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The French selected this place because it was the highest and dryest spot in the area. They knew there was dangers of floods.
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Constuction of levees began, facing hundreds of years of floods and natural disaster.
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The remaining floods were a problem for the settlers. The engineers built higher levees to accomodate for the increasing flood levels.
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A month long flood drove many of the poorer Orleanians from their homes.
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Two topographic engineers described the flood as the most destructive known. An opening in a levee created the most damages.
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The flood left New Orleans underwater for more than 91 days.
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30 foot waves killed over 1,500 in a fishing city south of New Orleans.
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Dangerously rising flood waters increase in the Mississippi threatened to overwhelm New Orleans. A levee was dynamited to try to allow the water to flow out, but 200 died and over 700,000 were left homeless. This act banned the Levees Only Policy.
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The government drained the wetlands keeping flood waters from cities to build new homes.
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This Outlet lets ship get through easier saving lots of time.
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Hurricane Betsy sidesweeps New Orleans killing dozens and becoming the first storm to cause one billion dollars in damage.
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The worst flood since 1727 hits causing millions in damage.
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Builders make better hurricane protection including strengthened seawalls and levees.
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Hurricane Katrina hits killing 1,000 people and causing millions in destruction.
