The Mississippi River has changed its direction due to Hurricane Ida, who collapsed to the United States. This was reported by the US Geological Service, reports TASS. The water flowed in the opposite direction at a speed of about 1.5 meters per second.
The cause of specialists is called a large release of sea water, as a result of which the river level rose 2.1 meters, and this is not the limit value. Strong winds and changing the flow direction are threatened by floodings of nearby areas.
The representative of the Geological Service Scott Periate noted that in the vicinity of the city of New Orleans Mississippi flowed at a speed of 1.5 kilometers per hour in the opposite direction. “I remember that this happened during the hurricane” Katrina “, but it is extremely unusual phenomenon,” he added.
Hurricane “Ida” has already brought some destruction, the trees were doried with the root, the roofs disrupted the roofs, cut the line of gear. In Louisiana, about 450 thousand people remained without light, restoration work, according to the operator of the Energy Louisiana power grid operator, can last not last one week.
Governor Louisiana John Bel Edwards noted that the hurricane can become one of the strongest in the last 150 years. Wind speed inside the storm reaches 58 meters per second, it moves at a speed of about 16 kilometers per hour.