important information about the storm to help make accurate forecasts. They measure pressure, humidity, temperature, wind direction and speed as well as examine the storm’s structure and intensity.Hurricane Ida blasted ashore Sunday as one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the U.S., rushing from the Louisiana coast toward New Orleans and one of the nation’s most important industrial corridors.RELATED: Hurricane Ida hits Louisiana as one of most powerful hurricanes to strike USThe powerful Category 4 storm with winds of 150 mph (230 kph) hit on the same date Hurricane Katrina ravaged Louisiana and Mississippi 16 years earlier, coming ashore about 45 miles (72 kilometers) west of where Category 3 Katrina first struck land.The National.