Scientists at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science found that human - made canals limit the natural tidal inundation process in roughly 45 percent of the state's coastline, and disruptions
from levees accounted for 15 percent.
A Dixieland band («straight
from the levee,» confided the announcer) tootled away as a slim, sexy blonde songstress snapped her fingers in rhythm.
Within three months, the region where he grew up suffered its predicated fate, as waters
from a levee damaged by Hurricane Katrina submerged 80 percent of the city, sometimes rising to more than 10 feet.
Not exact matches
In the imaginary 100,000 - year history of hurricanes that R.M.S. had in its computers, no hypothetical storm that struck so far
from New Orleans had ever caused the
levees to fail.
Water rapidly rose up against the city's
levees, a series of walls designed to keep the area
from flooding.
Rising sea - levels — particularly when combined with storm events — are just one of several factors that could endanger the integrity of the Delta's 1,100 miles of earthen
levees, which protect the state's water supply and the region's agricultural, transportation, and energy systems
from flooding and saltwater intrusion.35 Earthquakes, land subsidence, and floods present serious threats to the aging
levees as well.
Why didn't he keep t he
levees from breaking?
But many residents here believe that these new
levees caused all that extra water
from the hurricane to funnel away
from those protected areas and directly into Plaquemines Parish, which didn't flood like this during Hurricane Katrina.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is planning to build a buried seawall
from Fort Wadsworth to Oakwood Beach, as well as a
levee and floodwall in Oakwood Beach to protect Staten Island
from future Hurricane Sandy - like storms.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers completed its feasibility phase last month, moving to the design phase for the projects, which includes building the seawall
from Fort Wadsworth to Oakwood Beach, and a
levee and floodwall in Oakwood Beach.
The $ 579 million project calls for constructing a buried seawall
from Fort Wadsworth to Oakwood Beach and a
levee and floodwall in Oakwood Beach.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo continues to push protecting New York City
from what he fears is a new pattern of violent storms, possibly including construction of
levees and sea walls.
The program deems that a certified
levee will protect homes behind it
from a 100 - year storm.
Sections are often set back
from the river to form a wider channel, and flood valley basins are divided by multiple
levees to prevent a single breach
from flooding a large area.
Previous studies had reported more than $ 50 million in
levee repair costs as well as damage solely
from the rapid flow of water across the floodway after the detonations, which scoured farmland and left behind thick deposits of unwanted sand.
This includes big infrastructure projects to control floods, like
levees and breakwaters; retrofitting individual homes or moving homeowners away
from floodplains; and restoring wetlands to serve as natural water sinks.
«On the other hand, if the barriers are not far enough
from the river, they may trap wildlife escaping
from floods, and may even act as
levees, which tend to increase downstream flooding.»
That day and in several later experiments, gaseous carbon dioxide
from the thawing ice maintained a lubricating layer under the slab and also pushed sand aside into small
levees as the slabs glided down even low - angle slopes.
Indonesians frantically built
levees to contain the mud and save the surrounding settlements and rice fields
from being covered.
Defenses such as
levees, bunds, reservoirs, and weirs are used to prevent rivers
from bursting their banks.
Over the last 50 years, the Army Corps of Engineers built some 350 miles of
levees to protect New Orleans
from hurricanes, a complex defense system that failed spectacularly when Katrina struck.
During that time, the Army Corps of Engineers, to ensure water supply and prevent floods, built over 1000 miles of
levees and canals that channel water
from the area north of the Everglades to urban and agricultural areas.
Swollen by months of record rainfall across the watershed, the Mississippi broke through
levees in 145 places, flooding the midsection of the country
from Illinois to New Orleans.
Olson and his colleagues are studying the
levees, diversions, and floodways, which for the past 200 years have allowed land conversion
from wetlands to agriculture.
An intricate system of basins, channels, and
levees called the Headwaters Diversion carries water
from the eastern Missouri Ozark Plateau to the Mississippi River south of Cape Girardeau.
The failure of even a fraction of the
levees would draw massive amounts of saltwater in
from San Francisco Bay, forcing the state to shut off the pumps, cutting off water supplies for many months, and costing the state's economy billions of dollars, the report says.
The researchers analyzed three main types of flooding controls — large storm - surge barriers of various types holding back water
from New York Bay, building improvements only and a «hybrid approach» combining infrastructure improvements with small
levees and beach fortifications.
Without question, those
levees were a death sentence for the deltas because they blocked the flow of sediment
from the rivers.
«The St. Louis
levees protected us
from the 1993 flood, considered a 330 - year event,» he said.
«By eliminating the 55 kilometers of human - made
levees on the west bank of the river
from Pointe a la Hache and Venice, the surges propagating in the river
from Pointe a la Hache past New Orleans will be lowered by up to two meters,» Westerink said.
Less may mean more when it comes to the
levee systems designed to protect New Orleans
from hurricanes.
Westerink points out that, historically, sustained easterly winds
from hurricanes have directed storm surge across Breton Sound into the Mississippi River and against its west bank
levees.
His Off - Broadway credits include TWELFTH NIGHT, CYMBELINE, FATHER COMES HOME
FROM THE WARS (Lortel Award for Best Supporting Actor), THE TEMPEST (The Public); Julie Taymor's A MIDSUMMER NIGHT»S DREAM and THE MERCHANT OF VENICE (TFANA); ON THE
LEVEE (Lincoln Center); MOTHER COURAGE (CSC); DISPATCHES
FROM (A) MENDED AMERICA, WIDOWERS» HOUSES, (Epic Theatre Ensemble).
That hasn't stopped local officials
from building up
levees in response to more severe floods.
Only gradually did I understand that the Bathtub is offshore
from New Orleans, isolated by
levees, existing self - contained on its own terms.
The Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic was presented to Beasts of the Southern Wild, directed by Benh Zeitlin — Waters gonna rise up, wild animals gonna rerun
from the grave, and everything south of the
levee is goin» under, in this tale of a six year old named Hushpuppy, who lives with her dad at the edge of the world.
Other problems crop up when the picture tries to evoke other, better films (particularly «Live And Let Die» and the most famous scene
from David Cronenberg's «Eastern Promises»), but seeing Sly slink into a Turkish bath to the strains of a «When The
Levee Breaks» rip - off is amusing, nonetheless.
Folwell, his wife Lucia, and their shaggy and occasionally obedient black dog live in an ancient and decrepit shotgun doublewide, two blocks
from Desire (of Streetcar fame), a
levee away
from Old Man River, and a hop, a skip and a short stagger
from the Vieux Carre».
The vote signifies the progress made in the 11 years since Hurricane Katrina and the
levee breaches, when the Legislature took the vast majority of city schools away
from the School Board to be run by the state.
The border here spends much of its time on private land, well beyond the
levee that protects the town
from storm surges, upon which the border fence rests.
He says something that rings clear and true just as a Border Patrol Chevy Tahoe rattles past us, stirring up a haze of grit
from the dry
levee road.
As the
levees broke, 85 percent of the below - sea - level city of New Orleans suffered
from varying degrees of flooding.
What's in a typical policy: Flood insurance covers direct physical losses by flood and losses resulting
from flood - related erosion caused by heavy or prolonged rain, coastal storm surge, snow melt, blocked storm drainage systems,
levee dam failure or other similar causes.
«New Orleans actually survived the actual hurricane, moving the people inland — it was when the
levees broke and the water came in
from the opposite direction and covered the evacuation routes that things got messed up.
The 151 room Hampton Inn Cincinnati Riverfront is located at 200 Crescent Avenue, Covington, Kentucky in the heart of the business and leisure center of historic Covington; just minutes
from Paul Brown Stadium, Newport on the
Levee, Downtown Cincinnati, The Northern Kentucky Convention Center, and many other attractions and destinations.
If you like a variety of cafe, bistro and bar settings to choose
from, take a stroll along the Old Seaport wharf strip to the award - winning StillWater River Cafe, Restaurant & Wine Bar, as well as Hallam's Seafood Restaurant, La Cantina Restaurant, Salsa and
Levee Food Co, and the Black Cow Bistro.
Inspired by William Hogarth's Marriage a la Mode 4 (The Countess's Morning
Levee) 1743, this installation features a brightly coloured stage set with a cast of characters taken
from Hogarth's morality tale.
Brock plays the recognizable drumbeat
from Led Zeppelin's «When the
Levee Breaks» in Berkeley's empty Memorial Stadium.
New Orleans, which will mark its 300th anniversary in 2018, has thrived
from its location where the Mississippi River meets the Gulf of Mexico, but is also battered by hurricanes and floods and breaking
levees.
In Southeast Louisiana, many have struggled against the natural environment for a long time, building
levees to protect us
from the Mississippi River and the swamps, marshes, and estuaries that line the Gulf Coast.