By: BNC Digital Staff UPDATE: August 28 at 7:10 p.m.  Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards said Hurricane Ida will be “one of the strongest hurricanes to hit anywhere in Louisiana since at least the 1850s.” The National Hurricane Center predicts it will hit the state at 140 mph and make landfall as a Category 4 storm at about 1 p.m. Sunday. Residents have been urged to evacuate early, and those who are staying put have been told to make no further movement after midnight Saturday.  UPDATE: August 28 at 5:08 p.m.  The storm is expected to make landfall at 1 p.m. UPDATE: […]

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