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An Unnatural Metropolis: Wresting New Orleans From Nature. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. Hardee, Thomas Sydenham (1878). "Topical and Drainage Map of New Orleans and Surroundings From Recent Surveys and Investigations". Civil Engineer. Kendall, John (1922). History of New Orleans. Lewis Publishing Company.
In May 1995, record flooding events resulted in seven deaths and $1 billion in damage. As a result, Congress authorized SELA to improve flood control and rainfall drainage systems in Jefferson, Orleans, and St. Tammany Parishes. The authorization was contained in Section 108 of the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year ...
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 ...
The Army Corps of Engineers initially opened 38 of the 350 bays and increased this number to 206 bays when the flood crest arrived later in March. The Army Corps of Engineers closed the spillway on April 11, 2019, only to reopen it again on May 10, 2019. [6] This marks the first time in the spillway's history that it was opened twice in one year.
The Flood Control Act of 1965, Title II of Pub. L. 89–298, was enacted on October 27, 1965, by the 89th Congress and authorized the United States Army Corps of Engineers to design and construct numerous flood control projects including the Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity, Louisiana Hurricane Protection Project in the New Orleans region of south Louisiana.
After Hurricane Katrina, in a context of shock, chaos and confusion, the Orleans Levee Board found itself at the center of the greatest crisis ever to face the city of New Orleans. Multiple levee and floodwall breaches in the Industrial Canal , the 17th Street Canal , and the London Avenue Canal resulted in the flooding of 80% of the city.
Storm surge begins to flood the docks of Campo’s Marina just before Hurricane Francine made landfall on the U.S. Gulf Coast in Louisiana on September 11, 2024. REUTERS/Edmund Fountain
The May 1995 Louisiana flood, also known as the May 1995 Southeast Louisiana and Southern Mississippi Flood, was a heavy rainfall event which occurred across an area stretching from the New Orleans metropolitan area into southern Mississippi. A storm total rainfall maximum of 27.5 inches (700 mm) was recorded near Necaise, Mississippi. [1]