A man passes by a section of roof that was blown off of a building in the French Quarter by Hurricane Ida winds, Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021, in New Orleans. (Photo: Eric Gay/AP)
Ida struck New Orleans on Sunday, August 29, 2021, as a Category 4 hurricane. Katrina, on the other hand, was a Category 3 at landfall. There are multiple differences in these two storms, as well as the preparedness of the local area. Ida traveled through Alabama, and there are multiple reports of flooding across Louisiana. LaPlace, for example, has reported 1-2 feet of flooding. This was almost entirely caused by the storm surge pushing through Lake Pontchartrain from east to west.
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