Hurricane Protection System Reviewed, Deemed Successful during Hurricane Gustav

摘要

According To a recently published report, the upgrades and repairs to the New Orleans area levee system in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, which struck in 2005, successfully withstood the rising waters brought by Hurricane Gustav, which struck on September 1, 2008. The city was thus protected from flooding associated with the hurricane's storm surge. This was achieved even though the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was still in the process of upgrading levees, floodwalls, flood gates, and pumping stations there.