Hurricane Katrina: The New Orleans Levee Failures

Not only was the majority of the damage caused by Hurricane Katrina hit the city of New Orleans on August 29, 2005 was caused not only by the storm itself but also because of the failure of the engineering design of the dam system the whole city We protected the infrastructure. Insufficient decisions over the years and avoidance of embankment systems have brought about one of the most devastating events in American history. Through the investigation, we identified three major players responsible for the design, construction and maintenance of the dam system.

Due to the storm of Hurricane Katrina, 53 levees were destroyed by the dam system built by the federal government and prevented the failure of the New Orleans subway and the 40 arpent canal. Many of the New Orleans subway dams were destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in the eastern part of the city. There was no damage to the embankment of the Mississippi River by subway of New Orleans. New Orleans and its surrounding communities, especially the St. Bernard parish failed. The Mississippi Bay Exit (MR - GO) broke through the dam at about 20 places, most of it flooded in New Orleans in the east, most of the St. Bernard 's Diocesan and Prakmain Diocese. Major dam damage in the city includes levees of 17th canal canal, London Avenue canal, extensive industrial canal, about 80% of the city is flooded.

Hurricane Katrina in August 2005, the historical event of the three level hurricane with wind speed 111-130 mph revealed the major structural failure of the New Orleans Dam system. Not all structural destructions are catastrophic, but these dams cause loss of life, housing, business, highway, and still leave traces of restoration still today. As a result of this failure, litigation, conspiracy theory, trial was held. Hurricane Katrina has had a big impact

Failure of Hurricane Katrina and Federal Dam is a tragic tragedy. But only Hurricane Katrina is our challenge; Hurricane Katrina is the most serious of the series of problems New Orleans encountered in the past few decades. Our population began to decline in the second half of the 20th century, after that the attack on September 11, 2001 weakened our economy which relies on sightseeing. After Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans faced oil spills of Rita, Ike, Gustaf, Isaac, a national depression, and of course BP.