federal prosecutors. Justin David Eichorn, the Republican state senator for District 6, was

John Bel Edwards. Ida intensified rapidly Friday from a tropical storm to a hurricane with top winds of 80 mph( 128 kph) as it crossed western Cuba.... However he said they're designed to be overtopped and have protections in place to prevent more damage.... There does not appear to be any danger of storm surge coming over the levees that protect the city's east bank, which makes up most of the city, he said. Across the region, residents were filling sandbags, getting gas for cars and generato