The regional director of a key New Orleans flood-protection agency plans to resign after opposing an ... that makes up the regional levee and flood protection system. Landry wants to expand ...

Katrina makes landfall in Louisiana at 6:10 a.m., but the flooding of residential areas in greater New ... over the levee system in the northern arm of the Industrial Canal flood Orleans East.

Jay Lapeyre, Jr., the New Orleans civic and business ... qualified candidates were available, even after the successful rebuilding of today's modern levee systems on both sides of the river ...

The levees are a system of flood walls, built to protect low-lying New Orleans, and strengthened after Hurricane Katrina ... could flood over the New Orleans levee system and into the city.

Five years ago, Hurricane Katrina ravaged New Orleans with a 28-foot (8.5 meter) storm surge and 2 feet (61 centimeters) of rainfall. The water easily breached the city's old levee system in about ...

Five years ago, Hurricane Katrina ravaged New Orleans with a 28-foot (8.5 meter) storm surge and 2 feet (61 centimeters) of rainfall. The water easily breached the city's old levee system in about ...