Hurricane Ida hammered southeast Louisiana, as the Category 4 storm came with 150 mph winds. And as the system moves across the U.S., meteorologist Mike Hoffman says some areas could experience significant rainfall.
“We always have to be concerned beyond what happens off the coast with a hurricane like Ida, and it’s the rainfall that ends up being a huge problem as we look inland a lot farther from the coast,” says Hoffman.
Downgraded to a tropical depression Monday evening, Hoffman says some areas still saw six to 10 inches of rainfall over the past 24 hours, causing flooding concerns. And as Hoffman tracks the remnants making their way into the Midwest and Northeast, more rainfall is expected to hit portions of the U.S.
“You can see how it takes it right across the Tennessee Valley, parts of the Ohio Valley, especially the eastern sections. And then you get into eastern Ohio, northern West Virginia and Pennsylvania and on into southern New England. Some of those amounts could be huge amounts, mainly because of the mountainous regions in those parts of the country.”
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