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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 ...
Workers with the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority closed floodgates along the city’s Harvey Canal Tuesday morning. A map shows the forecast path of Tropical Storm Francine. The ...
The Chehalis River Basin Flood Authority is a state government program that oversees the watershed of the Chehalis River in Washington state.The commission focuses on flood control and river health, as well as habitat restoration, with particular attention to native plants, fish, and other aquatic species.
The new regional flood-protection authorities assumed control of the Board's flood-protection infrastructure. Lakefront Airport , the marinas (except for the city-owned Municipal Yacht Harbor), Lakeshore Drive, and the lakefront park system (except for West End Park, administered by New Orleans' Parks and Parkways Department) are now operated ...
The levees, floodwalls and floodgates that protect New Orleans held up against Hurricane Ida's fury, passing their toughest test since the federal government spent billions of dollars to upgrade a ...
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Flood control, flood protection, flood defence and flood alleviation are all terms that mean "the detention and/or diversion of water during flood events for the purpose of reducing discharge or downstream inundation". [8] Flood control is part of environmental engineering.
Sixteen years to the day after Hurricane Katrina slammed New Orleans, Hurricane Ida made landfall as a catastrophic Category 4 hurricane.