Development History:

On August 23, the threat for tropical cyclone development in the southwestern Caribbean Sea was first noted. On August 26, the system had attained sufficient strength to e classified as tropical depression, south south-west of Jamaica. Late on August 26, a Hurricane hunters flight indicated that the depression intensified into tropical storm Ida 130 mi (209) km South west Cayman Islands. As Ida moved through the Cayman Islands and towards northwestern Cuba, its structure improved with more rain bands, Ida then rapidly intensified with its winds increasing by 35 mph just over 11 hours. The definition of rapid intensification is when a tropical system increases of its sustained winds of 35 mph or greater in less than 24 hours. Late on August 27, Ida was upgraded to Category 1 hurricane status. Around the same time, the hurricane made a landfall on Cuba. Ida subsequently underwent rapid intensification and strengthened into a Category 3 major hurricane on August 29. Shortly after being upgraded to a major hurricane Ida began intensifying even more quickly had further intensified into a category 4 major hurricane with the storm's winds sustained reaching 130 mph (215km/h).

As Ida neared the Louisiana coast, it further strengthened to its peak intensity with its sustained winds of 150 mph (240km/h) and with  this it made a huge landfall near Port Fourchon, Louisiana (A storm becomes a Category 5 at 157 miles an hour). Ida's landfall coincided with the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's landfall in southeast Louisiana and Mississippi river in 2005. It ties Hurricane Laura and last Island Hurricane for the strongest hurricane to hit Louisiana. Thanks to Ida, Louisiana has become the first state to record back to back hurricane with wind speeds of 150 mph or higher. In fact during the last 4 years, the Gulf Coast has had a category 4 or 5 major landfall each year. Following landfall, Ida only weakened at first, remaining a dangerous major hurricane, As storm moved further inland, the majority of its clouds shifted northeast of the center, and Ida began a period of rapid weakening. On August 30, Ida weakened into a depression, as it moved inland.  As the system moved through the northeastern United States on September 1-2, it combined with a frontal zone to unleash unprecedented rains across the region, regaining tropical-storm winds in the process before moving to the Atlantic. On the next day Ida's remnants boosted by another area of low pressure, moved northeastward towards the Atlantic Canada on September 2-3 bringing heavy rain and gale- force winds to communities througout the region. 

Impact:  

Extreme damage was recorded in Louisiana with a very large number of houses being damaged or destroyed, the storm surge and rain causing widespread flood damages. Power outages were extensive throughout the northeastern portion of the state. As Ida moved to Northeastern United States, its remnants produced several tornadoes, with some being very powerful and damaging. On Wednesday September 1, Newark, New jersey set their record for wettest day in the city with total of 8.41 Inches (213.6mm) of rain. New York City recorded their wettest day single hour record as well from 8:51 till 9:51pm  local time on the same day they received 3.15 Inches (80mm) of rain. Cars swept down the roadways as though they weighed nothing. Basements were filled with water subway lines were suspended due to rising water leaving some commuters being rescued by first responders. As a result, New York City issued its first ever flash flood emergency. A flash flood emergency is issued for exceedingly rare situations when a severe threat to human life and catastrophic damage from a flash flood is happening or will happen soon. Flash flood emergencies were stretched out to nearly 200 miles  (320 km) from Philadelphia to the New York City. Record rain and high level flash flooding occured through extensive portions of the Northeast. Ida was estimated to have caused at least 50 billion$ (2021 USD) in damages in the United States. A total of 70 deaths were reported related to hurricane related accidents and out of these 7 were indirect. Deaths were recorded in: New Jersey (27), New York (18) and Louisiana (13). The storm shut down nearly all of Gulf Coast oil production accounting for about 15% of total. Louisiana's mainland refineries were also shut down which accounted for 12.5% of the U.S nation. The colonial pipeline was partially shut down as a result of hurricane. This combination of all factors resulted in the costs of oil and gasoline products rise up in the state.