officials in Mississippi's easternmost coastal county urged residents of low-lying and flood-prone areas, along with those living in mobile homes, to seek shelter Monday ahead of Tropical Storm Ida.
The storm, moving north at 17 mph, dumped heavy rain as it moved over southeastern Plaquemines Parish and up the Gulf, just to the east of the state, before moving east.
