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  2. 2005 levee failures in Greater New Orleans - Wikipedia

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    Levee breaches in the federally built Hurricane Protection System and the resulting flooding that occurred on August 29, 2005 in the New Orleans vicinity On Monday, August 29, 2005, there were over 50 failures of the levees and flood walls protecting New Orleans, Louisiana , and its suburbs following passage of Hurricane Katrina .

  3. When the Levees Broke - Wikipedia

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    New Orleans Arena on August 16, 2006, the day of the premiere of the film. When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts is a 2006 documentary film directed by Spike Lee about the devastation of New Orleans, Louisiana following the failure of the levees during Hurricane Katrina.

  4. Effects of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans - Wikipedia

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    However, both the White House and the Pentagon argued that the depletion of personnel and equipment did not impact the ability of the Guard to perform its mission—rather, impassable roads and flooded areas were the major factors impeding the Guardsmen from securing the situation in New Orleans. Before Hurricane Katrina, the murder rate in New ...

  5. 18 years after Katrina levee breaches, group wants future ...

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    Future engineers need a greater understanding of past failures — and how to avoid repeating them — a Louisiana-based nonprofit said to mark Tuesday's 18th anniversary of the deadly ...

  6. New Orleans' recovery from Hurricane Katrina leaves ... - AOL

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    Pulling up to Jerry Reed's house in St. Roch neighborhood is like stepping back in time to August 2005, when Hurricane Katrina ripped through the area.

  7. National Weather Service bulletin for Hurricane Katrina

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    The National Weather Service bulletin for the New Orleans region of 10:11 a.m., August 28, 2005, was a particularly dire warning issued by the local Weather Forecast Office in Slidell, Louisiana, warning of the devastation that Hurricane Katrina could wreak upon the Gulf Coast of the United States, and the human suffering that would follow once the storm left the area.

  8. And then the levees broke, reporter remembers covering Katrina

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

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    There were many predictions of hurricane risk in New Orleans before Hurricane Katrina in August, 2005. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] In 2001, the Houston Chronicle published a story which predicted that a severe hurricane striking New Orleans, "would strand 250,000 people or more, and probably kill one of 10 left behind as the city drowned under 20 feet (6 ...