Ad
related to: flood prevention for homes program in louisiana city list by parish
Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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.
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 ...
Livingston Parish was one of the hardest hit areas; an official estimated that 75 percent of the homes in the parish were a "total loss". [16] It was thought over 146,000 homes were damaged in Louisiana. [17] [18] This mass flooding also damaged thousands of businesses. [19] [20] The US Coast Guard rescuing Baton Rouge residents following the ...
The levee failure contributed to extensive flooding in the New Orleans area and surrounding parishes. About 80% of all structures in Orleans Parish sustained water damage. Over 204,000 homes were damaged or destroyed, and more than 800,000 citizens displaced—the greatest displacement in the United States since the Dust Bowl of the 1930s. [1]
Bossier Parish. The Bossier Police Jury is advising residents of Bossier Parish that they can pick up sandbags from the following locations beginning Wednesday, Jan. 24, due to the excessive rainfall.
• Serious flood threat from weakening Francine: Francine made landfall in Terrebonne Parish as a Category 2 hurricane late Wednesday afternoon and weakened to a tropical depression Thursday ...
More than 100,000 homes and businesses were without power Tuesday from Texas to Florida, according to PowerOutage.us. Louisiana bore the brunt of the outages, with more than 58,000.
Recovery of New Orleans was seen as a three-phase process: first and most immediate, to unwater the city and assess flood protection. Second, to provide an interim level of protection to get the city through hurricane season and later high water, and over the long-term, to return the system to pre-hurricane conditions.
Ad
related to: flood prevention for homes program in louisiana city list by parish