At least one person dies as Hurricane Ida continuing to lash southern US

One person was killed after a tree fell on their home in Ascension Parish, in Baton Rouge, the capital of Louisiana.

“Shortly after 8:30 p.m. deputies received reports of a citizen possibly injured from a fallen tree at a residence off of Highway 621 in Prairieville. Deputies arrived on scene and confirmed that the victim is now deceased,” Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office said in a statement

The ninth named storm, fourth hurricane, and second major hurricane of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season, Ida originated from a tropical wave first monitored by the National Hurricane Center (NHC) on August 23, moving into the Caribbean Sea and developing into a tropical storm on August 26, 2021.

On Friday, Ida became a Category 1 hurricane and initiated rapid intensification on the next day, becoming a Category 2 hurricane at 18:00 UTC on August 28. Ida further intensified into a Category 3 hurricane by 06:00 UTC on August 29, and within an hour, rapid intensification allowed the storm to grow to a Category 4 hurricane, the first of the season, with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph.

Ida made landfall on August 29, the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Katrina is the only hurricane to have made a Louisiana landfall with a lower central pressure. (ILKHA)