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The reconstruction of New Orleans refers to the rebuilding process endured by the city of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina destroyed much of the city on August 29, 2005. The storm caused levees to fail, releasing tens of billions of gallons of water. The levee failure contributed to extensive flooding in the New Orleans area and surrounding ...
The New York Times - New Orleans, 10 Years After Katrina. ... See the slideshow below for photos of New Orleans' recovery through the years: In early 2009, Obama was sworn in as our first black ...
[8] [9] As it turned out, Katrina was Category 3 when it made landfall and most of New Orleans experienced Category 1 or 2 strength winds. However, due to the slow moving nature of the storm in its pass over New Orleans, several floodwalls lining the shipping and drainage canals in New Orleans collapsed and the resulting flood water from Lake ...
The strength of Hurricane Ida on August 29, 2021––exactly 16 years later––forced a considerable amount of water towards New Orleans and the system performed as designed. [51] The surge heights and direction of the surge was different than in Hurricane Katrina and it is noted that the mayor of New Orleans did not order a mandatory ...
August 29 marks the 10-year anniversary of the day that Hurricane Katrina hit Louisiana, and since then, New Orleans and surrounding areas have never been the same.
Six Flags amusement park rides sit idle in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S., on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009. Six Flags Inc., the New York-based theme park owner, lost a bid to finance its exit from ...
Flooding in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans after Hurricane Betsy in 1965. New Orleans was settled on a natural high ground along the Mississippi River. Later developments that eventually extended to nearby Lake Pontchartrain were built on fill to bring them above the average lake level. Navigable commercial waterways extended from the lake ...
In the five years since it hit New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina has reshaped the city's population -- and perhaps its financial future as well. The aftermath of the 2005 storm, which took 1,835 ...