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Aug 30, 2021 · That's because the levee system for the most part withstood the test of the storm. Gov. John Bel Edwards said no major levees failed during Ida, thanks to a $14 billion hurricane risk-reduction ...
Aug 30, 2021 · People Trapped in Attics After Levee Overtops in Lower Jefferson Parish. At least one levee overtopped in lower Jefferson Parish, sending more than 7.5 feet of floodwaters surging into Jean ...
Sep 23, 2023 · The street dead ends at the sun-burnt slopes of a 17-foot-high levee built after the storm. While the levees provide essential protection to the residents of storm-battered Jefferson Parish, they severed the community’s long-time connection to the lake and removed key habitat for fish and other species. The new levees are higher and stronger ...
Aug 30, 2021 · People were reportedly trapped in attics after a levee overtopped in Jean Laffite. 1 Million Louisianans and all of New Orleans was without power after catastrophic transformer damage. One death ...
Sep 11, 2024 · Those include Grand Isle, Barataria, Crown Point, and Lafitte due to expected "life-threatening storm surge", Jefferson Parish President Cynthia Lee-Sheng. About 10 levees are set to be built in ...
Aug 30, 2021 · One bit of good news, he added, was that the region's levee system held up well, with only minor problems. Jefferson Parish stretches from Lake Pontchartrain to Grand Isle in the coastal area where Ida made landfall with 150-mph winds around midday Sunday.
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Sep 1, 2021 · The levees in the area of Lafitte, 20 miles south of New Orleans, did not breach as Hurricane Ida hit overnight despite earlier reports, the Jefferson Parish president said.
