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• Hundreds of structures reportedly flooded: Flooding has been reported at 350 structures in Louisiana’s St. Charles Parish, a parish spokesperson, Francesca Holt Blanchard, told CNN Thursday ...
Firefighters are continuing to pump water and clean facades hit by landslides in the north Valencian province of Castellon, where they have carried out nearly 100 services related to the rains ...
Francine made landfall along the Louisiana coast as a Category 2 hurricane on Wednesday, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands and threatening the region with widespread flooding as cities ...
The pump station complex, which is the largest of its type in the world, consists of 11 each 5,444 horsepower Caterpillar engines. To minimize environmental impacts to the Bayou aux Carpes 404(c) area, the floodwall was constructed on the eastern edge of the wetlands, within 100 feet (30 m) from the western bank of the GIWW for a 4,216 feet ...
The Southeast Louisiana Urban Flood Control Project (Southeast Louisiana Project, or SELA) is a flood control project by the US Army Corps of Engineers to protect the New Orleans district from flooding due to potential storms, hurricanes, or water surges. It was established in 1996.
August 29, 2005 – Although Hurricane Katrina's eye came ashore in lower Plaquemines Parish Louisiana, the resulting storm surge resulted in multiple levee failures in the New Orleans area, flooding approximately 80% of the city, with some places being inundated by more than 15 ft (4.6 m) of water. The failures of the levees were considered ...
Francine slammed into Louisiana's coast as a Category 2 hurricane Wednesday leaving hundreds of thousands without power and widespread flooding.
The Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority (SLFPA) was established by Louisiana state law Revised Statute §38:330.1 in September 2006. Its operation began in January 2007. The Authority consists of two regional levee boards which oversee flood protection in the Greater New Orleans area on the east and west banks of the Mississippi ...