New Orleans avoids major flooding thanks to levees

Name: New Orleans avoids major flooding thanks to levees
Uploaded: 2021-08-31T01:20:08+00:00
Duration: 2 min 15 s
Description: Ida, one of the most powerful hurricanes ever to hit the U.S. Gulf Coast, knocked out power to over 1 million homes in Louisiana on Monday but levees built after Hurricane Katrina spared New Orleans f

Reuters Published August 30, 2021 790 Views

Rumble — Ida, one of the most powerful hurricanes ever to hit the U.S. Gulf Coast, knocked out power to over 1 million homes in Louisiana on Monday but levees built after Hurricane Katrina spared New Orleans from the catastrophic flooding that devastated the area 16 years ago. This report produced by Chris Dignam.