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New Orleans’ $15 Billion Levees Are Sinking Up To 7 Times Faster Than Sea Levels Rise
In a nutshell New Orleans’ $15 billion flood protection system is sinking up to 28 millimeters per year—nearly 10 times ...
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Sections of New Orleans floodwalls are sinking faster than sea levels are rising, study finds
New research reveals that sections of New Orleans' $15 billion flood control system are subsiding faster than sea levels are ...
Some sections of New Orleans' flood walls sinking at rate of nearly 2 inches per year, study finds
This summer marks 20 years since Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the Gulf Coast, leaving more than 1,300 people dead and ...
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New Orleans is sinking—and so are its $15 billion flood defenses
Parts of New Orleans are sinking at alarming rates — including some of the very floodwalls built to protect it. A new satellite-based study finds that some areas are losing nearly two inches of ...
Faces of Katrina: Bobby Jindal, freshman congressman when storm hit and later became governor
Only 34 years old at the time, and in office for less than nine months, in 2005, Jindal represented Louisiana's 1st ...
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This is how Hurricane Katrina transformed one photographer's works of art - and life
Before Hurricane Katrina, Brian Nolan, a professional photographer who lived in the Lakeview section of New Orleans with his wife, says the levy that broke was one that they crossed routinely.Also ...
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20th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina Marked by Special Edition Reprint of Words Whispered in Water: Why Levees Broke in New Orleans - KTLA
Hard-cover Anniversary Edition Available Now for Pre-Order NEW ORLEANS, June 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Turner Publishing announces a special anniversary edition of Author Sandy Rosenthal's award ...
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Officials brace for hurricane season ahead of 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina — here's how they're preparing
City leaders in New Orleans are prepared for the 2025 hurricane season, which has officially begun. They said they have learned their lessons from Hurricane Katrina 20 years ago, as well as other ...
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Reflecting on Hurricane Katrina
Two decades after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, the disaster’s legacy still shapes America. It exposed deep racial and economic ... especially in New Orleans and the Gulf. Check out the ...
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Fire sparks at New Orleans high-rise, dozens evacuated - WDSU
more than 130 people in new orleans are now looking for a place to stay after an early morning fire at a high rise. WDSU REPORTER ANUM SIDDIQUI IS LIVE ON THE SCENE ON GRAVIER STREET, WITH MORE ...