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  2. Drainage in New Orleans - Wikipedia

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    As of 2017, the New Orleans pumping system - operated by the Sewerage and Water Board - can pump water out of the city at a rate of more than 45,000 cubic feet (1,300 m 3) per second. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The capacity is also frequently described as 1 inch (2.5 cm) in the first hour of rainfall followed by 0.5 inches (1.3 cm) per hour afterward. [ 2 ]

  3. May 1995 Louisiana flood - Wikipedia

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    New Orleans (Lakefront Airport), LA: 15.44" (392 mm) Slidell, LA: 19.09" (485 mm) For both waves of rainfall, several locations neared or exceeded 24‑hour rainfall amounts estimated as having a 1% chance of being exceeded in a given year, (100 year average recurrence interval ) as determined by both the NOAA Atlas 14 and reports by the ...

  4. 2005 levee failures in Greater New Orleans - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. 1st death from Hurricane Ida; power out across New Orleans - AOL

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    The hurricane was churning through the far southern Louisiana wetlands, with the more than 2 million people living in and around New Orleans and Baton Rouge under threat.

  6. Louisiana and Amtrak agree to revive train service between ...

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    Louisiana and Amtrak agree to revive train service between New Orleans, Baton Rouge October 28, 2023 at 10:12 AM BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana is a step closer to connecting its capital city ...

  7. Old River Control Structure - Wikipedia

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    Water diverted at Old River flows into the Atchafalaya Basin, first entering the Red River, then continuing down the Atchafalaya River to the Gulf of Mexico, bypassing Baton Rouge and New Orleans (see diagram). The Morganza Floodway, between the Mississippi and the Atchafalaya Basin nearby downstream, is normally closed. It can be opened in an ...