Hurricane Ida Officially Identified & Named By U.S. Weather Service on Nov. 4, 2009

A Tropical Storm formed at 4 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (E,S,T,) on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009 in the western Caribbean Sea, about 75 miles east of Bluefields, Nicaragua  and was given the name Tropical Storm Ida by the U.S. National Weather Service Hurricane Center. The storm was named after reaching maximum sustained winds of near 60 miles per hour as it moved to the west-northwest toward the east coast of Nicaragua. 

The storm strengthened the following day into Hurricane Ida, a category 1 hurricane with winds of about 75 miles per hour, as it headed north through eastern Nicaragua toward Honduras after making landfall. Travel Insured International plans purchased on or after Nov. 4, 2009 will not provide coverage for adverse weather claims due to Hurricane Ida or its resulting weather pattern. Plan holders may contact our Customer Care Department [ info@travelinsured.com ] with questions about this announcement.

Additional resources for storm related questions:

U.S. National Hurricane Center: www.nhc.noaa.gov
The Weather Channel: www.weather.com

American Red Cross: www.redcross.org

Federal Emergency Management Agency: www.fema.gov