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This 1849 map of New Orleans shows the extensive cypress swamps lying between the uptown and French Quarter areas and Lake Pontchartrain. The map shows the projected path of the …

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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. The failures …

The Flood Protection Authority is responsible for maintaining 192 miles of levees and floodwalls, 3,530 acres of levee turf, and 244 land-based floodgates in East Jefferson, Orleans and St. …

Our fall issue focuses on levees, what they make possible, their drawbacks, and what it might take to reimagine our relationship to flood protection and water. Use this map to explore the …

Aug 31, 2013 · This map shows all the major breach sites during Katrina as well as all manmade and natural water bodies. It depicts neighborhoods affected by key breach sites and manmade …

Both residents and visitors to New Orleans still have the desire to see where the levees failed during Katrina in August 2005. This tour allows one to virtually "visit" three major breach sites …

Nov 22, 2019 · ‎‪Orleans Canal Spillway Breach‬ ‎‪London Avenue Canal I-Wall Panels Damage‬ ‎‪Lower 9th Ward Industrial Canal Levee Breach‬ ‎‪Earth Levee Erosion‬ ‎‪Floodwall Scour‬ ‎‪Port of …

Jan 13, 2012 · The Atchafalaya Plan and Profile Maps provide a plan view of levee/floodwall alignments together with their corresponding profile elevation plots. The plan view includes …

The levee segment is approximately 4.8 miles long and includes the earthen embankment with sod and the Orleans Parish #18 (Maxent) Pump Station. The levee was completed in …

May 27, 2022 · The vast network of levees, gates and floodwalls built to protect the New Orleans area in the wake of Hurricane Katrina’s devastation is finally complete. An event on Friday, …

5 days ago · Walk along the Mississippi River levee, and New Orleans’ endless link to water is clear. The city is a series of basins connected like an inverted tortoise shell that stretches to …

The Mississippi River Trail, also known as The Levee Path, is a paved, 22 mile route, atop the Mississippi River levee. Starting at the corner of Wiltz Ln and Patterson Drive, this trail is a …

Jul 31, 2006 · This chapter describes the areas of focus and methodology used in laser mapping of surface evidence of levee deformation and distress at eleven areas within the greater New …

Oct 19, 2009 · The focus of the terrestrial lidar effort was to obtain precise measurements of the ground surface to map soil displacements at each levee site, the nonuniformity of levee height …

Aug 23, 2020 · This map shows where fabric mats allowing grass to grow through them were placed or will be placed on the protected side of levees to keep them from eroding if …

6 days ago · Three members of a board overseeing New Orleans area flood protection have resigned in protest over controversial changes being pursued by an adviser to Gov. Jeff …

Downstream of the city of New Orleans and closer to the storm surge, Plaquemines Parish levee system was overtopped by the reversal of flow in the Mississippi River. Multiple high-level …

May 19, 2006 · A military strategist looking at a map of New Orleans, thinking how to fight the water, would probably think the 17th Street Canal a little insane. The canal is a potential pipe …