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It is Monday, August 30th, I'm Hope King, filling in for Naila Boudou.

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But first, today's one big thing, 16 years after Hurricane Katrina, another historic storm

hits Louisiana.

Hurricane Ida made landfall in Porfru, Sean, Louisiana yesterday afternoon as a category

for a storm.

It was one of the strongest hurricanes to hit the state in recorded history.

As a 4 a.m. this morning, at least one person has died and more than a million people are

without power.

It also hit on the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, which ravaged the state and the

city of New Orleans.

Andrew Friedman is Axios' climate and energy reporter.

Good morning, Andrew.

Good morning, Hope.

So on Saturday night, this was a category two storm.

Was it expected to intensify this quickly?

You know, it was.

All the indications were that it would intensify, potentially explosively.

However, they still didn't anticipate exactly how strong it would get.

As we mentioned, it has been 16 years now since Hurricane Katrina hit the same region.

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