2005 levee failures in Greater New Orleans
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2005-levee-failures-in-greater-new-orleans-178-3821235
title:
2005 levee failures in Greater New Orleans
text:
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 caused flooding in 80% of New Orleans and all of St. Bernard Parish. In New Orleans alone, 134,000 housing units—70% of all occupied units—suffered damage from Hurricane Katrina and the subsequent flooding. When Katrina's storm surge arrived, the hurricane protection system, authorized by Congress forty years
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Engineering failures in Louisiana during Hurricane Katrina
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_levee_failures_in_Greater_New_Orleans
date created:
2005-10-22T15:36:15Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T13:44:56Z
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