Federal trial set to open in latest case faulting Army Corps for Katrina flooding
NEW ORLEANS - The Army Corps of Engineers is back on trial, seven years after Hurricane Katrina's epic storm surge shredded the flood protection system it had built for New Orleans.www.foxnews.com
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KATRINA-LEVEE TRIAL. Katrina floodwall case heads to trial. NEW ORLEANS (AP) The Army Corps of Engineers is back on trial, seven years after Hurricane Katrina's storm surge shredded New Orleans' flood protection system. Starting Wednesday, a ...www2.wjtv.com
He's still here: Phoenix rises again with 'Master'
The Army Corps of Engineers is back on trial, seven years after Hurricane Katrina's epic storm surge shredded the flood protection system it had built for New Orleans.www.knoe.com
A Night of Problems and Fixes While Keeping an Eye on a Storm
In the emergency operations center at Army Corps of Engineers district headquarters - the command center for monitoring the elaborate new system of levees, gates and pumps intended to ensure that this city does not again experience the devastation ...www.nytimes.com
US Corps of Engineers to study levee improvements' impact on New Orleans ...
At the urging of residents who have long felt forgotten in the shadow of more densely populated New Orleans, the Army Corps of Engineers says it will look into whether the city's fortified defenses pushed floodwaters provoked by Hurricane Isaac into ...www.star-telegram.com
Hurricane Katrina flooding in Lower 9th Ward, St. Bernard Parish heading to court
Attorneys representing residents of the Lower 9th Ward and parts of St. Bernard Parish claim that when Washington International Group Inc., an Army Corps of Engineers contractor, removed several buildings and dozens of pilings from a swath of land ...www.nola.com
Isaac now a hurricane; Army Corps says New Orleans is ready
The storm is on track to make landfall along the southeastern Louisiana coast by nightfall Tuesday, confronting New Orleans with a test of a levee and pump station system that failed during Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Those systems have been repaired ...www.latimes.com
New Orleans eyes more levees after passing Isaac's test
Isaac would be different, not only because the Category 1 storm was weaker than Katrina, but also because multibillion-dollar work on levees by the U.S.www.reuters.com
Army Corps Nears Completion of Levee Safety Inspections (USA)
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District is nearing completion of a comprehensive evaluation of seven federally-constructed levees in Alice, Freeport, Lynchburg, Matagorda, Port Arthur, Texas City and Three Rivers, Texas, as part of the ...www.dredgingtoday.com
Lessons from Hurricane Isaac: Some say storm ranking system deceptive
The 17th Street Canal was the site of a major breach during Hurricane Katrina, and its protection "" and the protection of the Orleans Canal and the London Avenue Canal "" is critical to keeping storm surge out of the city.www.shreveporttimes.com
Louisiana Sen. David Vitter on Tropical Storm Isaac preparations
a New Orleans native who has called for overhauling the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers following Hurricane Katrina, was in his home state's lower parishes Monday to shadow corps staff.www.latimes.com
Corps of Engineers critic repeats accusations of shoddy work
With the seventh anniversary of Hurricane Katrina approaching, a leading critic of the Army Corps of Engineers called a news conference Wednesday to highlight several already known faults found in the corps' girding of the New Orleans outfall canals ...www.nola.com
Post-Katrina Upgrades Protecting New Orleans From Isaac
"Prior to Katrina, we had a system in name only. Now we have a true storm damage risk-reduction system," says Rene Poche of the Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District. "Back then, a storm used to come to the city in that it was able to flow into ...www.popularmechanics.com
St. John the Baptist Parish seeking answers, solutions to Isaac flooding
U.S. Sen. David Vitter has called on the Army Corps of Engineers to conduct a study aimed at determining how post-Katrina improvements could have affected flooding outside the federal government's improvement zone, including St. John the Baptist Parish ...www.shreveporttimes.com
Corps to probe whether it displaced floodwaters
The Corps' study was prompted by the suggestion that Isaac's surge bounced off the levees and floodgates built since Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and walloped communities outside the city's ramparts. Blaming the Army Corps of Engineers is nothing new in ...www.philly.com
South Louisianans blame post-Katrina fixes for floods
At the urging of residents who long have felt forgotten in the shadow of more densely populated New Orleans, the Army Corps of Engineers says it will look into whether the city's fortified defenses pushed floodwaters provoked by Hurricane Isaac into ...www.toledoblade.com
Before and after: New Orleans since Katrina
In this June 22, 2012 photo, the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal (IHNC) Surge Barrier, constructed after Hurricane Katrina to prevent tidal surges from hurricanes from reaching New Orleans, is seen in St. Bernard Parish, La.www.charlotteobserver.com
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The Army Corps of Engineers is back on trial, seven years after Hurricane Katrina's storm surge shredded New Orleans' flood protection system.www.keyc.tv
Ex-lab owner gets jail term for falsifying water test results
Agencies defrauded include the Upper Moreland/Hatboro Joint Sewer Authority, Gloucester County (N.J.) Utilities Authority, and the U.S.readingeagle.com
Army Corps of Engineers keeping a close eye on storm
In the Army Corps of Engineers district headquarters emergency operations center -- command center for monitoring the elaborate new system of levees, gates and pumps meant to ensure that this city does not again experience the devastation unleashed ...www.post-gazette.com
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