PHOTOS: Hurricane Ida

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Hurricane Ida became a tropical storm as its top winds slowed over Mississippi on Monday, 16 hours after blowing ashore in Louisiana as one of the most powerful hurricanes ever to strike the U.S. mainland.

For Katrina survivors in Atlanta, Hurricane Ida bringing back traumatic memories

The French Quarter in New Orleans is nearly empty ahead of Hurricane Ida on Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021. (Edmund D. Fountain/The New York Times)

In a satellite photo from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Tropical Storm Julian in the Atlantic, Aug. 29, 2021. Tropical Storm Julian formed in the Atlantic on Sunday, becoming the 10th named storm of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season, forecasters said. (NOAA via The New York Times)—FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY--

A person sits at a train stop for shelter ahead of Hurricane Ida on August 29, 2021 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Residents of New Orleans continue to prepare as the outer bands of the hurricane begin to cut across the city. Ida is expected to make landfall as a Category 4 storm later today. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images/TNS)

Utility workers play in the wind from Hurricane Ida as they wait for the storm to pass to begin repairs on August 29, 2021 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Ida made landfall earlier today southwest of New Orleans. (Scott Olson/Getty Images/TNS)

Windows are boarded up ahead of Hurricane Ida in Lake Charles, La., on Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021. (Callaghan O'Hare/The New York Times)

Hurricane Katrina had greater reach than Hurricane Ida. (Orlando Sentinel/TNS)

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