8月26日晚,颶風獵人的一次飛行表明,低氣壓在開曼群島大開曼島西南130英里(209公里)處增強為熱帶風暴艾達。最初,風暴具有不對稱的結構,其最強的風和最深的對流位於中心以東。這是由於一些西南風切變逐漸減弱。當艾達穿過開曼群島向古巴西北部移動時,它的結構得到改善,外流和雨帶也隨之增加。對流也組織成中心密集雲團區(CDO).艾達隨後快速增強,風速在11多小時內以35英里/小時(55公里/小時)的速度增強。 8月27日晚,美國國家颶風中心根據颶風獵人的觀測結果將艾達升級為一級颶風狀態。基於颶風獵人的觀察。大約在同一時間,颶風登陸古巴的青年島。艾達隨後於同一天11:20 UTC 在古巴比那爾德里奧進行了二次登陸。艾達隨後迅速增強,並於8月28日 UTC 時間六点增強為二級颶風。[2] 不久之後,艾達在墨西哥灣環流的溫暖水域上空移動。並且風暴在8月29日 UTC 時間 06:00 增強為三級大型颶風。 在升級為大型颶風後不久,艾達升级得越来越快,系統的最小中心氣壓在一小時內從955毫巴(28.2英寸汞柱)下降到948毫巴(28.0英寸汞柱)。到世界协调時間07:00,艾達進一步增強為四級颶風,風暴的持續風速達到130英里小時/(215公里/小時)[3]
9月7日,據報導,路易斯安那州因一氧化碳中毒導致4人死亡,另有141人住院治療。由於在艾達之後一氧化碳中毒。根據路易斯安那州衛生部的說法,這些人之所以会中毒死亡是由於在颶風破壞後停電期間在室內使用發電機造成的。使用發電機的建議是將發電機放置在離家至少20英尺 (6.1 m) 的地方,並立即設置一氧化碳探測器或警報器。
8月30日,原定於 9月4月舉行的杜蘭和俄克拉荷馬大學橄欖球比賽將從新奧爾良移至俄克拉荷馬州諾曼,儘管杜蘭仍會被視為主隊。9月3日,杜蘭大學原定於9月11日對陣摩根州立大學的第二場主場比賽被轉移到阿拉巴馬州的伯明翰的軍團球場。原定於9月17日至18日對陣 UAB 的杜蘭排球錦標賽,山姆·休斯頓和德克薩斯理工大學也搬到了伯明翰,並在 UAB 的巴托競技場內舉行。所有粉絲均可免費參加兩項賽事。8月31日,新奧爾良聖徒隊宣布他們計劃在2021年NFL賽季的前四個星期使用沃斯堡地區的臨時設施。第二天,他們在 9月12日對陣綠灣包裝工的賽季揭幕戰被轉移到傑遜維爾的TIAA銀行球場。
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