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Hurricane Ida (2021)
Ida in the federal records: the 1,649 cities near its track, flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and NWS reports.
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Ida (2021) passed within 75 miles of 1,649 cities on this site in 10 states, 96 of them while it was at hurricane strength. Its peak wind on the NHC track was 150 mph (Category 4); the track runs from August 26, 2021 to September 4, 2021. It is on this list for 88 deaths in NWS reports that name it. The most cities within 75 miles were in New Jersey (454), Pennsylvania (303), New York (273) and Connecticut (146).
- Cities within 75 mi
- 1,649
- Peak wind
- 150 mph
- NFIP claims
- 28,318
- Deaths in NWS reports
- 88
96 at hurricane strength
Category 4
$1.35 billion
903 reports
The full track, landfalls and every city it passed →
Where it came closest
| City | Closest | Wind on the track | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Port Sulphur, LA | 39 mi | Category 4 (150 mph) | August 29, 2021 |
| Buras, LA | 43 mi | Category 4 (150 mph) | August 29, 2021 |
| Golden Meadow, LA | 9 mi | Category 4 (146 mph) | August 29, 2021 |
| Galliano, LA | 10 mi | Category 4 (137 mph) | August 29, 2021 |
| Chauvin, LA | 10 mi | Category 4 (137 mph) | August 29, 2021 |
| Montegut, LA | 4 mi | Category 4 (136 mph) | August 29, 2021 |
| Cut Off, LA | 9 mi | Category 4 (135 mph) | August 29, 2021 |
| Larose, LA | 3 mi | Category 4 (133 mph) | August 29, 2021 |
| Lafitte, LA | 25 mi | Category 4 (132 mph) | August 29, 2021 |
| Lockport, LA | 2 mi | Category 4 (130 mph) | August 29, 2021 |
| Houma, LA | 12 mi | Category 4 (130 mph) | August 29, 2021 |
| Belle Chasse, LA | 33 mi | Category 3 (128 mph) | August 29, 2021 |
The 12 cities with the strongest wind on the NHC best track at its closest point, of 1,649 within 75 miles. Wind on the track is not the wind felt in the city.
Flood insurance claims and federal declarations
National Flood Insurance Program policyholders filed 28,318 claims under its name and were paid $1.35 billion for buildings and contents, in the dollars of the time; that is the 11th most of the 104 tropical systems with claims under their name. Louisiana had 14,677 of them (52%), then New Jersey with 7,034 and New York with 3,355. Among the cities on this site, the most claims came from La Place, LA: 3,489, paid $367.8 million. Claims data as of September 8, 2026. FEMA issued 7 major disaster declarations and 4 emergency declarations naming it, covering 384 designated areas in 7 states and territories; the first came on August 27, 2021.
| City | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| La Place, LA | 3,489 | $367.8 million |
| New Orleans, LA | 1,869 | $29.4 million |
| Slidell, LA | 979 | $24.7 million |
| Kenner, LA | 611 | $6.3 million |
| Hammond, LA | 572 | $33.9 million |
| Lafitte, LA | 553 | $34.7 million |
| Metairie, LA | 459 | $3.7 million |
| Mandeville, LA | 380 | $10.0 million |
FEMA, OpenFEMA FIMA NFIP Redacted Claims – v3 (claims whose flood event carries the storm's name, ZIP codes summed by city) and Disaster Declarations Summaries – v2, retrieved October 25, 2026. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
What the National Weather Service recorded
The National Weather Service logged 903 reports whose account names it, in 27 states: 368 flash flood, 128 flood, 99 thunderstorm wind, 88 marine thunderstorm wind and 44 tropical storm. They record 88 deaths and 25 injuries, and $13.25 billion in estimated property and crop damage.
August 29, 2021, Western Orleans Parish, Louisiana: hurricane, 12 killed, $500.0 million damage
NWS: “The parish suffered widespread tree damage with many trees snapped or uprooted, some falling on homes or power lines. Numerous power poles were also snapped.”
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, reports dated within the storm's track whose account names it. Damage is the NWS estimate in the dollars of the year, not insured losses; some reports are unverified.
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