In New Orleans, Ida brings trauma of Katrina flooding backA view is seen looking from the Claiborne Avenue Bridge towards homes in the Lower Ninth Ward neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana on August 29, 2021 before the arrival of Hurricane IdaNEW ORLEANS - Chester Lastie clearly recalls Hurricane Katrina, which devastated his neighborhood in eastern New Orleans, 16 years ago to the day. The memories are made all the more vivid by the gusts of wind from Hurricane Ida currently battering his white house. Most of the drowning deaths in Louisiana due to Katrina took place in neighborhoods in the east of New Orleans, including the Lower Ninth Ward, according to a report by authorities released three years after the disaster. Images of roads and houses flooded with brown water from the Mississippi River, which borders the area, were seen around the world, turning the Lower Ninth Ward into one of the main symbols of Katrina's destruction. The chef waited two years before returning to the Lower Ninth Ward, where she grew up.

Source: Bangkok Post August 29, 2021 21:11 UTC