Hurricane Ida, a Category 2 storm, had strengthened by 9 p.m. Sunday to have maximum sustained winds of nearly 105 mph. A hurricane watch and tropical storm warning are in effect for the northern Gulf Coast from Grand Isle to west of Pascagoula, Miss., including the City of New Orleans and Lake Pontchartrain
The hurricane will be just east of the mouth of the Mississippi River by midnight Monday, before a more eastward path moves it into Pensacola Bay, Fla., near noon on Tuesday, still as a hurricane. A hurricane warning has been issued for the northern gulf coast from Pascagoula east to Indian Pass, Fla. Ida will become an extra-tropical low pressure system after landfall.