Hurricane Ida was a Category 4 major hurricane that made landfall in Louisiana on August 29 2021. Ida originally made landfall in Cuba as a Category 1 storm, before striking Louisiana and becoming an extratropical low that caused severe and deadly flooding and heavy rainfall in the northeastern United States.
After Ida made landfall in Louisiana, by September 2 Ida had moved north-eastward through the mid-Atlantic region. By the time the storm moved northeastward to New Jersey, just south of Long Island, New York, the system gained gale force winds over the Atlantic. Ida gained strength and hit Nova Scotia, before becoming a remnant low for two days, and finally dissipating on September 4. Rainfall rates in the mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the U.S reached near or above three inches per hour. This extreme rainfall caused devastating flash floods in urban locations around New York City and northern New Jersey.
In total, Ida’s rain, wind, storm surges and tornadoes caused $75 billion dollars in damages. $55 billion of that amount occurred in Louisiana, from damages relating to storm surge and wind. Casualties both directly and indirectly related to Ida totaled 87 in the United States, most occurring in the Gulf Coast and Mid-Atlantic phases of the storm.
Satellite animations of this event:
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Ida’s Trek across the United States
Description:
Ida’s trek across the U.S., from Gulf Coast to Northeast.
Satellite: GOES-16
Product: GeoColor
Timespan: 08/29/2021 12:00 - 09/02/2021 15:50 UTC
Remnants of Ida Brings Flash Flooding the Northeast U.S.
Description:
The remnants of Hurricane Ida ushers in intense flash floods to the major metropolitan regions of the Northeast U.S.
Satellite: GOES-16
Product: Infrared (band 11)
Timespan: 09/01/2021 21:00 - 09/02/2021 02:44 UTC
Broad View of Ida’s Remnants Flooding Northeast
Description:
A broad view of the storms within Ida’s remnants flooding the Northeast U.S.
Satellite: GOES-16
Product: GeoColor, GLM Group Energy Density
Timespan: 09/01/2021 15:01 - 09/02/2021 04:46 UTC
Mesovortices within Hurricane Ida’s Eye
Description:
Multiple mesovorticies within Hurricane Ida’s eye, shortly after landfall in Louisiana.
Satellite: GOES-16
Product: Visible (band 2)
Hurricane Ida Landfalls in Southern Louisiana
Description:
A sunrise-to-sunset animation of Hurricane Ida and its eye moving ashore in southern Louisiana.
Satellite: GOES-16
Product: GLM Group Energy Density, Visible (band 2)
Timespan: 08/29/2021 13:00 - 08/29/2021 23:35 UTC
Ida Strengthens into a Category 4 Hurricane
Description:
Hurricane Ida strengthens into a category 4 storm, south of the U.S. Gulf Coast.
Satellite: GOES-16
Product: Infrared (band 11)
Timespan: 08/28/2021 02:56 - 08/29/2021 06:55 UTC
Numerous Lightning Flashes within Hurricane Ida’s Outer Bands
Description:
Sunrise on Hurricane Ida and lightning within its outer bands over the Gulf of Mexico.
Satellite: GOES-16
Product: GeoColor, GLM Group Energy Density
Timespan: 08/28/2021 12:15 - 08/28/2021 15:06 UTC
Sunrise on a Strengthening Ida
Description:
The sun rises on a strengthening Hurricane Ida in the Gulf of Mexico.
Satellite: GOES-16
Product: Infrared (band 11), Visible (band 2)
Timespan: 08/28/2021 12:00 - 08/28/2021 14:26 UTC
Hurricane Ida’s Eye Begins to Clear
Description:
Hurricane Ida’s eye slowly begins to clear out as the storm treks across the Gulf of Mexico.
Satellite: GOES-16
Product: Visible (band 2)
Timespan: 08/28/2021 16:00 - 08/28/2021 18:30 UTC
Hurricane Ida’s Full Day Evolution in Gulf of Mexico
Description:
A full day evolution of Hurricane Ida strengthening in the Gulf of Mexico.
Satellite: GOES-16
Product: Visible (band 2)
Timespan: 08/28/2021 11:44 - 08/28/2021 23:52 UTC
Ida Becomes a Hurricane
Description:
Ida strengthens into hurricane as it approaches Cuba.
Satellite: GOES-16
Product: Infrared (band 11)
Timespan: 08/27/2021 11:01 - 08/27/2021 20:51 UTC
Ida Landfalls in Cuba
Description:
Explosive convection within a strengthening Ida as it landfalls in Cuba.
Satellite: GOES-16
Product: Visible (band 2)
Timespan: 08/27/2021 12:00 - 08/27/2021 19:06 UTC
Tropical Storm Ida Forms
Description:
Tropical depression nine strengthens into Tropical Storm Ida.
Satellite: GOES-16
Product: GLM Group Energy Density, Visible (band 2)
Timespan: 08/26/2021 13:03 - 08/26/2021 21:23 UTC