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  2. Criticism of the government response to Hurricane Katrina

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    However, for some demographic groups in Orleans Parish (New Orleans), the death rate for African-Americans was 1.7-4 times higher than for whites; as a whole in Orleans parish, 68% of deaths (459 out of 680 total) were black people, almost exactly the same percentage of the population there as that found in the 2000 U.S. Census (which recorded ...

  3. 2005 levee failures in Greater New Orleans - Wikipedia

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    2005 levee failures in Greater New Orleans. On Monday, August 29, 2005, there were over 50 failures of the levees and flood walls protecting New Orleans, Louisiana, and its suburbs following passage of Hurricane Katrina. The failures caused flooding in 80% of New Orleans and all of St. Bernard Parish. In New Orleans alone, 134,000 housing units ...

  4. New Orleans faces drinking water crisis from shrinking ... - AOL

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    New Orleans is facing a drinking water crisis amid a saltwater intrusion on the quickly shrinking Mississippi River. Local water resources in south Louisiana are being strained as saltwater from ...

  5. New Orleans Fire Department - Wikipedia

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    IAFF website. The New Orleans Fire Department provides fire protection and first responder emergency medical services to the city of New Orleans, Louisiana. The department serves 378,715 people living in a 350 square miles (910 km 2) area, including 170 square miles (440 km 2) of water. [4]

  6. Much of New Orleans’ water might be spared from saltwater ...

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    The saltwater wedge threatening New Orleans drinking water has been delayed by several weeks in its upstream trek on the Mississippi River thanks to better-than-forecast river flows last month ...

  7. New Orleans faces drinking water crisis from shrinking ... - AOL

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  8. Danziger Bridge shootings - Wikipedia

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    On the morning of September 4, 2005, six days after Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, members of the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD), ostensibly responding to a call from an officer under fire, shot and killed two civilians at the Danziger Bridge: 17-year-old James Brissette and 40-year-old Ronald Madison. Four other civilians were ...

  9. Reconstruction of New Orleans - Wikipedia

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    The reconstruction of New Orleans refers to the rebuilding process endured by the city of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina destroyed much of the city on August 29, 2005. The storm caused levees to fail , releasing tens of billions of gallons of water.

  10. Strong storms tear through the South leaving over 200K ... - AOL

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    In New Orleans, streets have been inundated with water with flash flood warnings in place through around 4 p.m. local time in some areas of the state and a tornado watch in Orleans Parish through ...

  11. Drainage in New Orleans - Wikipedia

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    As of 2017, the New Orleans pumping system - operated by the Sewerage and Water Board - can pump water out of the city at a rate of more than 45,000 cubic feet (1,300 m 3) per second. [1] [2] The capacity is also frequently described as 1 inch (2.5 cm) in the first hour of rainfall followed by 0.5 inches (1.3 cm) per hour afterward. [2]