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Hurricane Ian unleashes heavy rains and strong winds over Punta Gorda as the Category 4 storm makes landfall in southwest Florida. (COMPLETES VIDI32KB8NH_EN, VIDI32KB64V_EN and VIDI32KA9R2_EN) IMAGES
Streets in New Orleans' French Quarter are covered with debris as powerful Hurricane Ida batters the southern US state of Louisiana, leaving at least one person dead and knocking out power. IMAGES
New Orleans, Aug 29 (EFE/EPA).- Hurricane Ida, one of the most powerful storms ever to strike the continental US, packing winds of 150 miles per hour, on Sunday blasted ashore along the Louisiana coast a region on tenterhooks due to fears that New Orleans could experience a deadly replay of the devastation wrought exactly 16 years ago by Hurricane Katrina.New Orleans, which finds itself on the northeastern edge of the storm, the most dangerous zone due to the higher winds and increased rainfall normally associated with that portion of Northern Hemisphere hurricanes, is already being battered by Ida, which, according to the National Weather Service, could bring "catastrophic" storm surge, "extreme" winds, flooding and damaging wind gusts throughout the region. (Camera: DAN ANDERSON).B-ROLL OF THE CITY NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, US, UPON THE ARRIVAL OF HURRICANE IDA.
Heavy rain batters New Orleans as Hurricane Ida strengthens to a Category 4 storm and is projected to make landfall 16 years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the city. IMAGES
New Orleans businesses board up their windows as Hurricane Ida approaches the US Gulf Coast and has strengthened into a Category 2 hurricane. IMAGES