Hurricane Ida continued to strengthen in the Gulf of Mexico, and reached hurricane status Friday afternoon. Ida is forecast to make landfall along the U.S. northern Gulf coast by late Sunday.

Comparisons to the 2005 landfall of Katrina weighed heavily on residents bracing for Ida. These maps show how the two storms compare.

Ida became a hurricane on Friday and also made two landfalls in Cuba while on a path into the Gulf of Mexico, where it is expected to intensify into a monster. The hurricane center’s forecast ...

Comparisons to the 2005 landfall of Katrina weighed heavily on residents bracing for Ida. These maps show how the two storms compare.

Comparisons to the 2005 landfall of Katrina weighed heavily on residents bracing for Ida. These maps show how the two storms compare.