Hurricane Katrina Floodwall Case Heads To Trial In New Orleans
The trial will be the second to pit New Orleans residents against the corps over damage from flooding in Katrina's aftermath.www.huffingtonpost.com
Hurricane Katrina flooding in Lower 9th Ward, St. Bernard Parish heading to court
But hundreds of millions of dollars may ride on the answer: Was the Lower 9th Ward in New Orleans flooded during Hurricane Katrina simply because water overtopped floodwalls along the Industrial Canal, causing failures in two places, or had those walls ...www.nola.com
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The corps says rain and storm surge overtopped floodwalls along the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal. The case is before U.S.www2.wjtv.com
New Orleans Levees Hold, and Outsiders Want In
New Orleans' old levees and flood walls failed catastrophically during Hurricane Katrina in 2005. But with Isaac, the $14.5 billion system that has sprung up since then passed its first test.www.nytimes.com
Isaac Sparks Hurricane Katrina Memories For New Orleans Residents
That's not the case with this storm." In the quiet coastal town of Long Beach, Miss., Brenda Johns and her neighbor, Willie Shook, took time Monday to pray that Isaac won't deal the devastating blow that Hurricane Katrina did. Then they got busy ...www.huffingtonpost.com
Isaac becomes Cat 1 hurricane near Gulf Coast
Isaac became a hurricane Tuesday that could flood the coasts of four states with storm surge and heavy rains on its way to New Orleans, where residents hunkered down behind levees fortified after Katrina struck seven years ago this week. Shelters ...www.statesman.com
Isaac's surge would have created a Betsy-like flood without post-Katrina levee ...
Without the extensive post-Katrina improvements to the New Orleans area hurricane levee system, Hurricane Isaac might have caused catastrophic flooding like that caused by Hurricane Betsy in 1965, experts said Thursday. Storm surge from Isaac peaked at ...www.nola.com
In bayou country and city alike, people batten down as Isaac takes aim at low ...
Isaac was on the verge of ballooning into a hurricane Tuesday that could flood the coasts of four states with storm surge and heavy rains on its way to New Orleans, where residents hunkered down behind levees fortified after Katrina struck seven years ...www.newser.com
Residents of flood ravaged Braithwaite worry about the future
"If we get another Katrina type storm, it's going to be terrible." Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser has said the parish is working to raise smaller levees around that area to 12 feet, spending 29-million dollars over the next year and a ...www.fox8live.com
Jay Talking: Wataga native puts lessons from Katrina into practice
29, 2005, that Hurricane Katrina, the worst and costliest disaster in United States history came ashore east of New Orleans.www.galesburg.com
Waters rise from Isaac, thousands rescued (Video)
New Orleans Police said arrests were made in each case, but didn't specify how many people were involved. Mississippi Gov.www.examiner.com
Isaac now a hurricane, packs coast flood threat
The center of the storm that was about 80 miles from the mouth of Mississippi River Tuesday morning is likely to pass over southeastern Louisiana by late in the day or on Wednesday - the seventh anniversary of devastating Hurricane Katrina. It could ...journalstar.com
In southern La., residents blame levees for floods
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.wistv.com
Isaac takes aim at Gulf coast as likely hurricane
Tropical Storm Isaac rolled over the open Gulf of Mexico on Monday, where it was expected to grow into a hurricane before hitting land somewhere between Louisiana and Florida and close to the seventh anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. The storm that ...everythinglubbock.com
New Orleans: Beyond the French Quarter
This historic home in the Garden District was the setting for many scenes from the 2008 film 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett.www.tennessean.com
Isaac churns in Gulf along Katrina's path
Tropical Storm Isaac targeted a broad swath of the Gulf Coast on Monday and had New Orleans in its crosshairs, bearing down just ahead of the seventh anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. The potential for a landfall as a ... The storm that left eight dead ...www.kxlf.com
Isaac becomes Cat 1 hurricane near Gulf Coast
(AP) - Isaac became a hurricane Tuesday that could flood the coasts of four states with storm surge and heavy rains on its way to New Orleans, where residents hunkered down behind levees fortified after Katrina struck seven years ago this week ...www.google.com
Hurricane Isaac has St. Charles, St. John residents making storm plans
U.S. 90 closure at the Jefferson-St. Charles Parish line U.S. Army Corps of Engineers workers close a gap in the Western Tie-In floodwall at U.S. 90 near the St. Charles-Jefferson Parish line Tuesday morning, as Tropical Storm Isaac closes in on the ...www.nola.com
Isaac renews old debate about Louisiana levees
Since Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the Army Corps of Engineers has backed away from the idea of extending protection across much of south Louisiana, citing doubts about whether improved levees would work and whether the money could be better spent ...www.abc6.com
Isaac nearly a hurricane, packs coast flood threat
Isaac was on the verge of ballooning into a hurricane Tuesday that could flood the coasts of four states with storm surge and heavy rains on its way to New Orleans, where residents hunkered down behind levees fortified after Katrina struck seven years ...www.phillyburbs.com
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