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All Stories for Hurricane Ida
Cars submerged, people dead, Hurricane Ida makes New York hell
Fp Staff • 4 years agoAuthorities called for a state of emergency, a first ever, after record rainfall turned streets into rivers and water gushed into subways, leading to their shutdown
Joe Biden dwells upon 'climate crisis' after twin fury of Hurricane Ida, wildfires in US
• 4 years agoIda was the fifth-most powerful storm to strike the US when it hit Louisiana on Sunday with maximum winds of 150 mph or 240 kmph
Hurricane Ida causes flash floods in New York area, at least 44 dead
• 4 years agoIt is rare for such storms to strike America's northeastern seaboard and comes as the surface layer of oceans warms due to climate change
US Open 2021: Novak Djokovic five away from calendar slam; Ashleigh Barty, Alexander Zverev win
• 4 years agoThe 34-year-old Serbian cruised past 121st-ranked Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 at Arthur Ashe Stadium to book a third-round date with 2014 US Open runner-up Kei Nishikori
Thirteen dead as Hurricane Ida's remnants cause 'historic’ flooding in New York
Fp Staff • 4 years agoExtreme weather prompted the first ever flash-flood emergency warning from the National Weather Service
US Open 2021: Wind-blown rain halts Anderson vs Schwarzman match despite retractable roof
• 4 years agoTorrential rains, the remnants of deadly Hurricane Ida, were blown under the corners of the retractable roof at the facility, opened in 2018 to provide a second court to keeping playing despite downpours.
Hurricane Ida knocks out power of New Orleans, inundates coastal Louisiana
• 4 years agoIda finally became a tropical storm again 16 hours after making landfall in Louisiana as a Category 4 hurricane
Hurricane Ida rapidly intensifies into dangerous Category 4, closes in on Louisiana coast
• 4 years agoIda threatened a region already reeling from a resurgence of COVID-19 infections, thanks to low vaccination rates and the highly contagious delta variant