Ida News

By David Dinsmore ddinsmore@thetowntalk.com 487-6343 Despite their predictions earlier this week, officials have canceled the flood warning along the Ouachita and Black rivers in Catahoula Parish.

St. Bernard Parish President Craig Taffaro said the rural end of the parish fared well during Tropical Storm Ida, and at this stage he says Louisiana 46 leading to the fishing communities of Shell Beach, Delcroix and Hopedale should be clear of water and open.

Tropical storm Ida veered east of Louisiana today and won't impact the flooded Ouachita River, which the weather service still forecasts will crest at 48.5 feet in Monroe on Thursday.

GOP Congressman Joseph Cao of New Orleans is defending his vote for the Democrats' health care reform bill.

Tropical Storm Ida continues to weaken as it moves northward in the Gulf of Mexico, presenting little danger of major damage in Louisiana, Gov.

Gov. Bobby Jindal has declared a state of emergency in Louisiana ahead of Hurricane Ida.

Schools closed, people in low-lying areas sought shelter and the governors of Florida and Alabama declared states of emergency Monday as a rare late-season tropical storm churned toward the Gulf Coast.

Vermilion Parish officials are keeping an eye on Tropical Storm Ida, but don't expect any problems, Becky Broussard, Office of Emergency Preparedness director, said this morning.

Gov. Bobby Jindal speaks Monday during a news conference at the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Preparation to discuss preparedness efforts for Tropical Storm Ida.

The National Hurricane Center says the center of Ida is headed for the Alabama Gulf Coast and an early morning landfall.

A satellite image from 5:31 p.m. ET Sunday shows Hurricane Ida moving into the Gulf of Mexico.

Wind shear is tearing Ida apart as it moves through the Gulf of Mexico. The National Hurricane Center downgraded Ida to a tropical storm this morning.

Weather Underground 5-Day forecast for Tropical Storm Ida. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER/5-Day Forecast National Hurricane Center 5-Day forecast for Tropical Storm Ida.

MIAMI - Ida is no longer a hurricane as it loses strength over the water on its way to a landfall on the U.S. Gulf Coast sometime early Tuesday.

Tropical Storm Ida nicked the toe of the boot of Louisiana as it moved toward landfall Monday near the Alabama-Florida border.

Ida has strengthened to a hurricane over the Caribbean as it nears Cancun, Mexico.

Authorities feared a 70-year-old man drowned when he tried to help two fishermen stranded in the Mississippi River as Tropical Storm Ida churned ashore, flooding low-lying areas outside levee systems and closing schools and offices in southeast Louisiana.

Here is the 12:00 advisory from the National Hurricane Center : A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM GRAND ISLE LOUISIANAEASTWARD TO THE AUCILLA RIVER FLORIDA...INCLUDING NEW ORLEANS AND LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN.

Southeast Louisiana is under a state of emergency as Hurricane Ida heads for the Gulf Coast.

In Bluefields, Nicaragua, soldiers bring supplies Friday to residents who suffered damage from Tropical Storm Ida.