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Hurricane Ida intensified into a Category 4 storm. Officials said it could be the strongest hurricane to hit Louisiana in at least 165 years.

Sunday, August 29, 2021 3:46 AM EST

The storm had been upgraded to Category 3 just an hour earlier, with officials warning that it was likely to hit Louisiana as an "extremely dangerous major hurricane."

Gov. John Bel Edwards warned evacuees in a news briefing that their "window of time is closing."

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