Sentences with phrase «while levees»

While levees will still play a role in flood management, we need to focus on common - sense, cost - effective natural flood protection solutions like restoring wetlands, keeping people out of harm's way in the first place, and allowing rivers to follow natural, meandering channels.

In the Mississippi River system, however, a series of dams on various upstream tributaries have reduced sediment supply to the delta, while levees on the lower part of the river have artificially channelized the flow, forcing sediments to be deposited beyond the delta in the deeper Gulf of Mexico.

Not exact matches

While ancient levees may be difficult to spot with an untrained eye, geoarchaeologists employ an array of precise analytic tools to confirm a site's sedimentary history.

The mud levees that Katrina washed away are now bolstered with stronger clays, while pump stations come with flood - proof safe houses so operators won't have to evacuate like they did in 2005.

While pursuing a fleeing Blackie, Reynolds orders a steamship to block the hole in the levee, a plan that ultimately saves New Orleans.

While the destruction outside of New Orleans may have been much different under each, I'm not sure the destruction of New Orleans itself wouldn't have been basically the same (almost certainly wouldn't have been much higher in New Orleans under Katrina ^ 1.5, disputable in Katrina ^ 0.5 because of the levee - break situations), and I am under the impression (whether correctly or incorrectly) that the devastation of New Orleans is going to be the bulk of the «cost» of Katrina.

So while it is true that the levee system was not designed to handle a Cat 4 or Cat 5, this citation does not contain any supporting evidence concerning scientists saying «for years» that Katrina-esque «levee breaches» would happen.

While the citation does support that these levee locations are weak - points and that the levee system was not designed to handle anything above Category 3, they are stated as a weak - point for over-topping, not breaching.

Law firms that fall asleep will be shaken awake to the realization that the waters kept on rising while they slept, until the levees eventually gave way.

While some floods are caused by tropical storms and hurricanes, many more occur as a result of thunderstorms and heavy rains, rapid snow melt and breaches of levees or dams.