All eyes were on New Orleans in late August when Hurricane Ida began pounding through the Atlantic coastline of the U.S. on the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.
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It would eventually become a Category 4 storm – the second most damaging hurricane on record in the country next to Katrina – leaving residents of New York, New Orleans and locations in between in dire straits.
While the storm has faded from public attention two months later, its impact is still a devastating reality for many low-income residents, who tend to live in flood-prone areas. "When you get a basement apartment, there is a possibility you might have some sort of issue with backage… but you don’t think that you're going to almost die," explained Dempsey Pillot, Audacy multimedia producer.
He lost his home during Hurricane Ida.
With climate change threatening to make these natural disasters even worse, the likelihood of surviving these horrific events comes down to where you can afford to live.
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