What is Hurricane Ida (2021)?
'''Hurricane Ida''' was an [[Atlantic hurricane|Atlantic tropical cyclone]] during late August 2021. The [[tropical wave]] which developed into Ida was responsible for twenty deaths in western [[Venezuela]], mainly due to [[flooding]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The Death Toll Rises to at Least 20 in Western Venezuela Floods|publisher=Al Jazeera|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/8/26/death-toll-rises-to-at-least-20-in-western-venezuela-floods|access-date=August 28, 2021}}</ref> The storm became Tropical Depression Nine at 1pm [[Atlantic Standard Time Zone|Atlantic Standard Time]] on August 26.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tropical Depression Nine|work=The National Hurricane Center|url=https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2021/al09/al092021.discus.001.shtml?|access-date=August 28, 2021}}</ref> The depression was upgraded into Tropical Storm Ida just over six hours later.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tropical Storm Ida|work=The National Hurricane Center|url=https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2021/al09/al092021.update.08262116.shtml?|access-date=August 28, 2021}}</ref> The storm was classified as a hurricane on August 27, just after 1pm [[Eastern Time Zone|Eastern Daylight Time]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Hurricane Ida|publisher=National Hurricane Center|url=https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2021/al09/al092021.update.08271711.shtml?|access-date=August 28, 2021}}</ref> {{Infobox Hurricane | Name = Hurricane Ida | Year = 2021 | Basin = Atl | Type = hurricane | Image location = Ida 2021-08-29 1321Z.jpg | Image name = Hurricane Ida at peak intensity nearing landfall in [[Louisiana]] on August 29 | Formed = August 26, 2021 | Dissipated = September 4, 2021 | Extratropical = September 1 | 1-min winds = 130 | Pressure = 929 | Damagespre = ≥ | Damages = 64500 | Fatalities = 72 direct, 43 indirect | Areas = [[Venezuela]], [[Colombia]], [[Jamaica]], [[Cayman Islands]], [[Cuba]], [[Gulf Coast of the United States]] (especially [[Louisiana]]), [[East Coast of the United States]] (especially the [[Northeastern United States]]), [[Atlantic Canada]] | Hurric