Hurricane Ida has made landfall in Louisiana as one of the strongest in the region’s history, bringing destructive winds, heavy rainfall and storm surges.

Ida crossed the coast with Category Four strength on Sunday local time, 16 years to the day since Hurricane Katrina made landfall near New Orleans.

“It continues to rage and ravage everything it comes in contact with,” US President Joe Biden said at a FEMA briefing. “The storm is a life-threatening storm.”

The National Hurricane Centre reported that Ida had maximum sustained winds of 150 mph (241 kph) when it hit the shoreline near Port Fourchon, then made a second landfall a few hours later.

Ida later left New Orleans without power and is forecast to continue to produce heavy rainfall and dangerous conditions through Monday as it moves relatively slowly, while dropping from hurricane to tropical storm strength.

“As Ida moves inland, significant flooding impacts are possible across portions of the Lower Mississippi Valley, Tennessee Valley, Upper Ohio Valley, Central Appalachians and Mid-Atlantic through Wednesday,” the National Hurricane Centre said.

Ida is the latest hurricane in an active Atlantic season. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) earlier this month said atmospheric and oceanic conditions remained conducive for tropical storms.