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Hurricane Katrina making landfall in the Louisiana-Mississippi border. Flooded I-10/I-610/West End Blvd interchange and surrounding area of northwest New Orleans and Metairie, Louisiana. As the eye of Hurricane Katrina swept to the northeast, it subjected the city to hurricane conditions for hours.
At 11:00 AM EDT, The National Hurricane Center issued a Hurricane Watch from Morgan City, Louisiana to the LA/MS border including New Orleans. [ 5 ] At 5:00 PM EDT, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin announced a state of emergency and a called for a voluntary evacuation.
Date: August 29, 2005: Category 3 major hurricane; 1-minute sustained (SSHWS/NWS) ... Prior to Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans’ law enforcement was in disarray. It ...
August 29 marks the 10-year anniversary of the day that Hurricane Katrina hit Louisiana, and since then, New Orleans and surrounding areas have never been the same. The hurricane brought death ...
Since, more than half of New Orleans' 72 neighborhoods affected have recovered over 90% of their population. 11 years later, Hurricane Katrina remains one of most devastating natural disasters in ...
July 5, 2005 – Hurricane Cindy brought wind gusts of 70 mph (110 km/h) to New Orleans, downing many trees. Rainfall also left scattered street flooding. With thousands losing electrical power, the city experienced its worst blackout since Hurricane Betsy in 1965, only to be trumped by Hurricane Katrina less than eight weeks later.
The strength of Hurricane Ida on August 29, 2021––exactly 16 years later––forced a considerable amount of water towards New Orleans and the system performed as designed. [51] The surge heights and direction of the surge was different than in Hurricane Katrina and it is noted that the mayor of New Orleans did not order a mandatory ...
The affordability of housing in the New Orleans area is worse than ever, due to the enduring damage of Hurricane Katrina. Thanks to the high costs 5 Years After Katrina, New Orleans Housing Still ...