Hurricane Ida hits Cuba as US braces

By Maria Caspani and Steve Gorman
Updated August 28 2021 - 12:10pm, first published 12:07pm
US Gulf Coast residents are bracing for impact as Hurricane Ida fast approaches.
US Gulf Coast residents are bracing for impact as Hurricane Ida fast approaches.

Hurricane Ida has battered Cuba with roof-ripping force as it churns toward a weekend US landfall along the Louisiana coast, prompting evacuations of flood-prone New Orleans neighbourhoods and oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico.

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