Opinion: Hurricane Ida – Will it tip the dial?
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Opinion: Hurricane Ida – Will it tip the dial?

Catrin Shi
31 August 2021
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New Orleans, United States. 30th Aug, 2021. A brick wall on the side of the Little Gem Saloon collapsed during Hurricane Ida in downtown New Orleans, Louisiana, Monday, August 30, 2021. Power was cut off to the city and metro area but the levees held. Pho
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Hurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana on Sunday night as a Category 4 hurricane, representing the first major insured loss of the hurricane season.

The storm struck land near Port Fourchon with winds of 150 mph (240 kph) after rapidly intensifying overnight, with the strongest parts of the storm evading the metropolitan areas of New Orleans and Baton Rouge, although damage in these...

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