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Aug 30, 2021 · Search and rescue crews including local assets and the U.S. Coast Guard are still trying to reach residents trapped by floodwaters in the Jefferson Parish town of Jean Lafitte, a rural area about ...
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 ...
Sep 11, 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 31, 2021 · Louisiana’s coastal communities—a network of fisheries, oil and gas hubs, and wildlife refuges—saw catastrophic damage from Hurricane Ida. Grand Isle in Jefferson Parish, a far south coastal ...
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.
Oct 6, 2021 · Weeks after Ida, Bayou communities outside New Orleans' levee system still devastated NPR's Sarah McCammon examines how one Louisiana community is weathering the aftermath of Hurricane Ida ...
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Aug 30, 2021 · NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The levees, floodwalls and floodgates that protect New Orleans held up against Hurricane Ida’s fury, passing their toughest test since the federal government spent billions of dollars to upgrade a system that catastrophically failed when Hurricane Katrina struck 16 years ago. But strengthening the flood protection system ...
