Ida is the fourth hurricane to hit New Orleans in a year, and the storms are becoming wetter and more intense, experts say, as a result of climate change, warmer seas, and damper air.
It was a day many in New Orleans had planned to spend commemorating the terrible cost of Hurricane Katrina exactly 16 years ago.Hurricane Ida battered the Big EasyThe power of Ida was astonishing even for a city that has become pretty used to hurricanes arriving on its doorstep. This is the fourth to make landfall here in a year.
The emergency services announced conditions were too bad for them to respond to calls for help. Rescue crews said they would not be able to begin operations to reach people for hours.The authorities believe - they hope - that the vast majority of people in the most vulnerable areas did choose to evacuate in recent days. Some estimates suggest 98% did.
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