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原文传递 Storm Risk Reduction System Passes Ida's Test

题名：	Storm Risk Reduction System Passes Ida's Test
正文语种：	eng
作者：	DAVID MURRAY
摘要：	At its height, Hurricane Ida was the strongest hurricane to hit the Gulf region since the 1850s. When it made landfall at Port Fourchon as a Category 4 storm, its windspeeds of 150 miles per hour at least rivalled the strongest ever recorded. Storm surges were at least 12 feet-16 feet at the barrier island community of Grand Isle, where damage was so extensive as to make the community "uninhabitable," according to one report. Ida moved up the Mississippi River Valley, crossing the river northwest of New Orleans before swinging northeast through the Tennessee River valley into New England, weakening to a tropical depression as it lost power but drenching its path with inches of rain.The most serious damage to infrastructure in the New Orleans area so far has been to the power grid. All eight transmission lines to the New Orleans area were knocked out by the intense winds, according to Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards in a press conference. More than a million people were without power. Entergy, the region s electric utility, had hundreds of personnel and trucks standing by to respond. Restoring power to hospitals and other critical users is a priority, Edwards said. Power restoration had begun at WJ press time, but some households were being advised that they may have to wait weeks.
出版年：	2021
期刊名称：	The Waterways Jouranl
卷：	135
期：	23