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Hurricane Ida was so powerful it made the Mississippi River flow backwards for several hours

Strange Sounds

August 30, 2021

The flow of the Mississippi River was reversed upstream as Hurricane Ida made landfall and pushed inland.

Storm surge and strong winds from Hurricane Ida stopped the flow of the Mississippi River near New Orleans on Sunday and actually caused it to reverse – something the US Geological Survey says is “extremely uncommon.”

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