Storm update

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Here's a look at the ongoing recovery efforts. The dot indicating the forecast center location will be black if the cyclone is forecast to be tropical and will be white with a black outline if the cyclone is forecast to be extratropical. If only an L is displayed, then the system is forecast to be a remnant low. NHC tropical cyclone forecast tracks can be in error. This forecast uncertainty is conveyed by the track forecast "cone", the solid white and stippled white areas in the graphic.

The solid white area depicts the track forecast uncertainty for days of the forecast, while the stippled area depicts the uncertainty on days The cone is then formed by smoothly connecting the area swept out by the set of circles.

Mary Parish issued a mandatory evacuation for residents south of the Intercoastal Waterway and a voluntary evacuation for the rest of the parish, according to a post on the sheriff department's Facebook page.

While not ordering evacuations, officials in St. Bernard Parish urged residents to finalize preparations. Oil and gas companies have evacuated dozens of production platforms in the Gulf of Mexico as Hurricane Ida looms, knocking offline more than half the region's crude production, regulators said Friday. The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement estimates that about ET Friday, Ida's center was miles southeast of New Orleans after crossing western Cuba, with sustained winds of 80 mph.

Before it headed to the Gulf, Ida delivered potentially dangerous amounts of rain to Cuba, the National Hurricane Center said. Ida could deliver 5 to 15 inches of rain to western Cuba, including the Isle of Youth, hurricane center forecasters said. Dangerous storm surge, winds and rain possible for US Gulf Coast Rapid intensification will happen in the Gulf on Saturday and Sunday, forecasters said.

Some of the storm's outer bands could reach the northern Gulf Coast by late Saturday, but tropical storm force winds won't arrive until Sunday morning.

As for storm surge: Water reaching 10 to 15 feet above ground could move ashore if surge and high tide combine in an area from Morgan City, Louisiana, to the mouth of the Mississippi River, the hurricane center said. About 8 to 20 inches of rain are possible from southeast Louisiana to coastal Mississippi and Alabama through Monday morning, the hurricane center said.

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