Hurricane Ida Made The Mississippi River Flow Backward
Hurricane Ida was so powerful it made the Mississippi River flow backward! How strong were the winds of Hurricane Ida? So strong they made the Mississippi River flow backward. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the storm created a ‘negative flow’ at the point where the river empties into the Gulf of Mexico – sending the water backward for about two hours. A similar phenomenon happened during Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and Hurricane Isaac in 2012.
For several hours today, the winds & storm surge from #HurricaneIda made the Mississippi River flow *backwards* (negative discharge rate in the graph). pic.twitter.com/vYunzSUL24
— Brian Olson (@mrbrianolson) August 29, 2021
Winds from Hurricane Ida drove so much water off the Gulf of Mexico that the Mississippi River flowed backwards.
— Bloomberg Government (@BGOV) August 30, 2021
Here is Hurricane Ida in pictures 👇 https://t.co/Dr7hLa5snO pic.twitter.com/wk7Quq2QDC
Gallery: Hurricane Ida and Flooding
