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  2. Reconstruction of New Orleans - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. 2005 levee failures in Greater New Orleans - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Civil engineering and infrastructure repair in New Orleans ...

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    Anticipating the possibility of a Category 5 storm placing water in New Orleans, preparations began for drainage operations. [11] On August 29, 2005, as Katrina made its second and third landfalls on the Louisiana-Mississippi coast, Corps District Commander, Col. Richard Wagenaar, and a team worked out of an emergency operations shelter in New ...

  5. Timeline illustrates 10 years of recovery in New Orleans - AOL

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    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 ...

  6. 17th Street Canal - Wikipedia

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    Before Katrina arrived, the 17th Street Canal was the largest and most important drainage canal in the city of New Orleans. Operating with Pumping Station No. 6 – which at that time was the most powerful pumping station in the world – the 17th Street Canal was capable of conveying 9,200 cubic feet per second (cfs) of water, more than the ...

  7. Remembering Hurricane Katrina, 11 years later - AOL

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    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 ...

  8. Organizations that took a stand amidst the disaster of ...

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    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.

  9. Effects of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans - Wikipedia

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    After the flood waters receded, many of the inmates of Orleans Parish Prison served longer sentences due to the lack of government in New Orleans and public defender staff shortages. [ citation needed ] The Criminal Justice System was out of order in the city for months and did not release its first prisoner on bond until October 2006.