The Broken Promise of the Levees That Failed New Orleans ... It was my conceit that New Orleans, a city with enormous cultural richness, the greatest port on the nation’s greatest river, was safe.

Flood of letters about broken levees in New Orleans. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 59°F. Friday, June 13th 2025 ... (Opens in new window) Facebook; Click to share on Bluesky ...

NEW ORLEANS, La., Aug. 28, 2006 — -- A flawed repair at one of New Orleans' most vulnerable levees has raised questions about the city's ability to withstand a storm, one year after Katrina's ...

The Army Corps of Engineers sent a team of engineers to investigate the New Orleans levee failures after Hurricane Katrina. ... Investigating Broken Levees Oct 20, 2005 12:00 AM EDT. Leave your ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has temporarily fixed one broken levee and punched some holes in others to begin draining water from New Orleans, flooded by water from Lake Pontchartrain in the ...

NEW ORLEANS — When the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and New Orleans levee officials joined forces in July 1985 to protect the city from a long-feared hurricane, the two agencies could not agree ...

NEW ORLEANS—Seven years ago, the Army Corps of Engineers was desperately trying to plug breaches in the city’s broken and busted levee system. Since those catastrophic days, the Army Corps has ...

The Bush administration said Thursday that the cost of rebuilding New Orleans's levees to federal standards has nearly tripled to $10 billion and that there may not be enough money to fully ...

Video footage circulated of a ferry that had broken loose from its moorings. Ms. ... The new storm system surrounding New Orleans, with its 350 miles of levees, flood walls, ...

The research comes nearly 20 years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the city.

Work has formally begun in Louisiana on a $760 million, three-parish levee project that was first proposed a half-century ago. State officials said 17.5 miles of levee and a mile of T-wall will ...