Ida: Exclamation Point on Record Onslaught of US Landfalls

A man takes pictures of high waves along the shore of Lake Pontchartrain as Hurricane Ida nears, in New Orleans, La., on Aug. 29, 2021. Gerald Herbert/AP Photo

In the past two years, hurricanes have been brewing, strengthening, and hitting the United States at a record pace, and Ida will likely go down as one of the nastiest of a dangerous bunch.

While not quite record-setting, Ida is among some of the strongest and fastest intensifying storms in more than 150 years of hurricane records.