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Ahead of Tropical Storm Ida's arrival to southeast Louisiana as a strong Category 3 Hurricane either Sunday or Monday, residents were preparing for what's to come and officials were closing public spaces.
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Hurricane Ida has strengthened to a Category 4 hurricane in the National Hurricane Center’s latest update. The storm is expected to continue strengthening before moving inland over Louisiana and the U.S. Gulf Coast later today, forecasters said Sunday morning.
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Tropical Storm Ida formed in the Caribbean on Thursday afternoon, forecasters said, and is expected to strengthen even more into or near a major hurricane.
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A tropical depression formed in the Caribbean on Thursday morning and is expected to strengthen into a major hurricane once it reaches the northern Gulf of Mexico this weekend.
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The agency also unveiled new forecast graphics that are more detailed and highlight threats posed by potentially deadly storm surges.
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People are less likely to seek shelter or otherwise prepare for storms given female names, researchers say. As a result, such storms result in nearly twice as many deaths as those with male names.
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A major hurricane has not made landfall in the United States in for 3,142 days. That's the longest streak going back to 1900.
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Three to six hurricanes are expected to form during the six-month season that begins June 1. That's below average, but NOAA officials emphasized a single storm can make for a bad year.
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Forecasters expected the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season to be really busy — the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration told Americans to expect between seven and 11 hurricanes. But this year has been one of the quietest on record. Why were the predictions so far off?
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But federal forecasters trimmed their original forecast slightly, because the Atlantic waters are not as warm as predicted.