Disaster recovery experts can learn many lessons from the events of Hurricane Ida, including focusing on preparation, infrastructure and far-reaching effects of storms.
Since January, conditions across the U.S. have been running warmer and wetter than normal. The nation also recorded its first billion-dollar weather and climate disaster of 2021 — the deadly deep freeze that enveloped much of the central U.S. in February — and two tornado outbreaks in late March.