Hurricane Ida: thousands evacuate from New Orleans as storm bears down
by Oliver Laughland in New Orleans, Richard Luscombe from on (#5NWR9)
Category 4 storm forecast to make landfall on Sunday
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As Hurricane Ida bore down on the Louisiana coast, projected to arrive as a life-altering" category 4 storm, thousands evacuated from New Orleans and other communities in Ida's projected path.
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