"Katrina 2.0" averted in New Orleans by good planning, but climate threat persists - The Backstory with Matt Bevan - a podcast by ABC Radio

The US city of New Orleans appears to have largely escaped catastrophe after its flood mitigation system prevented a hurricane and storm surge from inundating the city.

Hurricane Ida, a Category 4 storm, struck the Louisiana coastline exactly 16 years after it was devastated by the larger but less-powerful Hurricane Katrina.

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