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Topic: Hurricane Ida

A view of flood damaged buildings are seen as US President Joe Biden (not pictured) inspects the damage from Hurricane Ida onboard Marine One during an aerial tour of communities in Laffite, Grand Isle, Port Fourchon and Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, September 3, 2021. (JONATHAN ERNST/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Hurricane Ida and systemic racism

Rashad Robinson
Homes destroyed in the wake of Hurricane Ida are shown September 2, 2021 in Grand Isle, Louisiana. Ida made landfall August 29 as a Category 4 storm near Grand Isle, southwest of New Orleans, causing widespread power outages, flooding and massive damage. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Hurricane recovery and racial justice

Cashauna Hill, Chrishelle Palay
Cars sit abandoned on the flooded Major Deegan Expressway in the Bronx following a night of heavy wind and rain from the remnants of Hurricane Ida on September 02, 2021 in New York City. Numerous people were killed in New York and tornadoes did heavy damage to parts of New Jersey as the evening storm caught many off guard with the severity of its rain and wind and flooding. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Why Hurricane Ida broke rainfall records

Russ Schumacher - The Conversation
The sun sets behind power lines in Los Angeles, California. (Getty Images)

3 ways to prevent a mass power outage

Emily Pontecorvo - Grist
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Damage in the city of Pointe-Aux-Chenes, near montegut, Louisiana on August 30, 2021 after Hurricane Ida made landfall. - The death toll from Hurricane Ida was expected to climb "considerably," Louisiana's governor warned Monday, as rescuers combed through the "catastrophic" damage wreaked as it tore through the southern United States as a Category 4 storm. (MARK FELIX/AFP via Getty Images)

Hurricane Ida's eviction crisis

Adam Mahoney - Grist
Damage in the city of Pointe-Aux-Chenes, near montegut, Louisiana on August 30, 2021 after Hurricane Ida made landfall. - The death toll from Hurricane Ida was expected to climb "considerably," Louisiana's governor warned Monday, as rescuers combed through the "catastrophic" damage wreaked as it tore through the southern United States as a Category 4 storm. (MARK FELIX/AFP via Getty Images)

Ida vs. Katrina: Government can work

Carl Pope
Donald Trump | Hurricane | Atoms (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Hurricanes and COVID: GOP caused this

Heather Digby Parton
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