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Tropical Storm Ida strengthened into a hurricane on Friday on its way toward the U.S. Gulf Coast and was expected to make landfall as a life-threatening Category 4 storm on Sunday, the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, forecasters said.As of 7:30 p.m. Eastern on Friday, the storm had moved away from the Isle of Youth, south of Cuba, and had made landfall in the Cuban province of Pinar Del Rio, with sustained wind speeds reaching 80 miles per hour, the center said in an advisory.Life-threatening heavy rains, floods and mudslides were expected in Jamaica, the Cayman Islands and western Cuba.The center of the storm could reach Louisiana by Sunday as a hurricane, with maximum winds of 110 m.p.h. and gusts of up to 130 m.p.h., according to the center’s tracking model.