New Orleans finds itself in the path of Hurricane Ida 16 years to the day after floodwalls collapsed and levees were overtopped by a storm surge driven by Hurricane Katrina. But Ida arrives at the doorstep of a region transformed since 2005 by a giant civil works project and closer attention to flood control. “There is a danger of life-threatening storm surge inundation Sunday along the coasts of Louisiana and Mississippi within the Storm Surge Warning Area,” reads the Saturday morning list of key messages from the National Hurricane Center. The trendlines are longer and the data more complicated, of course, but at the time the 2005 season broke all the big records and was the most active season ever seen. HOUSTON, TX - AUGUST 30: Flooded homes are shown near Lake Houston following Hurricane Harvey ... [+] August 30, 2017 in Houston, Texas.

Source: Forbes August 28, 2021 15:56 UTC