Hurricane Ida, which is heading this Sunday towards Louisiana (United States), has strengthened in category 4, on a scale of 5, with winds blowing at 185 km / h, according to the last bulletin released this Sunday morning by the American Hurricane Center (NHC).
“It is expected to continue to strengthen rapidly for the next 12 hours or so and Ida is expected to become an extremely dangerous major hurricane when it makes landfall along the Louisiana coast this afternoon.” », Specifies the NHC.