Nation Tropical Depression 9 could rapidly strengthen into Hurricane Ida, the ‘strongest storm of the season’ August 26, 2021 N'dea Yancey-Bragg, Cheryl McCloud and Joel Shannon, USA TODAY Comments Off on Tropical Depression 9 could rapidly strengthen into Hurricane Ida, the ‘strongest storm of the season’ Tropical Depression 9 is expected to strengthen into a tropical storm and then a hurricane that could impact Florida, Texas and Louisiana.