Hurricane Ida: thousands evacuate from New Orleans as storm bears down

• Category 4 storm forecast to make landfall on Sunday

• Mayor warns: ‘Time in not on our side’

As Hurricane Ida bore down on the Louisiana coast, projected to arrive as a “life-altering” category 4 storm, thousands were evacuating from New Orleans and other communities in Ida’s projected path.

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