1. Katrina makes landfall in Louisiana at 6:10 a.m., but the flooding of residential areas in greater New Orleans actually begins an hour and a half earlier. Between 4:30 and 5 a.m., levees ...
Sailed, steamer Oriental, for Boston. The Board of Levee Commissioners Lave issued proposals to build 1,200,000 feet of levee. Gen. ORTEGA, who has been here for sense days, left this evening per ...
All eyes are on New Orleans' infrastructure as another hurricane season begins — especially the power grid, drains and levees. Why it matters: Leaders say storm-related power outages will be the ...