By Steve Almasy and Rebekah Riess
CNN
August 28, 2021
(CNN)Almost 16 years to the date after Hurricane Katrina overwhelmed the city’s flood protection system, New Orleans is bracing for another potentially dangerous storm.
Hurricane Ida was moving into the Gulf of Mexico on Friday as a Category 1 hurricane but forecasters say it could hit the Gulf Coast as a Category 4 storm on Sunday.
In New Orleans, Mayor LaToya Cantrell announced Friday evening that the National Weather Service and Gov. John Bel Edwards have indicated there is no time for implementing contraflow traffic, meaning the city cannot issue a mandatory evacuation for areas inside the levee system.