New Orleans Was Called Resilient After Attack. It Didn’t Need the Reminder.
The city was seeing glimmers of optimism for what the new year might bring before the horrendous attack on the French Quarter ...
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Head of New Orleans levee authority resigns amid clash over agency’s police force
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 ...
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How New Orleans Flooded
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.
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Hurricane Ida: New Orleans braces for possible direct hit
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.
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What If Hurricane Katrina Hit New Orleans Today?
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 ...