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Flooding in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans after Hurricane Betsy in 1965. New Orleans was settled on a natural high ground along the Mississippi River. Later developments that eventually extended to nearby Lake Pontchartrain were built on fill to bring them above the average lake level. Navigable commercial waterways extended from the lake ...
At a news conference 10:00 am on August 28, shortly after Katrina was upgraded to a Category 5 storm, New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin ordered the first ever mandatory evacuation of the city, calling Katrina, "a storm that most of us have long feared" and also saying it was "a once-in-a-lifetime event". [33]
NEW ORLEANS – Travel has again been slowed on the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway outside New Orleans one day after numerous crashes caused by foggy conditions forced officials to close the span for ...
In New Orleans, classes were canceled for almost 50,000 public school students for a second straight day Thursday. ... as compared to the year and a half his team worked after Hurricane Katrina in ...
The reconstruction of New Orleans refers to the rebuilding process endured by the city of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina destroyed much of the city on August 29, 2005. The storm caused levees to fail, releasing tens of billions of gallons of water. The levee failure contributed to extensive flooding in the New Orleans area and surrounding ...
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 ...
U.S. Army Infantry on patrol in New Orleans in an area previously underwater, September 2005. A Border Patrol Special Response Team searches a hotel room-by-room in New Orleans in response to Hurricane Katrina. Shortly after the hurricane moved away on August 30, 2005, some residents of New Orleans who remained in the city began looting stores.
Six Flags amusement park rides sit idle in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S., on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009. Six Flags Inc., the New York-based theme park owner, lost a bid to finance its exit from ...