Hurricane Ida giving Afghanistan fiasco a break

Powerful Hurricane Ida slammed onto the Louisiana coast Sunday, a Category 4 storm wielding winds of 150 mph, life-threatening storm surge and potentially catastrophic rainfall.

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Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards said the storm could be the most powerful to pound the state in more than 160 years. Hurricane Katrina, which flooded most of New Orleans, killing almost 2,000 people and causing damages estimated at $125 billion, made landfall 16 years ago to the day – as a Category 3 storm.

Edwards acknowledged Sunday that the state faced a difficult few weeks. But he said levees rebuilt in the wake of Katrina should stand up to the challenge and help minimize the carnage.

"All the models that we've seen ... show the hurricane storm damage risk reduction system will hold and perform as intended," Gov. John Bel Edwards said. "Will it be tested? Yes. But it was built for this moment."

  MSN