Hurricane Idalia (2041)



Hurricane Idalia was a hurricane that struck the New Orleans metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Louisiana in September 2041. It caused over 150 deaths and $90 billion USD (2021) in damages. It is frequently compared to Hurricane Katrina from 2005, due to its similar landfall location and extreme destruction.

Future U.S. president Annie Brown's family moved out of the city to Baton Rouge in the aftermath of the disaster.

Flooding
Even though the flooding was not nearly as intense in New Orleans as in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, about 20-30% of the city was still flooded, mostly on the shores of Lake Pontchartrain, due to the failure of several levees in the area.

Aftermath
New Orleans suffered a minor population loss in the months and years after Hurricane Idalia, but the construction of the New Orleans Wall, a $8 billion USD (2021) levee project started by president Stacey Abrams, encouraged many former residents to return.