Ida Downgraded As It Nears U.S. Gulf Coast
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Ida Downgraded As It Nears U.S. Gulf Coast
Ida was no longer a hurricane Monday as it continued on path toward the U.S. Gulf Coast.
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MIAMI (November 9, 2009)--Ida was no longer a hurricane Monday as it loses strength over the water on its way to a landfall on the U.S. Gulf Coast sometime early Tuesday.

The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami downgraded Ida to a tropical storm Monday morning after its top sustained winds dropped to near 70 miles per hour.

Hurricane warnings were dropped along the Gulf Coast and replaced with tropical storm warnings that stretch from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle.

Ida’s center was about 185 miles south-southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi River and moving north-northwest near 17miles per hour.

The primary threat from the storm is heavy rainfall.

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