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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 August 29 marks the tenth anniversary of the day that Hurricane Katrina hit land in Louisiana. Since then, the areas affected have gone ...
[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 ...
NEW ORLEANS – Developers are tearing down the Six Flags amusement complex in New Orleans two decades after it was decimated during Hurricane Katrina.. Many remember the devastation of Hurricane ...
After the events surrounding Katrina, the Superdome was not used during the 2005 NFL season. The New Orleans Saints played four of their scheduled home games at LSU's Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, three at the Alamodome in San Antonio, and one at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. [42]
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.
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 ...
Since, more than half of New Orleans' 72 neighborhoods affected have recovered over 90% of their population. 11 years later, Hurricane Katrina remains one of most devastating natural disasters in ...